Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center is a very-large non-profit facility in Scranton, Pennsylvania. This is a decent facility, with an overall grade of C. This facility seems to have some things working in its favor. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's profile is its strong inspection reports, which is addressed in the next section.
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Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We would like to point out that this nursing home's inspection grade exceeded its overall grade. This facility earned a B+ in this category, which is a quality score. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category usually have few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
This facility's second best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. Nursing scores are primarily tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this place actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility's next highest area ended up being its short-term care grade, where it was given a C. In calculating these short-term care grades, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to create a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. In this facility's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 4.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our last category, we gave this nursing home a D for the area of long-term care. This is the nursing home's least impressive category grade. Nursing homes that do not fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine personal care we assessed. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We were a bit worried that this nursing home provided the vaccine to a relatively low 88.48837 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, 6.01% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, 3.02% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who have experienced falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, 2.11% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indication of lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, 10.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, 20% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, 0.37% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could reveal lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, 90.96% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, 15.66% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate deterioration of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, 12.51% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, 12.51% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, 12.44% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center, 93.55% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Scranton, PA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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