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Altoona Center for Nursing Care

  • Nursing Home
  • Assisted Living

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Altoona Center for Nursing Care's website

1020 Green Avenue,
Altoona PA 16601

(814) 946-2700

65.83% estimated occupancy 1

Altoona Center for Nursing Care is an average-sized nursing home located in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Sporting an overall grade of D, this is a well below average nursing home. Based on our analysis, this place likely isn't the best fit for most prospective residents. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its impressive inspection grade. You can scroll down to find out about inspections and other category grades

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Hemodialysis
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

Although we were not high on this place overall, we awarded it a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. This grade is far better than the nursing home's overall score. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid places with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In that area, we gave this nursing home an C. There are several factors within this grade. Most of the factors are tied to nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a low total compared with most nursing homes. Lastly, nursing grades also consider quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Another issue was the F this facility received in the area of short-term care. Our short-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The final area we analyzed is long-term care. It received an F in this category, which is a rock bottom grade. Facilities that don't fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We found that this nursing home provided the vaccine to a relatively low 53.40909 percent of its residents, which is several points lower than we expected. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Altoona Center for Nursing Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Altoona Center for Nursing Care, 7.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure indicates the percent of long-term care patients that are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an measure of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Altoona Center for Nursing Care, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay patients which experienced falls which caused severe injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Altoona Center for Nursing Care, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Altoona Center for Nursing Care, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Altoona Center for Nursing Care, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Altoona Center for Nursing Care, 3.12% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting signs of depression. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Altoona Center for Nursing Care, 88.22% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Altoona Center for Nursing Care, 14.84% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Altoona Center for Nursing Care, 21.64% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Altoona Center for Nursing Care, 21.64 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Altoona Center for Nursing Care, 8.92 Percentage of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Altoona Center for Nursing Care, 72.59% Percentage of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Upmc AltoonaAcute Care Hospitals 0.29 miles away620 Howard Avenue Altoona Pennsylvania 16601Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 889-2011
  • Conemaugh Nason Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.46 miles away105 Nason Drive Roaring Spring Pennsylvania 16673Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 224-2141
  • Tyrone Regional Health NetworkCritical Access Hospitals 13.48 miles away187 Hospital Drive Tyrone Pennsylvania 16686Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 684-1255
  • Conemaugh Miners Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.66 miles away290 Haida Avenue Hastings Pennsylvania 16646Proprietary(814) 247-3100

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Altoona0.47 miles away1602 Ninth Avenue Altoona Pennsylvania 16602CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (814) 940-2440
  • u.s. Renal Care - Altoona0.72 miles away118 E. Chestnut Avenue Altoona Pennsylvania 16601CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (814) 942-2569
  • Tyrone Dialysis Center13.5 miles away175 Hospital Drive Tyrone Pennsylvania 16686Dialysis Stations: 7 (814) 684-4390
  • Davita - Pdi Ebensburg16.07 miles away429 Manor Dr., Suite 650 Ebensburg Pennsylvania 15931Dialysis Stations: 9 (814) 472-2642
  • Dci of Hastings19.16 miles away264 Haida Avenue, Suite D Hastings Pennsylvania 16646Dialysis Stations: 8 (814) 247-8075