Arbutus Park Manor
207 Ottawa Street, Johnstown PA 15904 · (814) 266-8621 · 89.21% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Arbutus Park Manor is one of six available nursing homes there. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack grade. Even though this is not a world class grade, this is actually one of the three highest graded facilities in the city. Based on our assessment, there are definitely far worse facilities out there. The best part of this nursing home's report card is is its nursing grade. We discuss nursing in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 141 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
One of the reasons this turned out to be a decent nursing home is it earned a very favorable nursing score. Its nursing rating ended up being its best category. In that category, we awarded this facility a B+. Our nursing rating analyzes a handful of components, however, the most important consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. With 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this facility was above the national average. Lastly, this place also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any nursing home in Pennsylvania in this category.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home's inspection score exceeded its overall grade as well. We awarded them one of our better grades in that category, with a B. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 8 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.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed was short-term care, where this nursing home received a B- in this area. In our short-term care assessment, we seek to create a valuable measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess the nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 43.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's weakest category was long-term care, which is the final category we looked at. We gave it an F for this area. Despite a few decent scores in other categories, this score is still of a concern so we wanted to point it out. For patients seeking a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 95.043106 percent of its patients, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. Surprisingly, this place also keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.61 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Arbutus Park Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that sustained a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better