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Beacon Ridge, a Choice Comm

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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Beacon Ridge, a Choice Comm's website

1515 Wayne Avenue,
Indiana PA 15701

(724) 349-5300

65.59% estimated occupancy 1

Beacon Ridge, a Choice Comm is an average-sized non-profit nursing home in Indiana, Pennsylvania. This is a very respectable facility, with an overall grade of B. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Indiana. This nursing home was better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

This facility received a quality overall score as described above, but we especially wanted to point out its excellent inspections in recent years. We gave them an A in this category. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Our nursing grade is largely tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's next highest area is long-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a B-. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is a very solid figure. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The next area we analyzed was short-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of C. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Beacon Ridge, a Choice Comm Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Beacon Ridge, a Choice Comm, 4.66% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents which have pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Beacon Ridge, a Choice Comm, 1.2% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that have had a fall resulting in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Beacon Ridge, a Choice Comm, 1.63% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with poor nursing care. However, this statistic could also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Beacon Ridge, a Choice Comm, 24.88% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Beacon Ridge, a Choice Comm, 0% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Beacon Ridge, a Choice Comm, 99.29% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Beacon Ridge, a Choice Comm, 18.27% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate the decline of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Beacon Ridge, a Choice Comm, 21.83% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Beacon Ridge, a Choice Comm, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Beacon Ridge, a Choice Comm, 21.83% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Beacon Ridge, a Choice Comm, 7.09% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Beacon Ridge, a Choice Comm, 71.63% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts believe this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.

Scores for Indiana, PA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • 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 A-minus

Looking for more options? Indiana, Pennsylvania has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Indiana Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.32 miles away835 Hospital Road Indiana Pennsylvania 15701Voluntary non-profit - Private(724) 357-7000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Dci of Indiana0.93 miles away870 Hospital Road Indiana Pennsylvania 15701CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (724) 465-7010
  • Dci at Chestnut Ridge12.26 miles away25 Colony Boulevard, Suite 112 Blairsville Pennsylvania 15717Dialysis Stations: 8 (724) 459-4980

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=395702