Beaver Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
616 Golf Course Road, Aliquippa PA 15001 · (724) 375-0345 · 95.52% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, Beaver Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is the sole nursing home we identified in this city. This nursing home proved to be an A rated facility, which is one of the best grades we offer. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the country. As you will see below, this nursing home performed just as well in our category ratings. In fact, we gave it straight A's!
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 67 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Inspection grades are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This means that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to create an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its strong profile, this facility also excelled in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a score of A- for the area. In determining our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is more often than not a fair measure of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. This facility elevated its grade in this area by providing more care from registered nurses than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that ultimately returned home from this facility. This place fared as well as just about any nursing home in the nation with 61.5 percent of its residents returning home. Most places are below 50 percent in this metric.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also fared very well in the category of long-term care, where it received a grade of A-. Few facilities received a better grade in this area. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 99.51923 percent of its patients. This is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. This place was also able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.44 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
In the last category, this facility also received a first-rate nursing score, with a grade of A-. This topped off a first-rate profile. When computing our nursing ratings, we factor in both staffing levels and the skill levels of the nurses. This place provides an impressive 3.2 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Of this total, more than one fourth of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is among the most skilled levels of nurses. We add more weight to hours worked by skilled nurses in calculating our nursing ratings. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a policy of turning a patient even once per day.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Beaver Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents which have experienced UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term residents which were given antianxiety medication. These medications are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the erosion of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term residents that maintained mobility. Many would argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 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.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better