With an address in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is one of a mere two available nursing homes in this area. This turns out to be a respectable facility, with an overall grade of C. Based on our assessment, this facility ought to meet the needs of many people. One of the highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive inspection grade, which is addressed in the next section.
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Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
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Facility Inspections
While this facility received a decent overall grade, its inspections grade is notably better than its overall grade. Due to a strong government inspection report this year, it earned one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Nurse Quality
This facility performed well in the area of nursing. In fact, we awarded it an B- for that category, which is one of our highest grades. Our nursing grade is mostly associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home actually fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. It performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facilities next best area is short-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a slightly below average score in this area. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is generally a fair assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Unfortunately, this place was below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. The critical question is whether this adversely impacted quality of care. The last item we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 4.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed is long-term care, which was a low point for this nursing home. We gave this nursing home a D for our long-term care category. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 94.067795 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 7.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of long-term care patients who suffer from pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.98% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Falls are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 2.56% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who had UTI's. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 11.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 18.18% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 0.62% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 93.02% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 11.85% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 24.37% of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility. Some argue that mobility is important for residents' mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 24.37% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 0% 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
In Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 83.6% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Heritage Valley BeaverAcute Care Hospitals 6.64 miles away1000 Dutch Ridge Road Beaver Pennsylvania 15009Voluntary non-profit - Private(412) 728-7000
- Ellwood City Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.73 miles away724 Pershing Street Ellwood City Pennsylvania 16117Proprietary(724) 752-0081
- East Liverpool City HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.15 miles away425 West 5th Street East Liverpool Ohio 43920Voluntary non-profit - Private(330) 385-7200
- Upmc JamesonAcute Care Hospitals 17.61 miles away1211 Wilmington Avenue New Castle Pennsylvania 16105Voluntary non-profit - Other(724) 656-4100
- Mh St Elizabeth Boardman HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.87 miles away8401 Market Street Youngstown Ohio 44512Voluntary non-profit - Church(330) 729-2929
Nearby Dialysis
- Liberty Dialysis - Chippewa2.45 miles away100 Pappan Business Drive Beaver Falls Pennsylvania 15010CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (724) 846-5030
- Dci of Beaver Falls / Chippewa2.69 miles away2562 Constitution Boulevard Beaver Falls Pennsylvania 15010Dialysis Stations: 16 (724) 891-5044
- Liberty Dialysis - Friendship Ridge6.61 miles away246 Friendship Circle Beaver Pennsylvania 15009Dialysis Stations: 6 (724) 728-4320
- Total Renal Care, Inc.9.49 miles away807 Lawrence Avenue Ellwood City Pennsylvania 16117Dialysis Stations: 5 (724) 752-1081
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Ellwood City11.35 miles away1407 Woodside Avenue Ellwood City Pennsylvania 16117Dialysis Stations: 9 (724) 758-3446
- Dci - East Liverpool13.06 miles away325 West 6th Street East Liverpool Ohio 43920CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (330) 382-0835
- Liberty Dialysis - Baden14.05 miles away1682 State Street Baden Pennsylvania 15005CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (724) 869-2830
- Liberty Dialysis - Hopewell16.39 miles away400 Corporation Drive Aliquippa Pennsylvania 15001Dialysis Stations: 22 (724) 378-6304