Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, a city with a total of 38,785 people. Featuring an overall rating of C, this is likely a middle of the road facility. You can certainly do worse than this place. One of the highlights of this facility's profile is its strong short-term care grade, which you can find in the next section.
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Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
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
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Aquatic Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
It should also be noted that this nursing home' short-term care score outpaced its overall score. We awarded it a B for its short-term care grade, which is an above average grade. This really propped up its overall score. Short-term care grades are based on the facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that returned home from the facility. We found that 4.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility an B. Our nursing grade assesses the facility's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of skill of the nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed 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 place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning a patient more frequently.
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Facility Inspections
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of B- for our inspections rating. This is a very respectable nursing score. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of the deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's weakest category is long-term care, which is the final category we analyzed. Sadly, it received a lowly F in this area. Even with a few solid scores in other categories, this score is nevertheless alarming so we wanted to point it out. For residents in need of a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. After we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 7.43% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.55% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.03% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with poor nursing care. However, this datapoint could be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.07% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care residents who are prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 32.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term care patients which were administered antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression may be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 98.23% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 6.49% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some experts argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 17.26% of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 17.26% 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 critical to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 9.34% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 82.71% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Allegheny Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.38 miles away1301 Carlisle St Natrona Heights Pennsylvania 15065Voluntary non-profit - Other(412) 224-5100
- Upmc EastAcute Care Hospitals 10.24 miles away2775 Mosside Boulevard Monroeville Pennsylvania 15146Voluntary non-profit - Private(412) 357-3000
- Upmc St MargaretAcute Care Hospitals 10.72 miles away815 Freeport Road Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15215Voluntary non-profit - Private(412) 784-4000
- Forbes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.79 miles away2570 Haymaker Road Monroeville Pennsylvania 15146Voluntary non-profit - Private(412) 858-2000
- West Penn HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.88 miles away4800 Friendship Avenue Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15224Voluntary non-profit - Private(412) 578-5000
- Upmc PassavantAcute Care Hospitals 14.64 miles away9100 Babcock Boulevard Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15237Voluntary non-profit - Private(412) 367-6700
- Upmc Presbyterian ShadysideAcute Care Hospitals 15.38 miles away200 Lothrop Street Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15213Voluntary non-profit - Private(412) 647-8788
- Magee Womens Hospital of Upmc Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 15.54 miles away300 Halket Street Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15213Voluntary non-profit - Other(412) 641-4010
Nearby Dialysis
- Dci of New Kensington2.05 miles away722 Fourth Avenue New Kensington Pennsylvania 15068Dialysis Stations: 20 (724) 339-1772
- Total Renal Care, Inc.2.09 miles away1 Kensington Square B New Kensington Pennsylvania 15068Dialysis Stations: 8 (724) 335-2876
- Davita Allegheny Valley Dialysis2.69 miles away1620 Pacific Avenue Heights Plaza Shopping Center Natrona Heights Pennsylvania 15065Dialysis Stations: 11 (724) 224-4382
- Davita - Harmarville Dialysis5.17 miles away791 Freeport Road Cheswick Pennsylvania 15024Dialysis Stations: 13 (724) 274-9281
- Dci Renal Services of Pittsburgh, LLC - Harmar Village5.25 miles away725 Freeport Road Cheswick Pennsylvania 15024Dialysis Stations: 14 (412) 823-5422
- Dci of Parks Bend8.94 miles away1143 Industrial Park Road Vandergrift Pennsylvania 15690Dialysis Stations: 19 (724) 845-3313
- Davita - Penn Hills Dialysis9.49 miles away202 Rodi Road Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15235CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (412) 371-1102
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Penn Hills9.61 miles away11624 Keleket Drive Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15235Dialysis Stations: 13 (412) 244-3931