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Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center's website

395 Middle Road,
Nanticoke PA 18634

(570) 735-2973

80.99% estimated occupancy 1

Please note our records indicate that Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.

Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a large nursing home located in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. Featuring an overall rating of F, we consider this to be a very poor nursing home. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Nanticoke. The city has just one other nursing home. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B

Although this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B for that area, which is one of our better scores. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. This place was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that area, we gave this facility an C. We assessed the levels of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the number of hours the nurses spent with residents, in calculating our grade in this area. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which is not an impressive total. Lastly, nursing ratings also consider quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses to assist its patients.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

This facility ended up receiving a a very poor score in our short-term care area. It received an F in this area. With our short-term care grade, we attempt to forge a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Considering its weak rating in this category, we weren't surprised to find this nursing home offered far fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most other facilities. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 3.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Turning to our last category, this facility really didn't fare well in this category either. With a very poor grade of F in long-term care, this is really as bad as it gets. Facilities that don't fare well in long-term care typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we looked at. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home provided the vaccine to a relatively low 78.77907 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.47% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.78% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.61% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better nursing care can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 12.09% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.03% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically used to treat residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients

This is the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 85.82% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.8% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 20.06% of Residents

This is the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 20.06% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.11% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 65.71% of Resident

This metric measures the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Wilkes-Barre General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.72 miles away575 North River Street Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania 18764Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 829-8111
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.15 miles away1000 East Mountain Boulevard Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania 18711Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 826-7300
  • Berwick Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.29 miles away701 East 16th Street Berwick Pennsylvania 18603Proprietary(570) 759-5020
  • Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonAcute Care Hospitals 16.84 miles away700 East Broad Street Hazleton Pennsylvania 18201Government - Local(570) 501-4000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Nanticoke1.37 miles away450 West Main Street Nanticoke Pennsylvania 18634Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 740-4820
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Wilkes Barre9.4 miles away307 Laird Street, Suite 1 Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania 18702CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (570) 825-9531
  • Bio-Medical Applications of Pennsylvania, Inc.9.4 miles away309 Laird Street Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania 18702Dialysis Stations: 4 (570) 822-1280
  • The Kidney Center of Greater Hazleton13.96 miles away426 Airport Road 2 Beltway Commons Hazleton Pennsylvania 18202Dialysis Stations: 21 (570) 450-0870
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Pittston14.48 miles away455 North Main Street Pittston Pennsylvania 18640Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 655-4115
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Berwick16.06 miles away301 Market Street Berwick Pennsylvania 18603Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 752-9180
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Hazleton17.89 miles away110 Butler Drive Hazleton Pennsylvania 18201Dialysis Stations: 12 (570) 454-3558
  • Old Forge Dialysis17.98 miles away325 South Main Street Old Forge Pennsylvania 18518Dialysis Stations: 12 (570) 457-3174

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=395651