Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a large nursing home located in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania. Featuring an overall rating of D, this is a relatively 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. The only positive thing we can say about this nursing home is that it didn't receive any F's in in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.
Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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
Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this nursing home favorably overall, we want to point out its relatively favorable health inspections in recent years. We gave it a respectable grade of B+ in this area, which was much better than its overall score. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. It is generally best to avoid places that had a long list of severe deficiencies. Although this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
The second highest category we gave this facility in any area came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of C. In crafting these short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to create a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical facility. The last measure we assessed in this area is the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 4.7 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
We gave this facility a grade of just D for our nursing rating. Nursing scores are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This place fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's weakest category is long-term care, which is the final category we analyzed. For this area, we awarded this facility a grade of just D. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinates 98.33887 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Sadly, 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.
Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 7.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percent of long-term patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that sustained a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric can be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents which are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.12% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression could imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 88.22% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 21.64% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 21.64 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8.92 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand 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
In Birchwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 72.59% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation.
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