Bloomsburg Care Center and Rehabilitation Center is a facility located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, a city with a population of 30,967 people. We gave this nursing home an overall rating of F. Based on our ratings, this facility likely isn't a fit for anyone. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
Bloomsburg Care Center and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
Although we graded this nursing home very poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing grade this year. We gave it a B- in that area. Our nursing grade looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is a very low figure. Finally, our nursing ratings also consider quality-based metrics, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this place performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is often an indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses to assist its patients.
Long-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility's next highest category was long-term care. Nevertheless, with a grade of D in this category, it still fared somewhat poorly. Nursing homes that do not fare well in long-term care often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in a few of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 82.71276 percent of its residents. This is several points lower than what we expected. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.
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Facility Inspections
This nursing home received a grade of just D in the area of inspections. Our inspection scores weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. This facility had 5 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they caused a risk to resident safety or health. Finally, we also would like to point out that this nursing home received large government fines in recent years of over $100,000. This generally indicates that a facility's poor performance spanned several years.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our final category, this nursing home really did not fare well in this category either. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in short-term care, this is just about as bad as it gets. In calculating our short-term care scores, we analyze a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This score is frequently a reliable assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. Based on its score in this category, we were not stunned to find that this nursing home was well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. The final datapoint we looked at in this area is the number of residents that eventually returned home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.5 percent of its residents returning home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bloomsburg Care Center and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bloomsburg Care Center and Rehabilitation Center, 7.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of long-term patients that have pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bloomsburg Care Center and Rehabilitation Center, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are often caused by poor nursing care. More supervision minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bloomsburg Care Center and Rehabilitation Center, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs
This figure indicates the percent of long-term residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bloomsburg Care Center and Rehabilitation Center, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for treating several medical conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bloomsburg Care Center and Rehabilitation Center, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bloomsburg Care Center and Rehabilitation Center, 3.12% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bloomsburg Care Center and Rehabilitation Center, 88.22% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bloomsburg Care Center and Rehabilitation Center, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence. Some argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bloomsburg Care Center and Rehabilitation Center, 21.64% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Bloomsburg Care Center and Rehabilitation Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bloomsburg Care Center and Rehabilitation Center, 21.64 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bloomsburg Care Center and Rehabilitation Center, 8.92 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bloomsburg Care Center and Rehabilitation Center, 72.59% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Geisinger-Bloomsburg HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.2 miles away549 East Fair Street Bloomsburg Pennsylvania 17815Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 387-2100
- Geisinger Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.27 miles away100 North Academy Avenue Danville Pennsylvania 17822Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 271-6211
- Berwick Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.47 miles away701 East 16th Street Berwick Pennsylvania 18603Proprietary(570) 759-5020
Nearby Dialysis
- Gmc Outpatient Dialysis Unit - Justin Drive6.92 miles away100 Justin Drive Danville Pennsylvania 17822Dialysis Stations: 21 (570) 271-6392
- Geisinger Health System8.08 miles away100 North Academy Avenue Danville Pennsylvania 17822Dialysis Stations: 8 (570) 271-6561
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Berwick11.92 miles away301 Market Street Berwick Pennsylvania 18603Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 752-9180
- Davita - Northumberland Dialysis14.58 miles away103 West State Route 61 Mount Carmel Pennsylvania 17851Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 339-5558