Bucktail Medical Center is a small hospital-based facility located in Renovo, Pennsylvania. With an overall grade of A-, this is undoubtedly a very strong nursing home. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all facilities in the country. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing score, which you can find in the next section.
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Bucktail Medical Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
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Nurse Quality
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. Nursing scores are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home 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 country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning residents more frequently.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also received a nearly flawless government inspection report. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that area with a score of A. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor dings aren't necessarily something to panic about.
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Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its high-end profile, this facility also was given a strong short-term care grade, with a grade of A. With our short-term care grade, we try to forge a sound gauge for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we rated turned out to be this nursing home's poorest category. Nevertheless, even in its worst category we still awarded it a decent grade of C in long-term care. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. One of the data points we considered after nursing hours was vaccines. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 98.86363 percent of its patients. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bucktail Medical Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bucktail Medical Center, 10.87% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bucktail Medical Center, 1.14% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients that suffered falls which caused severe injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bucktail Medical Center, 2.27% of Patients had UTIs
This measures the percentage of long-term patients that had a UTI. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bucktail Medical Center, 18.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bucktail Medical Center, 13.1% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bucktail Medical Center, 0% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bucktail Medical Center, 98.43% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bucktail Medical Center, 20.29% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bucktail Medical Center, 17.26% of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels. Many believe that mobility is vital to residents' mental and physical health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bucktail Medical Center, 17.26% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Bucktail Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0 miles away1001 Pine Street Renovo Pennsylvania 17764Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 923-1000
- Lock Haven HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.17 miles away24 Cree Drive Lock Haven Pennsylvania 17745Proprietary(570) 893-5024