Carleton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is a facility in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, which has 10,243 people. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is among the top scores we offer. A grade of this caliber requires superb scores across the board. We were not surprised to discover that this turned out to be the number one rated nursing home in the city. This nursing home's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.
Carleton Healthcare 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 Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to note that this facility received an impressive grade of A for nursing. Nursing ratings are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 facility Pennsylvania in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving residents more frequently.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This facility received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received a impressive short-term care score. Indeed, this ended up being this facility's third strongest category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A. In determining our short-term care ratings, we size up the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This score is typically a useful assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients that were able to return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the final area, this nursing home was given a decent long-term care score. Although this isn't as strong as a few of its other category grades, this is really a middle of the pack score. Our long-term care scores are more meaningful for individuals requiring more conventional services associated with activities of daily living. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 92.85714 percent of its residents, which is slightly less than we were hoping for. On a more positive note, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Carleton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Carleton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 7.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term patients which developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Carleton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Carleton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Carleton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Carleton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term patients that are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Carleton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.12% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Carleton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 88.22% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Carleton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Carleton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 21.64% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Carleton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 21.64 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Carleton Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 72.59% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Upmc Susquehanna Soldiers & SailorsCritical Access Hospitals 0.45 miles away32-36 Central Avenue Wellsboro Pennsylvania 16901Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 724-1631
Nearby Dialysis
- Us Renal Care - Wellsboro1.36 miles away70 Plaza Lane Wellsboro Pennsylvania 16901Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 724-3188