Centre Crest is a very-large non-profit facility in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. With a abysmal overall grade of F, this nursing home didn't fare well in our assessment. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Bellefonte. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its strong inspection reports. You can scroll down to find out about inspections and other category grades
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Centre Crest
- 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 Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Dialysis Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
Although we gave this facility a horrible overall score, we awarded it an A- for our inspections rating. This grade is far more impressive than the facility's overall grade. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to point out that this nursing home received an F for its nursing grade. Nursing scores are largely based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. With a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were quite a bit below average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these datapoints to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
The third category we looked at is long-term care, in which this nursing home received an F. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to learn that this facility vaccinates 96.368355 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we rated is short-term care. Sadly, it received an abysmal F in this area, which is a very poor score. Short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. As you might expect, we discovered that this nursing home offers substantially less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than a typical facility. Finally, we considered the number of patients who returned home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 2.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Centre Crest Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Centre Crest, 11.52% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Centre Crest, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents who suffered falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Centre Crest, 5.1% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents which have suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric could be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Centre Crest, 16.96% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Centre Crest, 20.22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Centre Crest, 3.59% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are showing signs of depression. Many believe that this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Centre Crest, 97.51% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Centre Crest, 20.93% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Centre Crest, 24.22% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Centre Crest, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Centre Crest, 24.22% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Centre Crest, 3.83% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Centre Crest, 66.57% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mount Nittany Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.86 miles away1800 East Park Ave State College Pennsylvania 16803Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 231-7000
- Meadows Psychiatric CenterPsychiatric 19.03 miles away132 Meadows Drive Centre Hall Pennsylvania 16828Proprietary(814) 364-2161
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Kidney Care - State College9.5 miles away3901 South Atherton Street, Suite 7 State College Pennsylvania 16801CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (814) 466-7029
- Davita - State College Dialysis11.73 miles away500 Science Park Road, Suite 2 State College Pennsylvania 16803Dialysis Stations: 12 (814) 237-3082