Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem is a small facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This facility is among the top facilities we assessed. A score of this caliber requires excellent marks across the board. Based on our ratings, you can not go wrong with this nursing home. Headlining this place's exemplary profile is its inspection score, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Audiology
- Catheter Care
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Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this place turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ in our inspections category. This is as good as it gets in this category. Inspection ratings are based on several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few relatively minor dings are not something to panic about.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a score of A+ for its short-term care grade. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This grade is considered to be a solid assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. There are several criteria included in this category. Most of these criteria relate to staffing levels. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our final area, this nursing home was awarded a respectable long-term care score. Although this wasn't nearly as good as a few of its other category grades, this is truly not a bad grade. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem, 16.26% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents that developed pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem, 3.23% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to facilities with lower levels of hygiene. More frequent bathing can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem, 25.81% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem, 34.34% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem, 0% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem, 98.51% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem, 11.34% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem, 17.55% of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Some argue that mobility is important for residents' mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem, 17.55% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem, 9.24% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem, 63.56% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Bethlehem, PA
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Bethlehem, Pennsylvania has 6 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusAcute Care Hospitals 2.41 miles away1872 St Luke's Blvd Easton Pennsylvania 18045Voluntary non-profit - Private(484) 503-3000
- Easton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.15 miles away250 South 21st Street Easton Pennsylvania 18042Proprietary(610) 250-4076
- St Luke's Hospital BethlehemAcute Care Hospitals 5.98 miles away801 Ostrum Street Bethlehem Pennsylvania 18015Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 954-4000
- St Luke's Warren HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.6 miles away185 Roseberry St Phillipsburg New Jersey 08865Voluntary non-profit - Other(908) 847-6700
- Sacred Heart HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.03 miles away421 Chew Street Allentown Pennsylvania 18102Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 776-4900
- Lehigh Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.86 miles away1200 South Cedar Crest Boulevard Allentown Pennsylvania 18105Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 402-2273
- St Luke's Quakertown HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.64 miles away1021 Park Avenue Quakertown Pennsylvania 18951Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 538-4500
- Palmerton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.5 miles away135 Lafayette Avenue Palmerton Pennsylvania 18071Voluntary non-profit - Other(610) 826-3141
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Easton3.35 miles away3501 Northwood Avenue Easton Pennsylvania 18045Dialysis Stations: 30 (610) 253-4278
- Davita - Palmer Dialysis Center3.52 miles away30 Community Drive Easton Pennsylvania 18045CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (610) 258-8855
- Davita - St. Luke's Bethlehem4.97 miles away1425 8th Avenue Bethlehem Pennsylvania 18018CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (484) 403-4304
- Bio-Medical Applications of Pennsylvania, Inc5.18 miles away1005 Harvard Avenue Bethlehem Pennsylvania 18015Dialysis Stations: 17 (610) 997-8350
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Bethlehem5.32 miles away2014 City Line Road, Suite 102 Bethlehem Pennsylvania 18017CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (610) 264-9660
- Fmc Phillipsburg Dialysis Ctr7.69 miles away471 Center Street Kidney Treatment Center Phillipsburg New Jersey 08865CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (908) 454-7440
- Etowah Dialysis, LLC8.27 miles away1220 3rd Street Whitehall Pennsylvania 18052Dialysis Stations: 13 (610) 266-1706
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Whitehall8.83 miles away1320 Mickley Road Whitehall Pennsylvania 18052CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (610) 264-2228