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Dubois Nursing Home

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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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P O Box 307,
Du Bois PA 15801

(814) 375-9100

77.85% estimated occupancy ¹

Dubois Nursing Home is a large non-profit facility located in Du Bois, Pennsylvania. This facility received an overall rating of F. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Du Bois. The city has just one other nursing home. If you aren't deterred by this place's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
Is CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Although we gave this nursing home a terrible overall score, we gave it an A- for our inspections score. This grade is far more impressive than the nursing home's overall score. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid facilities that have too many severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Nurse Quality

Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. Unfortunately, this ended up being one of its better grades. Nursing grades are primarily associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home offered only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. This nursing home performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these metrics to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.

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Short-term Care Quality

The next area we analyzed is short-term care. This facility's was given a bottom of the barrel short-term care grade where it received an F. In our short-term care category, we try to forge a fair gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This wasn't a strength for this facility. We found that just 4.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Switching gears to the next category, this nursing home really did not perform well here either. Due to an abysmal grade of F in long-term care, this is about as bad as it gets. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. One of the criteria we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. We were a bit worried that this facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to just 88.53333 percent of its residents. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Dubois Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Dubois Nursing Home, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Dubois Nursing Home, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who have experienced falls which caused severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Dubois Nursing Home, 1.85% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Dubois Nursing Home, 15.28% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were administered antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Dubois Nursing Home, 18.78% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Dubois Nursing Home, 3.3% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression may be a sign a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Dubois Nursing Home, 86.27% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Dubois Nursing Home, 15.17% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the erosion of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Dubois Nursing Home, 17.92% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Dubois Nursing Home, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.