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Elk Haven Nursing Home

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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785 Johnsonburg Road,
Saint Marys PA 15857

(814) 234-2618

71.91% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Saint Marys, Pennsylvania, Elk Haven Nursing Home is one of just two available nursing homes in the city. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road rating. As far as we can see, this nursing home would be a good fit for quite a few people. One of the best aspects of this facility's profile is its exemplary inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To pair with its decent overall score, we gave this facility an A+ for its inspection grade. This grade is far better than the facility's overall rating. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility also received a strong grade in our long-term care category. We awarded this facility a better than average grade of B+ in that category. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia can be a deadly health condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Our third area we graded was short-term care, in which this facility received an F. In calculating our short-term care scores, we assess a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is typically a fair assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Given its grade in this area, we weren't surprised to find that this nursing home is well below average in terms of the number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Honestly, this was what we expected to find. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 4 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.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

The next category we rated is nursing, which proved to be this nursing home's least impressive area. Sadly, it received a lowly F in this area, which is obviously very concerning. When determining a facility's nursing grade, we consider the number of hours nurses spend with patients and the levels of training of those nurses. This facility offered just 0.1 hours of nursing care per patient per day. In addition to being below average in nursing hours per resident, this place also had poor marks in the quality-based metrics we looked at in calculating our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. This place was at about 1.5 times the national average in both of these metrics. This is a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are preventable with better nursing care. These metrics pulled down this nursing home's nursing grade significantly.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Elk Haven Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Elk Haven Nursing Home, 10.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Elk Haven Nursing Home, 6.54% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Elk Haven Nursing Home, 7.64% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients which sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic may be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Elk Haven Nursing Home, 14.43% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Elk Haven Nursing Home, 16.56% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Elk Haven Nursing Home, 0% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Elk Haven Nursing Home, 99.71% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Elk Haven Nursing Home, 14.48% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence. Many in the industry believe that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Elk Haven Nursing Home, 21.46% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Elk Haven Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Elk Haven Nursing Home, 21.46% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Elk Haven Nursing Home, 15.69% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Elk Haven Nursing Home, 65.19% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Penn Highlands ElkCritical Access Hospitals 0.09 miles away763 Johnsonburg Road Saint Marys Pennsylvania 15857Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 788-8000
  • Upmc KaneAcute Care Hospitals 18.72 miles away4372 Route 6 Kane Pennsylvania 16735Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 837-8585

Nearby Dialysis

  • Renal Care-Partners of St Marys, LLC0.2 miles away753 Johnsonburg Road Saint Marys Pennsylvania 15857CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (814) 788-5005