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Ellen Memorial Health Care Center

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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23 Ellen Memorial Lane,
Honesdale PA 18431

(570) 253-5690

62.73% estimated occupancy 1

Ellen Memorial Health Care Center is a large nursing home located in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Sporting an overall grade of C, this is likely a solid facility. Based on our ratings, there are definitely much worse nursing homes out there. The best part of this facility's profile is is its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For 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
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

While this facility received a decent overall rating, its inspections grade is notably more impressive than its overall grade. Due to a strong government inspection report this year, it earned a strong score in that area with a B+. Our inspection grades are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

Adding to this nursing home's list of strengths, it also earned an excellent nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of B- in this area. Our nursing rating is mostly associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, while this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of our quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared remarkably well in this area.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The next highest category we awarded this facility in any category came in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a C. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to score a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation To provide highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally must provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. We were surprised to find that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. The facility provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the number of residents who eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 4.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The next category we graded was long-term care, which proved to be a low point for this nursing home. We awarded this nursing home a grade of just D in the area of long-term care. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home'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 residents. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility administered the vaccine to 99.01316 percent of its patients, which is a very solid statistic. Surprisingly, this facility also keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Ellen Memorial Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Ellen Memorial Health Care Center, 5.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Ellen Memorial Health Care Center, 5.92% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Ellen Memorial Health Care Center, 2.06% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Ellen Memorial Health Care Center, 17.28% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, 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-minus

In Ellen Memorial Health Care Center, 20.33% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A

In Ellen Memorial Health Care Center, 0.34% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Ellen Memorial Health Care Center, 98.89% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Ellen Memorial Health Care Center, 14.67% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Ellen Memorial Health Care Center, 15.15% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Ellen Memorial Health Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Ellen Memorial Health Care Center, 15.15% of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Ellen Memorial Health Care Center, 12.06% of Patients

This 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 patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Ellen Memorial Health Care Center, 71.57% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Wayne Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.19 miles away601 Park Street Honesdale Pennsylvania 18431Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 253-8100

Nearby Dialysis

  • Honesdale Dialysis Center1.22 miles awayStoursbridge Mall 600 Maple Avenue, Suite 8 Honesdale Pennsylvania 18431Dialysis Stations: 12 (570) 253-0952
  • Childs Dialysis12.3 miles away101 South Main Street Carbondale Pennsylvania 18407Dialysis Stations: 8 (570) 281-9201
  • Davita - Eynon Dialysis17.03 miles away260 Scranton Carbondale Highway Archbald Pennsylvania 18403Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 876-1874