Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is located in Forest City, Pennsylvania. This city has a total of 4,754 people. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road grade. Based on our assessment, this place likely wouldn't be a bad choice. The best part of this nursing home's report card is its exemplary inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Hemodialysis
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an elite inspection score. In fact, its inspection grade was far better than its overall grade. In our inspections category, we gave it a grade of A. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a favorable grade in our short-term care category. We gave this nursing home an above average grade of B+ in this area. In the area of short-term care, we try to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we considered in this category is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Nurse Quality
Moving on to another strength for this facility, it also received an elite nursing rating. In fact, we gave this facility an D. We looked at the skill-level of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours those nurses worked with patients, in determining our grade in this area. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This nursing home performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's worst area was long-term care, which is the last category we scored. We gave it an abysmal F for this category. In spite of some decent scores in other categories, this grade is still of a concern so we wanted to point it out. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. Once we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 98.98305 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 7.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients that experienced falls leading to major 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 Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients which are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are typically prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.12% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 88.22% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 21.64% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 21.64 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8.92 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 72.59% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Wayne Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.89 miles away601 Park Street Honesdale Pennsylvania 18431Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 253-8100
- Regional Hospital of ScrantonAcute Care Hospitals 19.58 miles away746 Jefferson Avenue Scranton Pennsylvania 18501Proprietary(570) 348-7100
- Moses Taylor HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.63 miles away700 Quincy Avenue Scranton Pennsylvania 18510Proprietary(570) 340-2100
Nearby Dialysis
- Childs Dialysis3.51 miles away101 South Main Street Carbondale Pennsylvania 18407Dialysis Stations: 8 (570) 281-9201
- Honesdale Dialysis Center11.92 miles awayStoursbridge Mall 600 Maple Avenue, Suite 8 Honesdale Pennsylvania 18431Dialysis Stations: 12 (570) 253-0952
- Davita - Eynon Dialysis12.81 miles away260 Scranton Carbondale Highway Archbald Pennsylvania 18403Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 876-1874
- Scranton Dialysis17.4 miles awayRear 475 Morgan Highway Scranton Pennsylvania 18508Dialysis Stations: 14 (570) 341-8270
- Dunmore Dialysis18.62 miles away1212 Oneal Highway Scranton Pennsylvania 18512CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (570) 558-0190