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 B-, which is a middle of the road grade. Based on our assessment, this place likely wouldn't be a bad choice. We were also pleased to discover that this facility was consistent in all of our categories. More information about its category grades is available below.
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Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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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
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We would like to point out that this facility's inspection rating exceeded its overall grade. This facility earned a grade of B+ in this category, which is one of our better grades. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
The next best area we awarded this nursing home in any area came in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a B-. In the area of short-term care, we try to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 5.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility's next most favorable category turned out to be its long-term care score, where it was given a B-. In calculating our long-term care grades, we size up the personal care received by a nursing home's patients. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home vaccinated 99.200005 percent of its patients, which is a very solid datapoint. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
The final area we assessed was nursing. We awarded it a grade of B- in this category. This is a perfectly acceptable grade in this category. When calculating our nursing grades, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of those nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, while this facility got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of our quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this area.
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, 3.29% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.21% of Patients had UTIs
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which suffered from a UTI. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic could also be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.17% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay patients that were administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to having more residents with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 16.13% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. High levels of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 99.6% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.71% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 18.86% of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 18.86% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Forest City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 7.55% 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, 70.65% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients who experienced 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