Forest Park Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
700 Walnut Bottom Road, Carlisle PA 17013 · (717) 960-7700 · 93.59% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Forest Park Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Our grading scheme was not favorable to this nursing home, as we gave it an overall grade of F. Keep in mind that Carlisle received a far more impressive city grade of B, so you should definitely look at some other options in the city. Finally, inspections was the only shining light in this nursing home's profile. We provide more information about this category below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 114 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it actually fared well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B+ for that area, which is one of our better scores. Arguably the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid facilities that had too many severe deficiencies. Although this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this facility only earned a D for its short-term care score, which turns out to be one of its more respectable category grades. In our short-term care rating, we strive to craft a fair barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess the nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. We found that this place was subpar in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the measures we looked at. The last measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 39.6 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. Our nursing grade analyzes the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of training of the nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This facility provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is below the national average. On top of its below average nursing hour totals, this place also received poor marks in many of the quality-based metrics we looked at in calculating our nursing grades. We found that more of this nursing home's residents sustained falls leading to serious injury. We believe that many falls could likely be avoided with better nursing care. This statistic contributed to this nursing home receiving a terrible nursing score.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to our last category, this nursing home really didn't fare very well here either. Due to an abysmal grade of F in long-term care, this is about as terrible as it gets. For prospective patients seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 96.766174 percent of its patients, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.88 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Forest Park Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better