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Green Ridge Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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2741 Boulevard Avenue,
Scranton PA 18509

(570) 344-6121

93.78% estimated occupancy 1

Green Ridge Care Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. This nursing home received a somewhat concerning overall grade of D, which is a subpar score. Based on our analysis, this place likely isn't the best fit for most prospective residents. This place's only redeeming quality is its inspection grade, which we provide additional information about below.

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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
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pain Management

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually really excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that area, which is one of our highest scores. Arguably the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. It is generally in your best interest to avoid places that have a long list of deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Despite this deficiency, this place still had a relatively positive report.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Sadly, this nursing home only received a grade of D for its long-term care grade, which turns out to be one of its more favorable category scores. Facilities that don't fare well in this category typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated 84.71338 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is quite a few points less than the national average. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

We were surprised to find that this nursing home also excelled in the area of nursing. We awarded it an impressive grade of D for that category, which is one of our best scores. When calculating our nursing grades, we factor in both nursing hours and the skill levels of the nurses. With a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were well below the national average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This place performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The final area we rated was short-term care. This nursing home received a rock bottom grade of F in that category. In calculating these short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to formulate a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Based on its grade in this area, we were not surprised to find that this place is well below average in terms of the quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Honestly, this was about what we expected here. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Green Ridge Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Green Ridge Care Center, 8.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Green Ridge Care Center, 4.14% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients that have suffered a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Green Ridge Care Center, 1.67% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Green Ridge Care Center, 8.17% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for treating several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Green Ridge Care Center, 20% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric tells you the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Green Ridge Care Center, 0.67% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Green Ridge Care Center, 91.48% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Green Ridge Care Center, 9.51% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Green Ridge Care Center, 7.21% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Green Ridge Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Green Ridge Care Center, 7.21% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Green Ridge Care Center, 12.13% 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: F

In Green Ridge Care Center, 60.68% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.

Scores for Scranton, PA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

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