Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital is the sole facility we found in Towanda, Pennsylvania. We gave this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top 25 percent of all facilities in the United States. We also want to point out that this facility is based in a hospital. Typically, this means that more intensive medical services are available. This facility also received consistently good scores in each of the major categories we assessed. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
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Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
On top of being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of nursing, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. The nursing grade is based on many factors. The most important one is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
This facility has earned near flawless inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this area. Inspection scores are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's inspections. Places that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning our third category, this facility was given a top-shelf long-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a score of A- in this area. Facilities that do well in long-term care tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.42857 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is often a dangerous health condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a nursing home does not leave this to chance. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
In the last category we assessed, this nursing home received an impressive grade grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this grade, the facility topped off a very impressive report card. In the category of short-term care, we strive to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, 2.99% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, 0.57% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often associated with poor nursing care. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, 2.4% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this statistic may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, 27.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, 13.58% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term care residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, 0.6% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression may indicate a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, 99.15% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, 8.02% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, 21.81% of Residents
This is the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, 21.81% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, 11.99% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, 78.14% of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Guthrie Towanda Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0 miles away91 Hospital Drive Towanda Pennsylvania 18848Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 265-2191
- Troy Community HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.65 miles away275 Guthrie Drive Troy Pennsylvania 16947Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 297-2121
Nearby Dialysis
- Bio Medical Applications of Pennsylvania, Inc.0.1 miles away603 William Street Towanda Pennsylvania 18848Dialysis Stations: 9 (570) 265-2209
- Bio Medical Applications of Pennsylvania, Inc.14.14 miles away1 Guthrie Square, 8th Floor Sayre Pennsylvania 18840Dialysis Stations: 14 (570) 887-4431