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Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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700 S. Cayuga Avenue,
Altoona PA 16602

(814) 946-0471

73% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is one of a mere three nursing homes in this city. Featuring an overall score of B-, this is a decent facility. We were somewhat surprised to learn that this is actually rated as the number one nursing home in Altoona. We were also pleased to discover that this facility received consistently decent grades in each of our categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

The primary reason this facility received a decent overall grade is its excellent health inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our higher grades in that category, with an A. This is a notably better grade than the place's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home an B. We looked at the levels of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of time the nurses were with patients, in computing our rating in this area. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility Pennsylvania in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning a patient even once per day.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's third most favorable category ended up being long-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a B-. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to just 67.41936 percent of its residents, which is slightly concerning. Nevertheless, this facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The last category we rated is short-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of C. In forming these short-term care scores, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 3.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 8.41% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.23% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 2.94% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 31.46% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure measures the percent of long-term residents that were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 80.21% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 16.08% of Patients

This datapoint 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 getting dressed and bathing. Some experts believe that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 20.82% of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 20.82% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 6.66% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Hillview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 75.11% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Upmc AltoonaAcute Care Hospitals 2.18 miles away620 Howard Avenue Altoona Pennsylvania 16601Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 889-2011
  • Conemaugh Nason Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.59 miles away105 Nason Drive Roaring Spring Pennsylvania 16673Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 224-2141
  • Tyrone Regional Health NetworkCritical Access Hospitals 15.17 miles away187 Hospital Drive Tyrone Pennsylvania 16686Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 684-1255
  • Conemaugh Miners Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.54 miles away290 Haida Avenue Hastings Pennsylvania 16646Proprietary(814) 247-3100

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Altoona1.43 miles away1602 Ninth Avenue Altoona Pennsylvania 16602CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (814) 940-2440
  • u.s. Renal Care - Altoona2.55 miles away118 E. Chestnut Avenue Altoona Pennsylvania 16601CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (814) 942-2569
  • Tyrone Dialysis Center15.19 miles away175 Hospital Drive Tyrone Pennsylvania 16686Dialysis Stations: 7 (814) 684-4390
  • Davita - Pdi Ebensburg15.73 miles away429 Manor Dr., Suite 650 Ebensburg Pennsylvania 15931Dialysis Stations: 9 (814) 472-2642

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=395241