Holy Family Manor
1200 Spring Street, Bethlehem PA 18018 · (610) 865-5595 · 72.16% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Holy Family Manor is a very-large non-profit nursing home located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. We have a high opinion of this facility, which we gave a B+ overall. We were equally impressed with the city grade of nursing homes in Bethlehem, making this a great place to find a nursing home. You can certainly do much worse than this nursing home. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home did not have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 208 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a strong facility overall, this nursing home really excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Not many facilities fared better in that category. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this area usually have few severe deficiencies. This place was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Among this nursing home's other strengths is its elite short-term care score. We gave them one of our strongest grades in that area, with a score of A-. Our short-term care grades are based on a facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. This place outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country with 61.8 percent of its residents returning home. This is a far better rate than most facilities.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility was given a strong long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher scores in that area with a score of B+. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 97.916664 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.2 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
The next area we looked at is nursing. We gave this facility an acceptable score in this area, with a C. Although this is not as dominant as many of this nursing home's other grades, it is still a middle of the pack score. We assessed the licensure of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours those nurses were with patients, in determining our rating in this area. Based on the CMS data, this nursing home offers 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, this nursing home was relatively weak in some of the data points we look at, with subpar scores for minimizing its patients' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Holy Family Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures 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 emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better