Jameson Care Center is an average-sized non-profit nursing home in New Castle, Pennsylvania. We gave this facility an overall rating of A, which is an impressive rating. In fact, this is actually the number one rated nursing home in New Castle. You simply can't do any better than this facility. If you look further down this page, you will see this place's category scores, which appear to be equally strong as its overall rating.
Jameson Care Center
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
3349 Wilmington Road,
New Castle PA 16105
75.89% estimated occupancy 1
Quick Details
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving an elite overall score, this nursing home earned an A+ inspection score. This score is based on its recent government inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can offer a facility. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 9 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to patient health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an A. In computing our nursing ratings, we look at both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Roughly one-fourth of these hours were provided by registered nurses, which are among the most skilled levels of nurses. This is a high percentage of skilled nursing care. We weight these hours performed by these types of nurses more in determining our nursing scores. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Does this page answer your questions about Jameson Care Center?
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also performed well in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a score of A-. Not many nursing homes received a better grade in this area. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be most meaningful for patients needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is usually a favorable sign. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. It performed better than most facilities in this area with 55.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
In the last category we graded, this facility was awarded a very favorable grade of A- in our long-term care category. With this score, the facility completed a straight A report card. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.37107 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 2.27 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Jameson Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Jameson Care Center, 7.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percent of long-term care residents that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Jameson Care Center, 3.42% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Jameson Care Center, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric can be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Jameson Care Center, 15.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used to treat a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Jameson Care Center, 19.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are typically used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Jameson Care Center, 3.38% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Higher levels of depression may indicate worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Jameson Care Center, 89.35% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Jameson Care Center, 15.62% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Some experts argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Jameson Care Center, 23.88% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Jameson Care Center, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Jameson Care Center, 23.88 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Jameson Care Center, 8.79 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Jameson Care Center, 72.17% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Scores for New Castle, PA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? New Castle, Pennsylvania has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Upmc JamesonAcute Care Hospitals 3.17 miles away1211 Wilmington Avenue New Castle Pennsylvania 16105Voluntary non-profit - Other(724) 656-4100
- Ellwood City Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.82 miles away724 Pershing Street Ellwood City Pennsylvania 16117Proprietary(724) 752-0081
- Sharon Regional Health SystemAcute Care Hospitals 13.96 miles away740 East State Street Sharon Pennsylvania 16146Proprietary(724) 983-3800
- Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.82 miles away1044 Belmont Avenue Youngstown Ohio 44501Voluntary non-profit - Church(330) 480-3962
- Grove City Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.31 miles away631 North Broad Street Ext. Grove City Pennsylvania 16127Voluntary non-profit - Private(724) 450-7000
- Mh St Elizabeth Boardman HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.43 miles away8401 Market Street Youngstown Ohio 44512Voluntary non-profit - Church(330) 729-2929
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Kidney Care - New Castle3.49 miles away207 West Laurel Avenue New Castle Pennsylvania 16101CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (724) 658-1216
- New Castle Dialysis Center4.23 miles away100 South Jefferson Street, Suite 187 New Castle Pennsylvania 16101Dialysis Stations: 16 (724) 652-2585
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Hermitage11.93 miles away3036 Innovation Way Hermitage Pennsylvania 16148CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (724) 981-1328
- Dci of Shenango Valley13.67 miles away737 Brookshire Drive Hermitage Pennsylvania 16148Dialysis Stations: 19 (724) 342-3040
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Ellwood City13.71 miles away1407 Woodside Avenue Ellwood City Pennsylvania 16117Dialysis Stations: 9 (724) 758-3446
- Boardman Dialysis Center, LLC14.28 miles away7153 Tiffany Blvd. Youngstown Ohio 44514CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (330) 729-1355
- Total Renal Care, Inc.14.33 miles away807 Lawrence Avenue Ellwood City Pennsylvania 16117Dialysis Stations: 5 (724) 752-1081
- Cdc Home Care (Youngstown), Ltd.15.36 miles away807 Southwestern Run Youngstown Ohio 44514Dialysis Stations: 2 (330) 758-0995