John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office is a very-large government-owned nursing home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This nursing home is a subpar facility. A grade in this range indicates we found some red flags. Fortunately, if you aren't impressed with this facility, there are countless other options available in this city. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next section.
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John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Note: John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
Specialized Services
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this facility well overall, we would like to point out its decent health inspections in recent years. We gave it a somewhat respectable score of B- in this area. Inspection grades account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Nurse Quality
We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of B- in the area. Our nursing rating is primarily associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a low total compared with most other nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the number of hours of care offered.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home received its third highest category score in the area of short-term care. We gave this facility a grade of B- in this area, which is an acceptable score. In determining our short-term care grades, we look at a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is typically a fair assessment of the facility's rehabilitation services. We found that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. It supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. It is important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The last measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Our last area is long-term care, in which we gave this nursing home a grade of B- in this area. Our long-term care grade focuses on a facility's assistance with daily living rather than the skilled nursing and medical services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 99.51923 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office, 5.13% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term patients which developed pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office, 6.01% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are routinely linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office, 1.24% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office, 16.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office, 23.79% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term residents who are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office, 0.78% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression. High levels of depression could imply a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office, 99.56% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office, 13.59% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office, 12.89% of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office, 12.89% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office, 8.41% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In John J Kane Regional Center-Regional Office, 88.5% of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Pittsburgh, PA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- 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
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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