Maple Winds Healthcare and Rehabilitation is the only nursing home located in Portage, Pennsylvania. This nursing home proved to be a highly rated facility, with an overall grade of B+. You can certainly do much worse than this facility. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.
Maple Winds Healthcare and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
To go along with its impressive overall score, we awarded this nursing home an A- for our nursing rating. In determining our nursing scores, we factor in both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures 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 generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving a resident more frequently.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive profile, this facility also performed well in the area of inspections. In fact, it earned a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that area with an A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively minor. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
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Short-term Care Quality
Moving on our next category, this nursing home was given a very impressive short-term care score. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a A-. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed is long-term care. In this category, we awarded this facility an acceptable grade of C. This actually is this facility's least impressive area. For residents in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is a very respectable statistic. This place keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Maple Winds Healthcare and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Maple Winds Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 7.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percent of long-term stay patients who developed pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Maple Winds Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Maple Winds Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term residents who have had urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Maple Winds Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Maple Winds Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are generally given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Maple Winds Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 3.12% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression. High levels of depression could be a sign lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Maple Winds Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 88.22% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Maple Winds Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Maple Winds Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 21.64% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that mobility is vital to residents' health.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Maple Winds Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 21.64 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Maple Winds Healthcare and Rehabilitation, 72.59% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements.
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