With an address in Berlin, Pennsylvania, Meadow View Nursing Center is the only option we were able to find there. This nursing home turns out to be a middle of the road facility, with an overall grade of B-. You could definitely do worse than this facility. The best part of this nursing home's report card was is its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Meadow View Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
It should be noted that this facility's inspection grade outpaced its overall grade. In fact, we gave it a B+ for its inspections grade, which is one of our better scores. Inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 7 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility an B+. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed is short-term care, where this facility was given a B- in this category. In the category of short-term care, we seek to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last datapoint we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 4.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's worst category was long-term care, which is the final category we looked at. In this category, we gave this nursing home a D. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category likely don't provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other facilities provide. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 67.40741 percent of its patients. This is multiple points less than the national average. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Meadow View Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Meadow View Nursing Center, 10% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Meadow View Nursing Center, 1.98% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who had a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Meadow View Nursing Center, 0.74% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Meadow View Nursing Center, 20.16% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Meadow View Nursing Center, 30.13% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients which are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally used to treat residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Meadow View Nursing Center, 0.26% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression. High levels of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Meadow View Nursing Center, 77.45% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Meadow View Nursing Center, 8.47% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Many in the industry believe that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Meadow View Nursing Center, 13.45% of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who retained mobility levels. Many argue that mobility is vital to patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Meadow View Nursing Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Meadow View Nursing Center, 13.45% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Meadow View Nursing Center, 74.48% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 8.66 miles away200 Hospital Drive Meyersdale Pennsylvania 15552Proprietary(814) 634-5911
- Upmc SomersetAcute Care Hospitals 9.48 miles away225 South Center Avenue Somerset Pennsylvania 15501Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 443-5000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Somerset County Dialysis9.39 miles away229 S. Kimberly Avenue, Suite 100 Somerset Pennsylvania 15501Dialysis Stations: 10 (814) 445-6127