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Messiah Lifeways

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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100 Mount Allen Drive,
Mechanicsburg PA 17055

(717) 589-4316

81.72% estimated occupancy 1

Messiah Lifeways is a large non-profit nursing home located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. We awarded this nursing home an A overall grade, ranking it in the top ten percentile of all nursing homes in the country. You really can't do much better than this nursing home. This nursing home was also given impressive scores in all four of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Church related
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Aquatic Therapy

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania badge

Best Nursing Home in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania badge

Best Nursing Home in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Awards 2020

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

One of the many reasons this place ended up being a quality nursing home is that it earned an A+ in our inspections category. This is just about as good as it gets in this area. Inspection grades are based on items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose 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

Grade: A

This facility also performed well in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a score of A. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to score a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To have highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to offer better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of patients who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. There are numerous datapoints included in this category. Most of the subcategories relate to nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In the final category we analyzed, this nursing home was given a very strong grade of A- in our long-term care category. With this grade, the nursing home wrapped up a straight A profile. Facilities that excel in this category typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 95.203835 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Messiah Lifeways Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Messiah Lifeways, 4.02% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Messiah Lifeways, 5.28% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. More supervision can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Messiah Lifeways, 0.24% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by poor nursing care. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Messiah Lifeways, 18.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Messiah Lifeways, 27.94% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Messiah Lifeways, 0.97% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents showing depressive symptoms. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Messiah Lifeways, 97.15% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Messiah Lifeways, 11.48% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Some experts would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Messiah Lifeways, 15.71% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Messiah Lifeways, 0.42 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Messiah Lifeways, 15.71% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Messiah Lifeways, 6.27% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Messiah Lifeways, 58.84% of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.

Scores for Mechanicsburg, 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
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

Looking for more options? Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Holy Spirit HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.29 miles away503 North 21st Street Camp Hill Pennsylvania 17011Voluntary non-profit - Private(717) 763-2100
  • Pinnacle Health HospitalsAcute Care Hospitals 7.24 miles away409 South Second Street Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17105Voluntary non-profit - Other(717) 782-5181
  • Pennsylvania Psychiatric InstitutePsychiatric 8.04 miles away2501 North Third Street Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17110Proprietary(717) 782-4742
  • Good Samaritan HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.44 miles awayFourth and Walnut Streets Lebanon Pennsylvania 17042Voluntary non-profit - Other(717) 270-7500
  • Carlisle Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.81 miles away361 Alexander Spring Road Carlisle Pennsylvania 17015Proprietary(717) 249-1212

Nearby Dialysis

  • u.s. Renal Care Mechanicsburg2.08 miles away120 South Filbert Street Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania 17055Dialysis Stations: 15 (717) 790-6080
  • u.s. Renal Care - Camp Hill4.15 miles away158 South 32nd Street, Suite 19 Camp Hill Pennsylvania 17011Dialysis Stations: 16 (717) 731-0506
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Camp Hill4.75 miles away240 Grandview Avenue, Suite 200 Camp Hill Pennsylvania 17011Dialysis Stations: 18 (717) 737-7800
  • Dialysis Care Center - Mechanicsburg LLC5.12 miles away4 Flowers Drive, Suite 1 Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania 17050Dialysis Stations: 11 (717) 795-4665
  • Davita West Shore5.32 miles away550 North 12th St., Suite 110 Lemoyne Pennsylvania 17043Dialysis Stations: 12 (717) 737-3272
  • Liberty Dialysis LLC - Camp Hill5.32 miles away500 N. 12th Street, Suite 300 Lemoyne Pennsylvania 17043CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (717) 230-1630
  • Bio-Medical Applications of Pennsylvania, Inc.7.29 miles away390 E. Penn Drive Enola Pennsylvania 17025Dialysis Stations: 2 (717) 732-3274
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Cityline8.16 miles away2601 North 3rd Street, Suite 101 Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17110Dialysis Stations: 17 (717) 909-9450