634 East Broad Street, Bethlehem PA 18018 · (610) 625-4885 · 69.17% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Moravian Village of Bethlehem is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is very favorable rating. In fact, we were so impressed with this nursing home that we rated it as one of the top five facilities in Bethlehem. The best part of this facility's strong profile was its short-term care score. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Non profit - Corporation
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Short-term Care Quality
A+
Historical
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of short-term care. In computing these short-term care ratings, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to devise a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. This facility excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the average nursing home. This is generally an excellent sign. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that were able to return home from this nursing home. In addition to excelling in the area of physical therapy, we found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in the nation in this area with 76.6 percent of its patients returning home. Most nursing homes are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Facility Inspections
A+
Historical
This facility also received an A+ inspection grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s in our category grades. This grade is based on the facility's inspection reports. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively insignificant. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
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Nurse Quality
B+
Historical
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. In calculating a nursing home's nursing rating, we weigh the amount of time nurses are seeing patients and the level of skill of those nurses. This nursing home provided 5.1 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This was one of the better totals we found. Furthermore, we found that a significant percentage of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. On top of looking at levels of nursing care, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these areas as good measures of the caliber of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
B-
Historical
The final area we looked at is long-term care. In that area, we gave this facility an acceptable grade of B-. This actually is this facility's least impressive category. For patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. In addition to above average nursing hour statistics, this nursing home's vaccination data is above average also. Indeed, it vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. While it had 1.81 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was better than most facilities since it had more complex patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
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A-
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B
Overall Rating
Nurse Rating
Long-Term Rating
Short-Term Rating
Inspection Rating
Moravian Village of Bethlehem Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Provider
F
15.79%
State
B+
6.71%
National
B
7.32%
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Provider
F
9.09%
State
B
3.28%
National
B
3.36%
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Provider
F
12.32%
State
B+
2.11%
National
B
2.65%
Percent of Patients with UTIs Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Provider
B-
16.08%
State
B
15.33%
National
B
14.18%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Provider
C
25%
State
B
19.89%
National
B
19.68%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Provider
B
1.49%
State
B+
2.38%
National
B+
5.07%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Provider
A
100%
State
B-
89.92%
National
B
92.05%
Percent of Patients Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Provider
D
23.85%
State
B
14.64%
National
B
14.45%
Percentage of Patients Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Provider
A+
31.39%
State
B+
19.1%
National
B
17.08%
Percentage of Residents Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Provider
B
1.81
State
B+
1.5
National
B
1.70
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Provider
F
31.39
State
B-
19.1
National
B
17.08
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.