Mosser Nursing Home is a small non-profit nursing home located in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is one of the top scores that we offer. A score of this caliber requires excellent scores across the board. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the United States. As you will see below, this facility also performed just fine in our category ratings. It's hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.
Mosser Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is it earned an A+ inspection grade. This is just about as good as it gets in this critical category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are quite minor. While this place had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Our nursing grade is largely tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country 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 employing a protocol of turning a resident more frequently.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was strong in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A-. Not many facilities fared better in this area. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 97.98658 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly can be a life threatening ailment for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home does not roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we scored is short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility an impressive grade of B. In determining our short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is frequently a reliable assessment of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we considered in this area is the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mosser Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mosser Nursing Home, 7.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mosser Nursing Home, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are routinely linked to lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mosser Nursing Home, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs
This metric indicates the percent of long-term care residents which suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be an indicator of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mosser Nursing Home, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mosser Nursing Home, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mosser Nursing Home, 3.12% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some would argue that this is a measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mosser Nursing Home, 88.22% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mosser Nursing Home, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Some believe this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mosser Nursing Home, 21.64% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Mosser Nursing Home, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mosser Nursing Home, 21.64 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Mosser Nursing Home, 8.92 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Mosser Nursing Home, 72.59% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
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- Palmerton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.86 miles away135 Lafayette Avenue Palmerton Pennsylvania 18071Voluntary non-profit - Other(610) 826-3141
- St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusAcute Care Hospitals 18.42 miles away1872 St Luke's Blvd Easton Pennsylvania 18045Voluntary non-profit - Private(484) 503-3000
- Grand View HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.54 miles away700 Lawn Avenue Sellersville Pennsylvania 18960Voluntary non-profit - Other(215) 453-4615
Nearby Dialysis
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