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Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center's website

403 Hazle Township Boulevard,
Hazleton PA 18202

(570) 454-8888

75.05% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a very-large facility in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Featuring an overall grade of F, we consider this to be a bottom of the barrel facility. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Hazleton. The city has just two other nursing homes. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

Although we gave this facility a terrible overall grade, we awarded it a B- for our inspections rating. In fact, the facility received very impressive inspection report this year. Inspection grades are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to patient safety. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

We were also stunned to discover that this facility earned a decent long-term care score this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. Long-term care grades assess a nursing home's personal care instead of the skilled nursing or healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 98.820755 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is higher than the average nursing home. This place keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. Nursing scores are primarily associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. This facility performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The final area we looked at is short-term care, in which this facility was given a rock bottom score here as well. Sadly, it received an F for this category, which is obviously a major disappointment. Our short-term care scores are considered to be more meaningful for those needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients that returned home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 4.29% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure measures the percent of long-term care patients who have pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 6.72% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents who sustained a fall which caused serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0.24% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric could be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 19.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 31.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-plus

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0.12% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression. High levels of depression could imply worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 98.86% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 14.58% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 19.14% of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 19.14% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 19.91% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 67.88% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Lehigh Valley Hospital - HazletonAcute Care Hospitals 2.17 miles away700 East Broad Street Hazleton Pennsylvania 18201Government - Local(570) 501-4000
  • St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.44 miles away360 W Ruddle Street Coaldale Pennsylvania 18218Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 645-2131
  • Berwick Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.23 miles away701 East 16th Street Berwick Pennsylvania 18603Proprietary(570) 759-5020
  • St Luke's Hospital-Gnaden Huetten CampusAcute Care Hospitals 16.56 miles away211 North 12th Street Lehighton Pennsylvania 18235Voluntary non-profit - Private(607) 377-1300

Nearby Dialysis

  • The Kidney Center of Greater Hazleton1.26 miles away426 Airport Road 2 Beltway Commons Hazleton Pennsylvania 18202Dialysis Stations: 21 (570) 450-0870
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Hazleton3.03 miles away110 Butler Drive Hazleton Pennsylvania 18201Dialysis Stations: 12 (570) 454-3558
  • Etowah Dialysis LLC12.33 miles away1215 East Broad Street Tamaqua Pennsylvania 18252Dialysis Stations: 8 (570) 668-3480
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Berwick14.04 miles away301 Market Street Berwick Pennsylvania 18603Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 752-9180
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Nanticoke15.39 miles away450 West Main Street Nanticoke Pennsylvania 18634Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 740-4820
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Carbon County17.05 miles away168 S. Sargent Stanley Hoffman Boulevard Lehighton Pennsylvania 18235CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (610) 379-0330
  • Davita Frackville Dialysis19.18 miles away950 Schuylkill Mall Road Frackville Pennsylvania 17931Dialysis Stations: 12 (570) 874-1238

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=395582