Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
403 Hazle Township Boulevard, Hazleton PA 18202 · (570) 454-8888 · 84.84% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a very-large nursing home located in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Our grading scheme was not very kind to this nursing home, as it received an overall score of F. Based on our analysis, this nursing home is not a fit for anyone. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 297 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of B-. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially look at the severity of the deficiencies. This place received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
We were also pleasantly surprised to discover that this facility earned a reasonably solid long-term care grade this year. We awarded it a grade of C in that category. In computing our long-term care grades, we scrutinize the assistance with daily living offered to the facility's patients. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility vaccinated 99.89701 percent of its residents, which is a very respectable datapoint. This nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.47 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
Unfortunately, we gave this facility an F for its nursing grade. Our nursing grade is based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of licensure of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This place offered a meager 3.2 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is not a very impressive figure. Finally, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This facility was above average in two of the major statistics we focus on, with good marks for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These metrics are usually good indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we graded was short-term care. We gave it a lowly F for this area, which is an abysmal score. In forming these short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to create a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Considering its grade in this area, we were not surprised to find that this facility was well below average in terms of the quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the figures we looked at. The last measure we assessed in this category is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 34.2 percent of its residents returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients which suffered from pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often caused by poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for several medical conditions, such as dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients which were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry believe that mobility is vital to patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better