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Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

  • Nursing Home
  • Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center's website

403 Hazle Township Boulevard,
Hazleton PA 18202

(570) 454-8888

74.37% estimated occupancy 1

Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is one of a mere three facilities in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. With an overall rating of B-, this is likely a solid nursing home. This facility has a few things going for it. You should also take a look at this nursing home's category grades below. Long-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.

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

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

We awarded this nursing home an A for our long-term care score. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

We also wanted to emphasize this place's nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this area. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This place received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of C. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with nurse staffing levels. This facility provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a somewhat concerning figure as it is well below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

This nursing home's weakest area was short-term care, which is the final area we analyzed. Sadly, it received an abysmal F for this area. Despite a few acceptable grades in other categories, this grade is still disappointing so we felt obligated to make a note of it. Short-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor metrics sunk this facility's short-term care grade.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 7.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for treating a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were administered antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 3.12% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 88.22% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 14.84% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and eating. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 21.64% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to preserving the physical health of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 21.64 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 8.92 Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 72.59% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

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