Mountain View, a Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente
2050 Trevorton Road, Coal Township PA 17866 · (570) 644-4400 · 78% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Mountain View, a Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente is located in Coal Township, Pennsylvania. The city has 10,310 people. With an overall score of F, we consider this to be a lower end facility. Based on our assessment, you'd be better off to avoid of this place. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's profile is its strong inspection reports. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category scores
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 271 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we gave this nursing home a poor overall grade, we awarded it a grade of B for our inspections rating. This is the result of the facility receiving a decent government inspection report this year. Inspection grades weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid places with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. This nursing home was assessed 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
As it turns out, this facility only earned a grade of D for its long-term care score, which turns out to be one of its higher category scores. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Thankfully, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 96.98871 percent of its residents. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. With 1.79 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home did not fare quite as well.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to draw your attention to this facility's poor nursing grade where it received an F. Nursing ratings are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This place averaged only 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is an alarmingly low total. On top of its weak nursing hours, this facility received poor marks in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in computing our nursing grades. We found that more of this nursing home's residents suffered falls leading to serious injury.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the next area, this facility really didn't fare very well in this category either. Due to a very poor grade of F in short-term care, this is about as terrible as it gets. Our short-term care grades are important for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Considering its poor score in this area, we weren't surprised to find this place provided substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most facilities. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients that returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 32 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mountain View, a Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can 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 is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better