Mt Lebanon Rehabilitation and Wellness Center
350 Old Gilkeson Road, Pittsburgh PA 15228 · (412) 257-4444 · 86.85% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Mt Lebanon Rehabilitation and Wellness Center is located in the large metropolitan area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Sporting an overall score of D, this is a lower end nursing home. We ranked this as one of the bottom 10 rated facilities in Pittsburgh. In a city with more than 20 other nursing homes, you should be able to find a better option. The only positive thing we can really say about this facility is that it did not receive any F's in any of the categories we assessed. More information about its category grades is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 121 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this facility's overall grade, it actually received a very impressive inspection report this year. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a grade of A-. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. It is typically best to avoid facilities that have too many deficiencies. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of C in the area. The nursing rating features a number of factors. The most important variable is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This place averages just 3.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which is a very low figure. Finally, we also baked some quality-based metrics into our nursing ratings. This facility was subpar in two of the major areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its patients' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are usually decent indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.
Short-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this nursing home only received a grade of D for its short-term care rating, which is not a very good score. In computing these short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to devise a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who returned home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area, with just 24.1 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the last category, we gave this nursing home a grade of D in the area of long-term care. This was the facility's least impressive category score. When nursing homes receive this type of score in long-term care it is a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the facility is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the data points we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Candidly, we were a bit concerned this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to a relatively low 33.95722 percent of its patients. Unfortunately, its hospitalization rate was also disappointing. We found that this place had 2.34 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an alarming rate.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mt Lebanon Rehabilitation and Wellness Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage 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.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better