Mulberry Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent is located in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The city has 14,668 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of C. A grade of this caliber requires some solid marks. At the end of the day, this facility is a solid choice for quite a few people. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's profile is its stellar inspection score, which you can find in the next section.
Mulberry Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This facility earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second most favorable area was short-term care. We awarded it a B- in this area. This is essentially a middle of the pack grade in this area. Our short-term care grades are critical for patients needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing services. This means a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than a typical facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of residents that returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
The third best area we awarded this facility in any category came in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a C. Long-term care grades focus on a nursing home's personal care rather than the highly skilled therapy or healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is an above average percentage. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
The last category we analyzed was nursing. We awarded this nursing home a C in that area. We looked at the licensure of nurses working for the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses spent with residents, in computing our score in this category. This place provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a somewhat alarming figure as it is well below average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. In fact, it scored well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the number of hours of care provided.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mulberry Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mulberry Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent, 7.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mulberry Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents which experienced a fall leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mulberry Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients who have had a UTI. While more infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare between facilities due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mulberry Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mulberry Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mulberry Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent, 3.12% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mulberry Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent, 88.22% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mulberry Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mulberry Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent, 21.64% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Mulberry Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mulberry Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent, 21.64 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Mulberry Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent, 8.92 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Mulberry Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cent, 72.59% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's usually correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Punxsutawney Area HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.57 miles away81 Hillcrest Drive Punxsutawney Pennsylvania 15767Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 938-1800
- Penn Highlands BrookvilleCritical Access Hospitals 15.9 miles away100 Hospital Road Brookville Pennsylvania 15825Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 849-2312
- Penn Highlands DuboisAcute Care Hospitals 16.11 miles away100 Hospital Avenue Du Bois Pennsylvania 15801Voluntary non-profit - Other(814) 371-2200
Nearby Dialysis
- Dci of Punxsutawney1.53 miles away158 Elmwood Drive Punxsutawney Pennsylvania 15767Dialysis Stations: 16 (814) 938-9045
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Dubois Jv17.15 miles away635 D Maple Avenue Du Bois Pennsylvania 15801Dialysis Stations: 21 (814) 371-5093