Patriot, a Choice Community The
495 West Patriot Street, Somerset PA 15501 · (814) 445-4549 · 84.1% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Patriot, a Choice Community The is a facility located in Somerset, Pennsylvania. This city has a total of 19,090 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A grade in this range requires strong scores in most areas. Based on our assessment, this place ought to meet the needs of most people. This place also received very consistent ratings in all four of our categories. More information about these categories is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 100 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
On top of earning a strong overall grade, this nursing home fared well in short-term care. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. Short-term care scores are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who returned home from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in the nation in this area with 70.2 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility is also above average in the area of long-term care, where it received a grade of B+. It outpaced most nursing homes in this category. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 97.90941 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a significantly lower hospitalization rate than the average nursing home.
Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in the category of inspections. It earned a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that category with a grade of B+. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 9 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
The next category we analyzed is nursing. In that area, we awarded this facility an impressive grade of B. Nursing grades are based largely on quality and quantity of nursing care. This particular nursing home provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving patients more often.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Patriot, a Choice Community The Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percent of long-term residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who suffered falls which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed more 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
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures 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 measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better