Pleasant Valley Manor
4227 Manor Drive, Stroudsburg PA 18360 · (570) 992-4172 · 87.93% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Pleasant Valley Manor is located in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The city has 28,362 people. With an overall grade of D, this is a lower end nursing home. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Stroudsburg. The city has just one other nursing home. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its impressive inspection score. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category grades
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 174 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall score was not a highlight, it did receive a very good score in the area of inspections. In fact, we gave it a B for that category, which is one of our better scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't 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 B- in the area. Nursing grades are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This particular nursing home provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed admirably in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
This facilities next best area was short-term care. We awarded it a C in this category. This is essentially a slightly below average grade in this area. In determining our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is typically a solid assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The final item we considered in this area is the number of residents who returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 42 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we assessed was long-term care, in which this nursing home was given a poor score here also. We gave it an F for this category, which is definitely very concerning. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 97.77366 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is more than the average nursing home. Surprisingly, this place also keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.09 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pleasant Valley Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. However, this metric may also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better