Presbyterian Village at Hollidaysburg

We want to point out that this facility received favorable marks for short-term care this year. We awarded them one of our better grades in that category, with a grade of B+. This proved to be the facility's best score and helped its profile overall. In crafting our short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to formulate a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 4.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

This nursing home's inspection score exceeded its overall score as well. We awarded them one of our better scores in that category, with a B. Inspection scores are based on items located in the a nursing home's inspections. Facilities that excel in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This nursing home was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-, which is a decent grade. Nursing ratings are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics. Although this facility got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of these quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it did very well in this statistic. This is generally an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning a resident more often.

The next category we scored is long-term care, ended up being this facility's least impressive category. We gave this facility a grade of D in this category. If you are seeking services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care grades. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility provided the vaccine to 98.35165 percent of its residents, which is an above average figure. Surprisingly, this place also fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.