Quality Life Services - Mercer
8221 Lamor Road, Mercer PA 16137 · (724) 662-5860 · 91.45% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Quality Life Services - Mercer is one of just two available facilities in Mercer, Pennsylvania. With an overall grade of B-, this is a solid facility. Based on our ratings, this facility likely wouldn't be a bad choice. We were also pleased to discover that this nursing home received consistently decent grades in all of our categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 48 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To pair with its relatively modest overall grade, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for its inspection grade. This score is far better than its overall score. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are quite minor. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few relatively minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, we gave this nursing home a grade of B in our short-term care category. This is one of our more impressive scores. Our short-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. It performed respectably with 48.6 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. Nursing scores are based largely on quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also weighed some quality-based metrics. This place performed well in some of the quality measures we looked at. By way of illustration, in terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home outpaced the national average. This is typically an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided with better nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we assessed is long-term care. We gave this facility a C in that area. In the category of long-term care, we assess the quantity of care offered by a nursing home, as opposed to more healthcare-oriented services. After we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated only 86.48649 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Nevertheless, this facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.16 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a substantially better hospitalization rate than the majority of nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Quality Life Services - Mercer Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that sustained UTI's. UTI's may be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents which are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying 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 tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better