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Quality Life Services - Sarver

Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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126 Iron Bridge Road,
Sarver PA 16055

(724) 353-1531

91.21% estimated occupancy 1

Quality Life Services - Sarver is a senior living facility in Sarver, Pennsylvania, a city with a total of 8,486 people. This facility was awarded an overall grade of B, which is a very respectable rating. Based on our assessment, this facility has quite a bit going for it. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Partnership

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of being a strong facility overall, this place especially excelled in our inspections category, where it received a grade of A+. Not many nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection ratings are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Among the reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it was awarded a favorable long-term care score. Indeed, long-term care ended up being its second best category score. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A-. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 92.1875 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is somewhat below what we anticipated but still a decent figure. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. This facility didn't perform quite as well in this category as it did in some other categories. Nevertheless, this is still a respectable score. There are a host of criteria within this area. Many of these datapoints reflect levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these metrics as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The next category we graded was short-term care. This nursing home was given a grade of C for this category. In our short-term care grade, we attempt to create a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess a facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of physical therapy per week to its residents. The final metric we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. This place was respectable in this metric with 47 percent of its patients returning home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jun 22

Quality Life Services - Sarver Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Quality Life Services - Sarver, 7.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Quality Life Services - Sarver, 3.42% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Quality Life Services - Sarver, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who sustained UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Quality Life Services - Sarver, 15.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that are given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Quality Life Services - Sarver, 19.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure tells you the percent of long-term care patients who were administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Quality Life Services - Sarver, 3.38% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Quality Life Services - Sarver, 89.35% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Quality Life Services - Sarver, 15.62% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Quality Life Services - Sarver, 23.88% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels. Some experts believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Quality Life Services - Sarver, 23.88 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Quality Life Services - Sarver, 8.79 Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Quality Life Services - Sarver, 72.17% Percentage of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Allegheny Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.19 miles away1301 Carlisle St Natrona Heights Pennsylvania 15065Voluntary non-profit - Other(412) 224-5100

Nearby Dialysis

  • Ara - Central Kittanning Dialysis Center, LLC8.22 miles awayOne Nolte Drive 700 Medical Arts, Suite 720 Kittanning Pennsylvania 16201CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (724) 543-3151
  • Davita Allegheny Valley Dialysis8.81 miles away1620 Pacific Avenue Heights Plaza Shopping Center Natrona Heights Pennsylvania 15065Dialysis Stations: 11 (724) 224-4382
  • Dci of Parks Bend9.86 miles away1143 Industrial Park Road Vandergrift Pennsylvania 15690Dialysis Stations: 19 (724) 845-3313
  • Dci of New Kensington13.23 miles away722 Fourth Avenue New Kensington Pennsylvania 15068Dialysis Stations: 20 (724) 339-1772
  • Total Renal Care, Inc.13.24 miles away1 Kensington Square B New Kensington Pennsylvania 15068Dialysis Stations: 8 (724) 335-2876
  • Butler County Dialysis Center13.5 miles away111 Woody Drive Butler Pennsylvania 16001CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (724) 431-2241
  • Davita - Harmarville Dialysis15.67 miles away791 Freeport Road Cheswick Pennsylvania 15024Dialysis Stations: 13 (724) 274-9281
  • Dci Renal Services of Pittsburgh, LLC - Harmar Village15.72 miles away725 Freeport Road Cheswick Pennsylvania 15024Dialysis Stations: 14 (412) 823-5422

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=395534