Located in Kingston, Pennsylvania, River Run Rehab and Nursing Center is one of only three nursing homes in the area. With an overall score of B-, this appears to be a middle of the pack nursing home. You could certainly do worse than this place. The best part of this nursing home's profile is its stellar inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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River Run Rehab and Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
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Facility Inspections
We want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility really outperformed its overall grade in the area of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent government inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our best scores in this area with an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively minor. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a favorable grade in nursing. This facility earned a grade of B in this category, which is one of our better grades. Our nursing score is largely based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facilities third most favorable area was long-term care. We awarded it a grade of B- in this area. This is essentially a slightly below average grade in this area. In the category of long-term care, we assess the quantity of services offered by a facility, as opposed to more medically-intensive services. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 92.805756 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this place keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we looked at is short-term care, which ended up being this facility's least impressive category. We gave this facility a grade of D in this category. Naturally, this score pulled down the facility's overall profile to a certain degree. In calculating these short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the staffing figures we looked at. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 3.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most facilities, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
River Run Rehab and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In River Run Rehab and Nursing Center, 7.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In River Run Rehab and Nursing Center, 1.08% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In River Run Rehab and Nursing Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In River Run Rehab and Nursing Center, 28.46% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In River Run Rehab and Nursing Center, 13.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In River Run Rehab and Nursing Center, 0.38% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In River Run Rehab and Nursing Center, 93.61% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In River Run Rehab and Nursing Center, 6.3% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In River Run Rehab and Nursing Center, 5.83% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In River Run Rehab and Nursing Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In River Run Rehab and Nursing Center, 5.83% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In River Run Rehab and Nursing Center, 16.32% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In River Run Rehab and Nursing Center, 86.38% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Wilkes-Barre General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.31 miles away575 North River Street Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania 18764Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 829-8111
- Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.01 miles away1000 East Mountain Boulevard Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania 18711Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 826-7300
- Geisinger-Community Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.51 miles away1822 Mulberry Street Scranton Pennsylvania 18510Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 969-8240
- Regional Hospital of ScrantonAcute Care Hospitals 15.7 miles away746 Jefferson Avenue Scranton Pennsylvania 18501Proprietary(570) 348-7100
- Moses Taylor HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.74 miles away700 Quincy Avenue Scranton Pennsylvania 18510Proprietary(570) 340-2100
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Wilkes Barre3.23 miles away307 Laird Street, Suite 1 Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania 18702CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (570) 825-9531
- Bio-Medical Applications of Pennsylvania, Inc.3.23 miles away309 Laird Street Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania 18702Dialysis Stations: 4 (570) 822-1280
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Pittston6.95 miles away455 North Main Street Pittston Pennsylvania 18640Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 655-4115
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Nanticoke8.18 miles away450 West Main Street Nanticoke Pennsylvania 18634Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 740-4820
- Old Forge Dialysis10.45 miles away325 South Main Street Old Forge Pennsylvania 18518Dialysis Stations: 12 (570) 457-3174
- Commonwealth Dialysis14.36 miles away920 S. Washington Avenue Scranton Pennsylvania 18505Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 344-5267
- Bio-Medical Applications of Pennsylvania, Inc14.53 miles away321 Meridian Avenue Scranton Pennsylvania 18504Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 340-1648
- Dunmore Dialysis16.88 miles away1212 Oneal Highway Scranton Pennsylvania 18512CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (570) 558-0190