Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge is in Erie, Pennsylvania, a city with a population of 187,498 people. Featuring an overall grade of A, this is without a doubt a top-shelf facility. Indeed, we were so impressed with this facility that we rated it ahead of the majority of the facilities in Erie, which has a decent selection of nursing homes. This facility also received phenomenal grades in all four of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge
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- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize that this nursing home has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively insignificant. While this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its high-end performance in other areas, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for our short-term care rating. In computing our short-term care grades, we scrutinize a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is typically a meaningful assessment of a facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
The third area we looked at is long-term care. Adding to its first-rate profile, this nursing home also performed well in that category. In fact, we awarded it a of A- for the category. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 99.51219 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
In the final area, this facility also was given a first-rate nursing grade, with a grade of B+. This completed a first-rate profile. The nursing score weighs a number of data points. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This place fared well in some of the quality measures we assessed. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented with better nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge, 7.05% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge, 3.41% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge, 3.55% of Patients had UTIs
This metric indicates the percent of long-term care residents who have experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric can also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge, 10.73% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge, 8.16% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge, 5.08% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge, 99.76% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge, 16.92% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge, 21.34% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels. Some would argue that mobility is important for residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge, 21.34% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge, 11.83% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge, 65.99% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Scores for Erie, PA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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