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Schuylkill Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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1000 Schuylkill Manor Rd,
Pottsville PA 17901

(570) 622-9666

81.36% estimated occupancy 1

Schuylkill Center is one of a mere two available nursing homes in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. This facility received an uninspiring overall grade of D in our grading scheme. Based on our assessment, we'd struggle to recommend this facility. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive inspection score. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category scores

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

Although we did not rate this facility highly overall, we want to draw your attention to its nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Inspection scores weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid nursing homes with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Despite this deficiency, this nursing home still received a relatively favorable inspection report.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

In our next category, we gave this nursing home a rock-bottom F in the category of short-term care. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. With its poor rating in this category, we were not stunned to find this facility offered significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most other facilities. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

Unfortunately, we gave this facility an F for its nursing grade. The nursing category includes a handful of components, most of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is well below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This facility fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Switching gears to our final area, this nursing home really didn't perform well in this category either. Due to an abysmal grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as as uninspiring as it gets. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to find that this nursing home vaccinated 94.2959 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Schuylkill Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Schuylkill Center, 9.55% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Schuylkill Center, 5.7% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a fall leading to severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Schuylkill Center, 2% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with poor nursing care. However, this statistic could also be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Schuylkill Center, 6.91% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Schuylkill Center, 32.18% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Schuylkill Center, 5.73% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Schuylkill Center, 96.81% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Schuylkill Center, 9.93% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Schuylkill Center, 14.21% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Schuylkill Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Schuylkill Center, 14.21% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Schuylkill Center, 10.28% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Schuylkill Center, 71.33% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill S. Jackson StreeAcute Care Hospitals 0.91 miles away420 South Jackson Street Pottsville Pennsylvania 17901Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 621-5102
  • St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.61 miles away360 W Ruddle Street Coaldale Pennsylvania 18218Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 645-2131

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Pottsville0.97 miles away278 Industrial Park Road Pottsville Pennsylvania 17901CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (570) 429-1900
  • Davita Frackville Dialysis5.53 miles away950 Schuylkill Mall Road Frackville Pennsylvania 17931Dialysis Stations: 12 (570) 874-1238
  • Etowah Dialysis LLC14.32 miles away1215 East Broad Street Tamaqua Pennsylvania 18252Dialysis Stations: 8 (570) 668-3480
  • Davita - Northumberland Dialysis15.18 miles away103 West State Route 61 Mount Carmel Pennsylvania 17851Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 339-5558
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Hazleton19.97 miles away110 Butler Drive Hazleton Pennsylvania 18201Dialysis Stations: 12 (570) 454-3558

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=395831