The Gardens at York Terrace is a facility located in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, which has a total of 23,990 people. This facility is one of the most elite facilities we assessed. This facility was given one of the best ratings we offer. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top ten percent of all nursing homes in the nation. As you will find below, this place also performed well in our category ratings. It's hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
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The Gardens at York Terrace
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- 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
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pain Management
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a strong nursing home overall, it also received A+ inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a impressive long-term care score. Indeed, this ended up being this facility's second most impressive category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility a score of A. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. In calculating a facility's nursing rating, we consider the number of hours nurses are with patients as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
In the last category we rated, this facility was given an impressive grade grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this grade, the facility topped off a very favorable report card. Short-term care grades are critical for patients looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires additional skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this category is the number of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 4.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Gardens at York Terrace Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Gardens at York Terrace, 0.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who suffer from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Gardens at York Terrace, 2.2% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which have experienced a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Gardens at York Terrace, 3.18% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Gardens at York Terrace, 7.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Gardens at York Terrace, 18.96% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Gardens at York Terrace, 2.74% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Gardens at York Terrace, 99.6% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Gardens at York Terrace, 17.54% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Gardens at York Terrace, 16.75% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility. Many would argue that mobility is vital to patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In The Gardens at York Terrace, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Gardens at York Terrace, 16.75% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Gardens at York Terrace, 15.44% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Gardens at York Terrace, 80.19% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's typically correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Lehigh Valley Hospital-Schuylkill S. Jackson StreeAcute Care Hospitals 2.32 miles away420 South Jackson Street Pottsville Pennsylvania 17901Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 621-5102
- St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.56 miles away360 W Ruddle Street Coaldale Pennsylvania 18218Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 645-2131
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Pottsville2.05 miles away278 Industrial Park Road Pottsville Pennsylvania 17901CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (570) 429-1900
- Davita Frackville Dialysis6.81 miles away950 Schuylkill Mall Road Frackville Pennsylvania 17931Dialysis Stations: 12 (570) 874-1238
- Davita - Northumberland Dialysis13.93 miles away103 West State Route 61 Mount Carmel Pennsylvania 17851Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 339-5558
- Etowah Dialysis LLC17.26 miles away1215 East Broad Street Tamaqua Pennsylvania 18252Dialysis Stations: 8 (570) 668-3480