Located in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, The Green Home is the sole option we found in this area. Sporting an overall grade of B+, this facility should work for most prospective patients. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all facilities in the country. The best part of this facility's strong report card was its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next section
The Green Home
Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn
37 Central Avenue,
Wellsboro PA 16901
55.58% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
Adding to this nursing home's list of strengths, it also received an excellent nursing grade. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our nursing score is largely associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 4.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This was one of the more impressive totals we found. In addition, a significant portion of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. On top of offering high levels of care, this nursing home also fared well in several of the quality measures we assessed. For example, in terms of the percentage of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home performed better than the national average. This is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can generallY be prevented with better nursing care and a policy of regularly turning residents to prevent bed sores.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a score of A- for our short-term care grade. In computing our short-term care grades, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to devise a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who returned to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the overwhelming majority of nursing homes in the nation with 56.1 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we looked at was long-term care. This nursing home was given an impressive long-term care rating this year, with a C. Even though this is not quite as impressive as several of its other category grades, this is still an acceptable grade for that area. Our long-term care scores are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of care. This includes a broad scope of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. One of the statistics we considered after this facility's above average nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 94.347824 percent of its residents. This is a proven method to minimize unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the aged 65 and up population. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.59 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Green Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Green Home, 7.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Green Home, 3.42% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a fall resulting in serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Green Home, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients which suffered from a UTI. While more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare different nursing homes due to reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Green Home, 15.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Green Home, 19.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients that are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Green Home, 3.38% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Green Home, 89.35% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Green Home, 15.62% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Green Home, 23.88% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care patients that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In The Green Home, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Green Home, 23.88 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Green Home, 8.79 Percentage 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 usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Green Home, 72.17% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Upmc Susquehanna Soldiers & SailorsCritical Access Hospitals 0.05 miles away32-36 Central Avenue Wellsboro Pennsylvania 16901Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 724-1631
Nearby Dialysis
- Us Renal Care - Wellsboro0.95 miles away70 Plaza Lane Wellsboro Pennsylvania 16901Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 724-3188