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Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit

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Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit's website

1001 East Second Street,
Coudersport PA 16915

(814) 274-9300

60.22% estimated occupancy ¹

Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit is a small hospital-based facility in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. This proved to be an A rated facility. This nursing home was given one of the top grades we offer. A score of this caliber requires first-rate marks across the board. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the United States. If you look below, you can see this place's category grades, which appear to be just as impressive as its overall score.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care

Specialized Services

Transportation
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling

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Awards

Best Nursing Home in Coudersport, Pennsylvania Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Coudersport, Pennsylvania Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Coudersport, Pennsylvania Awards 2021

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Nurse Quality

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing rating is primarily tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area usually have few severe deficiencies. While this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

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Short-term Care Quality

This facility also was elite in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of A-. Not many facilities fared better in this category. Our short-term care scores are believed to be more critical for folks needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually requires more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who ultimately returned home from this facility. We found that 5 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

Turning to our final area, this facility also performed admirably in the long-term care category. We gave it an A- in this area. This completed a straight A report card. Facilities that excel in this category typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia can be a deadly ailment for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit, 6.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure indicates the percent of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit, 2.13% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit, 1.16% of Patients had UTIs

This measures the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit, 17.58% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are prescribed antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit, 29.79% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients which are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit, 23.4% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. High rates of depression could indicate a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit, 98% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit, 13.33% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit, 23.02% of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

In Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit, 0 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit, 23.02% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Upmc Cole Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Unit, 8.97% of Patients

This is 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 having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.