Upmc Mckeesport Long Term Care

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home excelled in our shot-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Our short-term care grades are considered to be most critical for folks requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this nursing home provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The last metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 7.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this facility an A- for inspections. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors did not consider 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.

We also would like to note the fact that this facility was awarded a high-end score of A- in our long-term care category. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are kept in good health. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. It does not look like this nursing home provided data regarding vaccinations. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Switching gears to our final category, this nursing home was awarded a highly favorable nursing score. In fact, we gave it a B+ in that area, completing one of our finer profiles. The nursing category assesses a handful of subcategories, most of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.