Valley View Retirement Community is the only facility we were able to find in Belleville, Pennsylvania. Featuring an overall grade of A+, this nursing home is without a doubt a top-shelf nursing home. We flat out can not say enough favorable things about this place. One of the best aspects of this facility's exemplary profile is its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Valley View Retirement Community
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a great overall rating, this nursing home received an A+ inspection grade. This grade is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can offer a nursing home. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded an A+ long-term care grade, rendering it one of the few facilities to be awarded more than one A+ category scores. Facilities that do well in this category typically provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 98.4375 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our third category, we awarded this facility a score of A for its short-term care grade. This is a very strong rating. Our short-term care scores are believed to be most critical for individuals in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
Turning to our fourth area, this facility was awarded a very strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an A- in that area, rounding out a straight A profile. Our nursing grade assesses the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of licensure of the nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by having a system of turning a resident more often.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Valley View Retirement Community Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Valley View Retirement Community, 1.3% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Valley View Retirement Community, 5.73% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Valley View Retirement Community, 1.08% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Valley View Retirement Community, 2.96% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percent of long-term residents that were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes 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 Valley View Retirement Community, 15.13% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Valley View Retirement Community, 0% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Valley View Retirement Community, 98.47% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Valley View Retirement Community, 15.45% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Valley View Retirement Community, 18.34% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who maintained mobility. Some experts believe that the ability to move around is important for residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Valley View Retirement Community, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Valley View Retirement Community, 18.34% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Valley View Retirement Community, 11.03% 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.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Valley View Retirement Community, 84.61% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.05 miles away400 Highland Avenue Lewistown Pennsylvania 17044Voluntary non-profit - Private(717) 248-5411
- Mount Nittany Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.1 miles away1800 East Park Ave State College Pennsylvania 16803Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 231-7000
- Penn Highlands HuntindonAcute Care Hospitals 18.39 miles away1225 Warm Springs Ave Huntingdon Pennsylvania 16652Voluntary non-profit - Other(814) 643-2290
Nearby Dialysis
- Bio-Medical Applications of Pennsylvania, Inc.6.8 miles away325 W. Freedom Avenue, Suite 110 Burnham Pennsylvania 17009Dialysis Stations: 13 (717) 248-4513
- Davita - Lewistown Dialysis7.23 miles away611 Electric Avenue Lewistown Pennsylvania 17044CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (717) 248-2344
- Fresenius Kidney Care - State College12.66 miles away3901 South Atherton Street, Suite 7 State College Pennsylvania 16801CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (814) 466-7029
- Davita - State College Dialysis15 miles away500 Science Park Road, Suite 2 State College Pennsylvania 16803Dialysis Stations: 12 (814) 237-3082
- Usrc Huntingdon, LLC18.36 miles away820 Bryan Street, Suite 4 Huntingdon Pennsylvania 16652CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (814) 643-3600
- Bio-Medical Applications of Pennsylvania, Inc.18.82 miles away7535 Huntingdon Plaza Huntingdon Pennsylvania 16652Dialysis Stations: 13 (814) 643-7150