Vincentian Home is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which turns out to have quite a few nursing homes. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B+. A score of this caliber requires strong scores in most areas. This nursing home truly has plenty going for it. Fortunately, this place did not have any poor grades in any of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Vincentian Home
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- Independent Living
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- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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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 Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall grade, this place also earned first-rate government inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our better grades in this area, with a grade of A. Inspection ratings are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place was assessed 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to resident health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its profile, this facility also received a score of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this area. In the area of short-term care, we try to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. Our nursing score looks at the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of training of the nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we scored ended up being this nursing home's poorest area. However, even in its weakest link we still gave it a respectable grade of B- in long-term care. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this facility vaccinated just 71.884056 percent of its residents for pneumonia. On a more positive note, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Vincentian Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Vincentian Home, 9.97% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Vincentian Home, 6.09% of Patients had Serious Falls
This gauges the percentage of long-term care residents that had falls resulting in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Vincentian Home, 0.89% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered from urinary tract infections. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Vincentian Home, 9.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Vincentian Home, 14.01% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Vincentian Home, 0.3% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Vincentian Home, 82.44% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Vincentian Home, 9.35% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Vincentian Home, 12.13% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels. Many would argue that mobility is vital to residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Vincentian Home, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Vincentian Home, 12.13% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Vincentian Home, 9.39% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Vincentian Home, 76.83% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Scores for Pittsburgh, PA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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