Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Village at Pennwood is just one of 29 possibilities in the city. This nursing home received an overall rating of F. This facility didn't have much going for it. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.
Village at Pennwood
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
While this nursing home's overall grade was abysmal, it actually didn't perform terribly in short-term care. In fact, we gave it a grade of C for that category, which isn't bad. Unfortunately, this wasn't enough to salvage its profile. Our short-term care grades are arguably more important for individuals requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical facility. The hope is that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Facility Inspections
This facility really didn't perform terribly in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a C for that category. Other aspects of its profile were the source of this facility's abysmal overall grade. Our inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This place had 7 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but none were category G through L deficiencies. This means the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to pose an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. When determining our nursing ratings, we look at both staffing levels and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing scores. This place fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these datapoints to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our fourth category, this nursing home really didn't fare well here either. Due to an abysmal grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as terrible as it gets. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category likely don't provide the type of consistent 24/7 care that some other nursing homes provide. One of the data points we considered after nursing hours was vaccines. Candidly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to only 32.24756 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Village at Pennwood Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Village at Pennwood, 7.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Village at Pennwood, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Village at Pennwood, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Village at Pennwood, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used to treat several conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Village at Pennwood, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Village at Pennwood, 3.12% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Village at Pennwood, 88.22% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Village at Pennwood, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Village at Pennwood, 21.64% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Village at Pennwood, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Village at Pennwood, 21.64 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Village at Pennwood, 8.92 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Village at Pennwood, 72.59% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Pittsburgh, PA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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