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Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center's website

4850 Zuck Road,
Erie PA 16506

(814) 836-3300

88.52% estimated occupancy 1

Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home in Erie, Pennsylvania, which has 187,498 people. With an overall score of B-, this is likely a decent facility. The nursing homes in Erie received quality grades across the board with a city grade of a B. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's profile is its exemplary inspection reports, which you can find in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To go along with its relatively modest overall grade, we gave this facility an A+ for its inspection grade. This grade is far better than the facility's overall grade. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite minor. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an B. There are a number of criteria included in this grade. Many of the factors are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

We also gave this facility a middle of the pack grade in the category of short-term care, where it received a C. In the category of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 3.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This facility's least impressive area was long-term care, which is the last area we assessed. For this area, we gave this nursing home a grade of just D. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in this category it is typically a bad sign for resident care and it may indicate that the facility is not as well-staffed. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were disappointed to learn that this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 54.755047 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 8.22% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents which have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 4.03% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. More supervision reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 5.26% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that experienced a UTI. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 11.76% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 17.02% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A

In Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 0.3% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 73.43% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 14.19% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 11.62% of Residents

This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 11.62% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 15% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 88.03% of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.

Scores for Erie, PA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • 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 A

Looking for more options? Erie, Pennsylvania has 13 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Millcreek Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.36 miles away5515 Peach Street Erie Pennsylvania 16509Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 864-4031
  • Saint Vincent HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.42 miles away232 West 25th Street Erie Pennsylvania 16544Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 452-5111
  • Upmc HamotAcute Care Hospitals 4.61 miles away201 State Street Erie Pennsylvania 16550Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 877-6000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita - Millcreek Dialysis1.2 miles away2042 Edinboro Rd Erie Pennsylvania 16509Dialysis Stations: 17 (814) 866-1930
  • Davita Lake Erie Home Dialysis2.59 miles away2563 W. 8th Street Erie Pennsylvania 16505Dialysis Stations: 6 (814) 838-2849
  • Davita - Dialysis Center of Erie3.79 miles away1641 Sassafras Street Erie Pennsylvania 16502CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 28 (814) 455-6455
  • Davita - Erie Dialysis5.06 miles away350 East Bayfront Parkway, Suite A Erie Pennsylvania 16507CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (814) 454-0480

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=395200