Wexford Healthcare Center
9850 Old Perry Highway, Wexford PA 15090 · (412) 366-7900 · 79.78% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Wexford Healthcare Center is a large facility located in Wexford, Pennsylvania. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A grade of this caliber requires some solid marks. Based on all of the relevant data, there are certainly much worse nursing homes out there. The best part of this nursing home's profile was its stellar inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 182 Beds
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For profit - Partnership
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility also excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Few facilities performed better in this area. Inspection grades are tied to several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This facility was hit with 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent threat to resident safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also excelled in the category of short-term care, where it received a score of A. Not many facilities fared more favorably in this area. Short-term care grades are generally used to judge a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to have highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide better levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This nursing home provided more physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. This is what we like to find when assessing a facility in this category. The last metric we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in Pennsylvania in this area with 59.1 percent of its patients returning home. At most facilities, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. Our nursing score includes a handful of factors, but the primary one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is well below average. However, more than one quarter of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. This is a high ratio of skilled nursing care. We weight these hours heavily in computing our scores. Finally, we look at quality-based metrics, such as the percent of residents who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. These datapoints are indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we graded is long-term care. Sadly, it received a lowly F in this area, which is an abysmal grade. This is clearly a major disappointment. For residents seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home provided the vaccine to 97.94776 percent of its residents, which is an above average figure. To our surprise, this place also keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.67 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wexford Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered falls resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of erosion of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better