Windber Woods Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center is a facility located in Windber, Pennsylvania. The city has 11,114 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B. A score in this range requires solid scores in most areas. You could definitely do much worse than this place. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find in the next section.
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Windber Woods Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
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
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
To pair with its quality overall score, this facility received a B+ for its inspections grade. This is a relatively strong score in this area. Inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. This place received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home received an impressive long-term care grade as well. We awarded it one of our higher grades in that area with a score of B+. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are kept in good health. After we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 98.36601 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is too frequently a deadly ailment for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
Another one of this facility's impressive category grades came in the area of nursing care. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. In computing our nursing grades, we look at both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we scored was short-term care. For this category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. In crafting our short-term care ratings, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to formulate a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 4 percent of this facility's patients returned home. This figure was below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Windber Woods Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Windber Woods Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center, 7.22% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Windber Woods Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center, 6.54% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Falls are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Windber Woods Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Windber Woods Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center, 3.16% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Windber Woods Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center, 16.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Windber Woods Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center, 8.54% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Windber Woods Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center, 98.88% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Windber Woods Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center, 15.99% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Windber Woods Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center, 19.49% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Windber Woods Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center, 0.04 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Windber Woods Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center, 19.49% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand 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 Windber Woods Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center, 9.01% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Windber Woods Senior Living & Rehabilitation Center, 94.83% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at WindberAcute Care Hospitals 0.59 miles away600 Somerset Avenue Windber Pennsylvania 15963Voluntary non-profit - Private(814) 467-3000
- Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.67 miles away1086 Franklin Street Johnstown Pennsylvania 15905Proprietary(814) 534-9000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Pdi Johnstown1.98 miles away344 Budfield Street Johnstown Pennsylvania 15904CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (814) 266-4949
- Davita Budfield Street Home Dialysis1.99 miles away350 Budfield Street, Suite 1 Johnstown Pennsylvania 15904Dialysis Stations: 2 (814) 254-4262
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Richland Square2.6 miles away105 Metzler Street Johnstown Pennsylvania 15904Dialysis Stations: 11 (814) 262-7560
- Zz-Closed-Prodigy Dialysis, LLC - Osborne Street5.43 miles away88 Osborne Street Johnstown Pennsylvania 15905Dialysis Stations: 1 (814) 539-0798
- Davita Napoleon Place Dialysis6.54 miles away420 Napoleon Place Johnstown Pennsylvania 15901Dialysis Stations: 12 (814) 535-8205
- Davita - Pdi Ebensburg18.91 miles away429 Manor Dr., Suite 650 Ebensburg Pennsylvania 15931Dialysis Stations: 9 (814) 472-2642