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VALLEY CREST NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER
1551 EAST END BOULEVARD, PLAINS TWP
WILKES BARRE, PA  18711

(570) 826-1011

Size (date of last inspection: 20060519)
274 total beds available
176 current residents
64% occupied

Staff Presence
3.31 nurse hours per resident per day
0.44 with Registered Nurses
0.77 with Licensed Practical Nurses
2.1 with Certified Nurse Assistants

Medicare and Medicaid
Yes participant in Medicare
Yes participant in Medicaid

Administration Details
  • This home is owned by a for-profit partnership
  • This home is not located within a hospital
  • The owner does own other homes
  • This home has resident councils

    Resident Details (survey date: 20060519)
    2%Percent of Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain
    2%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    5%Percent of Residents Who Spend Most of Their Time in Bed or in a Chair
    0%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Delirium
    7%Percent of High-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores
    15%Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Pressure Sores
    5%Percent of Residents Who Have/Had a Catheter Inserted and Left in Their Bladder
    11%Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Had Moderate to Severe Pain
    17%Percent of Residents Whose Need for Help With Daily Activities Has Increased
    2%Percent of Residents Who Lose Too Much Weight
    10%Percent of Residents Whose Ability to Move About in and Around Their Room Got Worse
    6%Percent of Residents With a Urinary Tract Infection
    24%Percent of Residents Who are More Depressed or Anxious
    72%Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Lose Control of Their Bowels or Bladder
    4%Percent of Residents Who Were Physically Restrained

    Deficiencies Found in Home Inspections
    7
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.
    Level of Harm: Actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050429Corrected By: 20050628
    6
    1...12
    Nutrition and Diet: Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20040409Corrected By: 20040608
    6
    1...12
    Administration: Set up or keep a group of people to review and ensure quality.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20040409Corrected By: 20040608
    6
    1...12
    Environmental: Move, clean and store sheets, towels and other linens in a way that prevents the spread of infection.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20060519Corrected By: 20060609
    5
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Provide care in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and self respect.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20040409Corrected By: 20040608
    5
    1...12
    Mistreatment: 1) Hire only people who have no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20060519Corrected By: 20060609
    5
    1...12
    Environmental: Provide needed housekeeping and maintenance.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20060519Corrected By: 20060609
    5
    1...12
    Resident Assessment: 1) Develop a complete care plan within 7 days of each resident's admission; 2) prepare a care plan with the care team, including the primary nurse, doctor, resident or resident's family or representative; or 3) check and update the care plan.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20060519Corrected By: 20060609
    5
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20060519Corrected By: 20060609
    5
    1...12
    Environmental: Have a program to keep infection from spreading.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20060519Corrected By: 20060609
    5
    1...12
    Mistreatment: 1) Hire only people who have no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20050429Corrected By: 20050628
    5
    1...12
    Resident Assessment: Make sure that doctors see a resident's plan of care at every visit and make notes about progress and orders in writing.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20040409Corrected By: 20040608
    5
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20040409Corrected By: 20040608
    5
    1...12
    Mistreatment: Write and use policies that forbid mistreatment, neglect and abuse of residents and theft of residents' property.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20060519Corrected By: 20060609
    4
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20060519Corrected By: 20060609
    4
    1...12
    Administration: Give or get lab tests to meet the needs of residents.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20060519Corrected By: 20060609
    4
    1...12
    Administration: Keep accurate and appropriate medical records.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050429Corrected By: 20050628
    4
    1...12
    Pharmacy Service: Make sure that the pharmacist reports anything unusual to the doctor on duty and the director of nursing.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050429Corrected By: 20050628
    4
    1...12
    Quality Care: Give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050429Corrected By: 20050628
    4
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Immediately tell the resident, doctor, and a family member if: the resident is injured, there is a major change in resident's physical/mental health, there is a need to alter treatment significantly, or the resident must be transferred or discharged.
    Level of Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harmScope: Isolated
    Survey Date: 20050429Corrected By: 20050628
    3
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Provide proof that all residents' personal money which is deposited with the nursing home, is secure.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Widespread
    Survey Date: 20060519Corrected By: 20060609
    2
    1...12
    Resident Rights: Honor all of the resident's rights as a resident of the nursing home and as a citizen or resident of the United States.
    Level of Harm: Potential for minimal harmScope: Pattern
    Survey Date: 20060519Corrected By: 20060609

    Hospitals in Wilkes Barre:

    GEISINGER SOUTH WILKES-BARRE
    25 CHURCH STREET PO BOX 658
    WILKES BARRE, PA
    Phone: 5708263100

    GEISINGER WYOMING VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
    100O EAST MOUNTAIN BLVD
    WILKES BARRE, PA
    Phone: 5708267300


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