FORBES HOSPICE - PITTSBURGH, PA

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Addresss:
4800 FRIENDSHIP AVENUE
PITTSBURGH, PA, 15224
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (412) 578-6788

Type of Ownership: Hospital Based Program
Offers Nursing Care Services: Yes
Offers Physical Therapy Services: Yes
Offers Occupational Therapy Services: Yes
Offers Speech Pathology Services: Yes
Offers Medical Social Services: Yes
Offers Home Health Aide Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Registered Professional Nurses : 2.16
Other Salaried Personnel : 3.10
Dieticians : 0.10
Home Health Aides : 1.08
Social Workers : 0.54

Provided Services
Appliance And Equipment Services
Home Health Aide Services
Medical Social Services
Nursing Services
Nutritional Guidance Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Speech Therapy Services

Home Health Quality Measures

How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner
Here:

94.0%
State:

92.1%
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs
This Home Health Center:

54.0%
Pennsylvania:

91.7%
How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling
This Home Health Center:

95.0%
State:

96.0%
How often the home health team checked patients for depression
This Home Health Center:

34.0%
State:

94.4%
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season
This Home Health Center:

21.0%
Pennsylvania:

71.7%
How often the home health team determined whether their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot)
This Home Health Center:

10.0%
Pennsylvania:

68.9%
How often the home health team checked patients for pain
This Home Health Center:

88.0%
State:

96.7%
How often the home health team treated their patients' pain
Here:

41.0%
State:

97.7%
How often the home health team took doctor-ordered action to prevent pressure sores (bed sores)
Here:

48.0%
State:

95.4%
How often the home health team included treatments to prevent pressure sores (bed sores) in the plan of care
This Home Health Center:

94.0%
Pennsylvania:

96.8%
How often the home health team checked patients for the risk of developing pressure sores (bed sores)
This Home Health Center:

100.0%
State:

96.5%
How often patients got better at walking or moving around
This Home Health Center:

53.0%
State:

57.9%
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed
Here:

43.0%
State:

56.6%
How often patients got better at bathing
Here:

41.0%
Pennsylvania:

63.1%
How often patients had less pain when moving around
Here:

38.0%
Pennsylvania:

67.2%
How often patients' breathing improved
Here:

54.0%
State:

66.1%
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth
Here:

35.0%
State:

48.9%
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted
Here:

8.0%
Pennsylvania:

10.8%
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital
This Home Health Center:

6.0%
Pennsylvania:

25.4%

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