SOUTHWESTERN VETERANS CENTER (PITTSBURGH, PA) Detailed Nursing Home Profile

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.600
State:	0.760

Number of Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	1.180
Pennsylvania:	0.830

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	1.770
Pennsylvania:	1.587

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.060
Pennsylvania:	0.089

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.060
Pennsylvania:	0.090

Quality Measures

Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased

This Nursing Home:	15.8%
Pennsylvania:	15.9%

Percent of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

This Nursing Home:	8.5%
State:	10.2%

Percent of long-stay high-risk residents with pressure ulcers

This Nursing Home:	3.4%
Pennsylvania:	5.9%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

Here:	9.5%
State:	7.4%

Percent of long-stay low-risk residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder

This Nursing Home:	66.0%
State:	56.0%

Percent of long-stay residents who have had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder

Here:	3.1%
State:	3.9%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

This Nursing Home:	2.1%
State:	5.3%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

Here:	8.0%
Pennsylvania:	4.6%

Percent of long-stay residents who were physically restrained

This Nursing Home:	6.8%
Pennsylvania:	1.5%

Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury

This Nursing Home:	2.6%
Pennsylvania:	3.0%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	98.9%
State:	95.1%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Nursing Home:	97.9%
State:	94.5%

Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

Here:	4.8%
State:	21.2%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Nursing Home:	97.1%
Pennsylvania:	84.4%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

This Nursing Home:	26.3%
Pennsylvania:	22.2%

Complaint Deficiency

Exits that are accessible at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Allow residents to easily view the results of the nursing home's most recent survey
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Many
Provide care for each resident in a way that keeps or builds the resident's quality of life
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Keep each resident free from physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Develop a complete care plan that meets all of a resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
1) Provide 3 meals at regular times; 2) serve breakfast within 14 hours after dinner; or 3) offer a snack at bedtime each day
- Harm: Potential for minimal harm
- Scope: Some
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Many
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few

SOUTHWESTERN VETERANS CENTER - PITTSBURGH, PA

Staff Information

Quality Measures

Complaint Deficiency

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