Ellen Memorial Health Care Center

  About Ellen Memorial Health Care Center

  Ellen Memorial Health Care Center Owner & Operator Information

  Ellen Memorial Health Care Center Ratings and Inspection Scores

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) regularly inspects every skilled nursing facility. The results of the multi-day inspection is a series of star ratings. The health inspection scores are an absolute value, so you can compare one facility's score directly to another.

  Nursing Hours Spent Per Patient

CMS provides detailed information about how long nursing staff spends with residents. This data includes nursing subcategories of Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and non-nursing Certified Nursing Assistants. More hours spend per patient should can indicate a better facility or it could indicate more complicated situations.

The nursing staff of Ellen Memorial Health Care Center spends LESS time on average with its residents than the state average and LESS time than the national average for total nursing homes spent per resident.

Type	Facility	State / National Avg
Registered Nurse (RN)
Hours	0.69	0.77 / 0.65
Case Mix	0.40	0.42 / 0.38
Adjusted	0.65	NA / NA
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Hours	0.83	0.92 / 0.87
Case Mix	0.77	NA / NA
Adjusted	0.80	NA / NA
Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)
Hours	2.09	2.09 / 2.26
Case Mix	2.28	NA / NA
Adjusted	1.87	NA / NA
Total Licensed Staff
Hours	1.53	1.69 / 1.53
Physical Therapist (PT)
Hours	0.05	0.09 / 0.07
Total Nursing Homes Spent per Resident on Average
Hours	3.62	3.78 / 3.78
Case Mix	3.46	3.33 / 3.15
Adjusted	3.30	NA / NA

  Quality Measures

Quality measures are based both on patient survey information and on the results of actual claims that are filed with CMS. It is not clear what period is covered in the measures.

Desc.	Perc./ State Avg. / Comparison
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission (qm521) This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating	13.7% / 22.6% Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit (qm522) This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating	21.3% / 10.6% Worse
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm551) This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating	1.2% / 1.7% Better
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm552) This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating	0.9% / 0.8% Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased (qm401)	13.4% / 14.7% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight (qm404)	5.5% / 6.6% Better
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder (qm405)	52.7% / 56.5% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder (qm406)	2.1% / 1.1% Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection (qm407)	1.7% / 2.0% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms (qm408)	0.3% / 3.7% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained (qm409)	2.3% / 0.2% Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury (qm410)	3.2% / 3.4% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm415)	98.1% / 87.3% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication (qm419)	15.4% / 16.3% Better
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm430)	76.7% / 70.4% Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication (qm434)	2.7% / 1.5% Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened (qm451)	14.9% / 18.7% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication (qm452)	18.4% / 19.5% Better
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers (qm453)	5.3% / 7.6% Better
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm454)	97.6% / 93.8% Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function (qm471)	71.9% / 73.9% Worse
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm472)	77.8% / 70.6% Better

  Hospitals Near Ellen Memorial Health Care Center

Quite often skilled nursing facilities and hospitals work closely together to help patients recover or manage a terminal illness. Hospitals deals with acute care while nursing homes treat patients for a longer period of time. New residents at skilled nursing homes typically come from a hospital and nursing home residents may be readmitted to a hospital if their recovery does not proceed well. (Hospital readmission rates are closely monitored by CMS.) Consequently it is important that you consider which hospitals are near a nursing home which choosing one. Below is a list of hospitals near Ellen Memorial Health Care Center.

This information is based on the most recent Hospital data. Historical data is not available.

Hospital	5-Star Overall Rating
MOSES TAYLOR HOSPITAL 700 QUINCY AVENUE SCRANTON, PA 18510	2
REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF SCRANTON 746 JEFFERSON AVENUE SCRANTON, PA 18501	2
GEISINGER-COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER 1822 MULBERRY STREET SCRANTON, PA 18510	4
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 601 PARK STREET HONESDALE, PA 18431	4
GARNET HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER CATSKILLS 8081 STATE ROUTE 97 CALLICOON, NY 12723	Not Available
LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL - DICKSON CITY 330 MAIN STREET DICKSON CITY, PA 18519	Not Available
BARNES-KASSON COUNTY HOSPITAL 2872 TURNPIKE STREET SUSQUEHANNA, PA 18847	Not Available
CLARKS SUMMIT STATE HOSPITAL 1451 HILLSIDE DRIVE CLARKS SUMMIT, PA 18411	Not Available

Ratings History for Ellen Memorial Health Care Center

  Medical Professionals Associated with Ellen Memorial Health Care Center

These are the doctors who are affiliated with Ellen Memorial Health Care Center. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

• RAMEEZ HUSAIN CHAVIWALA ( FAMILY PRACTICE - WAYNE MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS )
• STANLEY SKONIECZKI III ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - ADVANCED INPATIENT MEDICINE ASSOCIATES PC )

  Local Nursing Homes

Below is a list of nursing homes in near Ellen Memorial Health Care Center (including this home). This list is ranked based on the nursing home's health inspection scores (alse referred to as the "weighted all cycles score"). We also show the home's 5-star overall rating in the list. (If a nursing home has been flaged by CMS for abuse, we will added an icon (  ) to the home to indicate this.)

The data is based on the dataset as of June 01, 2024.

Name	Health Inspection Score / Overall Rating
Gino J Merli Veterans Center (SCRANTON, PA)	21.333 / 5:
Elan Skilled Nursing and Rehab, A Jewish Senior Li (SCRANTON, PA)	26 / 4:
Green Ridge Care Center (SCRANTON, PA)	32 / 3:
Carbondale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (CARBONDALE, PA)	37.333 / 3:
Allied Services Transitional Rehab Unit (SCRANTON, PA)	48.833 / 5:
Saint Mary's Villa Nursing Hom (MOSCOW, PA)	49 / 4:
Scranton Health Care Center (SCRANTON, PA)	54 / 2:
Mid-Valley Health Care Center (PECKVILLE, PA)	57 / 3:
Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center (LAKE ARIEL, PA)	61.333 / 1:
Allied Services Skilled Nursing Center (SCRANTON, PA)	68 / 2:
Forest City Nursing and Rehab Center (FOREST CITY, PA)	75.667 / 2:
Ellen Memorial Health Care Center (HONESDALE, PA)	80.667 / 2:
Linwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (SCRANTON, PA)	85.333 / 2:
Dunmore Health Care Center (DUNMORE, PA)	88 / 1:
Abington Manor (SOUTH ABINGTON TOWNS, PA)	93.333 / 2:
Wayne Woodlands Manor (WAYMART, PA)	98 / 2:
Aventura at Creekside (CARBONDALE, PA)	118.333 / 1:
Marywood Heights (SCRANTON, PA)	130.333 / 1:
Mountain View Care and Rehabilitation Center (SCRANTON, PA)	157 / 1:
The Gardens at Scranton (SCRANTON, PA)	325.833 / 1:
Milford Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center (MILFORD, PA)	393.333 / 1:
Oak Ridge Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center (TAYLOR, PA)	441.5 / 1:
Aventura at Terrace View (OLYPHANT, PA)	584.5 / :

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