Altoona Center for Nursing Care

Total Number of Beds: 120	Percent of Occupied Beds: 86%
Total Number of Residents: 103	Located Within a Hospital: No
Type of Ownership: For profit - Corporation	Multiple Nursing Homes by Same Owner: Yes
Councils the Nursing Home Participates in: Resident	Medicare/Medicaid: Participating in Medicare and Medicaid
* Details Last Reported on: 03/06/2003

Nursing Home Staff Information:

Number of RN Hours per Nursing Home Resident per Day: 0.81

Number of LPN/LVN Hours per Nursing Home Resident per Day: 0.88

Number of CNA Hours per Nursing Home Resident per Day: 2.04

Number of Staff Hours per Nursing Home Resident per Day: 3.73

Nursing Home Resident Information**:

Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Pressure Sores: 25%
Percent of High-Risk Residents Who Have Pressure Sores: 18%
Percent of Short-Stay Residents Who Had Moderate to Severe Pain: 25%
Percent of Residents Who Have Moderate to Severe Pain: 10%
Percent of Residents Who Spend Most of Their Time in Bed or in a Chair: 1%
Percent of Residents Whose Need for Help With Daily Activities Has Increased: 34%
Percent of Residents Who are More Depressed or Anxious: 38%
Percent of Short-Stay Residents With Delirium: 1%
Percent of Residents Who Were Physically Restrained: 13%
Percent of Low-Risk Residents Who Lose Control of Their Bowels or Bladder: 46%
Percent of Residents Who Have/Had a Catheter Inserted and Left in Their Bladder: 12%
Percent of Residents With a Urinary Tract Infection: 20%
** Details Last Reported on: 3/6/2003

Nursing Home Inspection Violations:

Date of Violation	Date Corrected	Type of Violation	Deficiency	Scope	Level of Harm
2001-03-13	2001-05-09	Quality Care Deficiencies	Give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible.	Isolated	Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
2001-03-13	2001-05-09	Quality Care Deficiencies	Give or get dental care for each resident.	Isolated	Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
2002-02-13	2002-03-31	Quality Care Deficiencies	Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible.	Isolated	Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
2003-03-06	2003-04-02	Mistreatment Deficiencies	Write and use policies that forbid mistreatment, neglect and abuse of residents and theft of residents' property.	Isolated	Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
2003-03-06	2003-04-11	Quality Care Deficiencies	Give each resident care and services to get or keep the highest quality of life possible.	Isolated	Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
2003-03-06	2003-04-10	Quality Care Deficiencies	Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.	Isolated	Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
2003-03-06	2003-04-11	Environmental Deficiencies	Make sure that the nursing home area is free of dangers that cause accidents.	Isolated	Minimal harm or potential for actual harm

*** All violations listed are based on federal government records.