Quality Life Services - Chicora in Chicora, PA

Quality Life Services - Chicora is a medicare and medicaid certified nursing home in Chicora, Pennsylvania. It is located in Butler county at Donegal Township, Box Q, Chicora, Pennsylvania 16025. You can reach out to the office of Quality Life Services - Chicora via phone at (724) 445-2000. This skilled nursing facility has 114 federally certified beds with average occupancy rate of 75.44%. The nursing facility is classified as "Continuing Care Retirement Community" by CMS and its legal business name is Chicora Medical Center, Limited Partnership and has the following ownership type - For Profit - Corporation.

Quality Life Services - Chicora (Medicare CCN 395118) is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in both medicare and medicaid program. This means if you are part of medicare or medicaid program, you may consider this nursing facility for your medical needs. It was first certified by CMS in 1967 (57 years certified) and the last quality survey was conducted in January, 2020.

Contact Information

Quality Life Services - Chicora
Donegal Township, Box Q, Chicora, Pennsylvania 16025
(724) 445-2000


Nursing Home Profile

NameQuality Life Services - Chicora
LocationDonegal Township, Box Q, Chicora, Pennsylvania
Certified ByMedicare and Medicaid
No. of Certified Beds114
Occupancy Rate75.44%
Medicare ID (CCN)395118
Legal Business NameChicora Medical Center, Limited Partnership
Ownership TypeFor Profit - Corporation

NPI Associated with this Nursing Home:

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NPI Number1659146413
Organization NameQUALITY LIFE SERVICES - CHICORA, LLC
Doing Business AsQUALITY LIFE SERVICES - CHICORA
Address160 Medical Center Rd, Chicora, PA 16025
Phone Number724-445-2000

News Archive

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Quality Ratings:

Nursing homes vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their residents. The below quality ratings for Quality Life Services - Chicora are calculated from three sources - health inspection results, staffing data, and quality measure data. This information gives you an indication of the care Quality Life Services - Chicora give to their patients.
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News Archive

Certain gastrointestinal types of GVHD are associated with worsened quality of life and death

Joseph Pidala, M.D., M.S., assistant member of the Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant and Immunology programs at Moffitt Cancer Center, and colleagues from the Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Consortium have determined that certain gastrointestinal and liver-related types of chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) are associated with worsened quality of life and death.

Hormone previously identified in the venom of the green mamba snake may play role in stroke research

A Mayo Clinic research team is focusing on a hormone previously identified in the venom of the green mamba snake for the role it may play in a dangerous blood vessel narrowing in stroke patients that can lead to a second stroke, reduced blood flow and brain damage.

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› Verified 4 days ago

Complaints, Fines and Penalties:

Number of Facility Reported Incidents0
Number of Substantiated Complaints0
Number of Fines0
Total Amount of Fines in Dollars$0
Number of Payment Denials0
Total Number of Penalties0

Patients' Stay Experience:

The resident survey data of Quality Life Services - Chicora is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience MeasureProviderNational Avg.
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased13.9214.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight9.625.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder46.1548.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder0.581.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection1.392.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms3.765.05
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained0.540.23
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury4.863.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine98.6593.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication21.4314.2
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine83.1483.88
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication3.031.79
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened16.2717.09
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication15.8619.7
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers6.87.32
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine95.7395.98
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function8267.99
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine77.5982.93

News Archive

Certain gastrointestinal types of GVHD are associated with worsened quality of life and death

Joseph Pidala, M.D., M.S., assistant member of the Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant and Immunology programs at Moffitt Cancer Center, and colleagues from the Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Consortium have determined that certain gastrointestinal and liver-related types of chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) are associated with worsened quality of life and death.

Hormone previously identified in the venom of the green mamba snake may play role in stroke research

A Mayo Clinic research team is focusing on a hormone previously identified in the venom of the green mamba snake for the role it may play in a dangerous blood vessel narrowing in stroke patients that can lead to a second stroke, reduced blood flow and brain damage.

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Tickling the brain with low-intensity electrical stimulation in a specific area can improve verbal short-term memory. Mayo Clinic researchers report their findings in Brain.

Read more News

› Verified 4 days ago


Nursing Homes in Chicora, PA

Quality Life Services - Chicora
Location: Donegal Township, Box Q, Chicora, Pennsylvania 16025
Phone: (724) 445-2000    

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