Gino J Merli Veterans Center in Scranton, PA

Gino J Merli Veterans Center is a medicaid certified nursing home in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It is located in Lackawanna county at 401 Penn Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18503. You can reach out to the office of Gino J Merli Veterans Center via phone at (570) 961-4300. This skilled nursing facility has 196 federally certified beds with average occupancy rate of 64.18%. Its legal business name is Legal Business Name Not Available and has the following ownership type - Government - State.

Gino J Merli Veterans Center (Medicare CCN 39A433) is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in medicaid program. This means if you are part of medicaid program, you may consider this nursing facility for your medical needs. It was first certified by CMS in 2009 (15 years certified) and the last quality survey was conducted in February, 2021.

Name	Gino J Merli Veterans Center
Location	401 Penn Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Certified By	Medicaid
No. of Certified Beds	196
Occupancy Rate	64.18%
Medicare ID (CCN)	39A433
Legal Business Name	Legal Business Name Not Available
Ownership Type	Government - State

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The resident survey data of Gino J Merli Veterans Center is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased	20.57	14.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight	6.08	5.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder	52.85	48.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	5.97	1.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection	7.61	2.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms	2.91	5.05
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained	0	0.23
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury	2.02	3.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	99.53	93.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication	16.59	14.2
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	92	83.88