Cedar Crest Post Acute

Cedar Crest Post Acute - ALLENTOWN, PA

1265 SOUTH CEDAR CREST BLVD, ALLENTOWN, PA 18103

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CEDAR CREST

has been placed on our NHAA Watchlist for the following:

History of Unsafe Staffingi

Understaffing has a very human cost, not only to the dignity of nursing home residents but also to their basic safety and well-being. Click here for signs and symptoms of understaffing.

Understaffing has been determined to cause patient injury and deprive residents of essential care according to numerous scientific studies.

What is unsafe CNA staffing?

Below 2.0 hours of CNA time for each resident per day

"Less than 2.0 nurse aide hours per patient day is likely to result in poor care."

- CMS Report to Congress

Was CEDAR CREST staffed at Unsafe levels?:

Days staffed below 2.0 hours of CNA time for each resident per day In 2020: 70.5%
194 days
out of 275 days
In 2019: 74.5%
272 days
out of 365 days
In 2018: 66.6%
243 days
out of 365 days
In 2017: 83.3%
304 days
out of 365 days
Average CNA care
per resident per day
In 2020: 1.90 hours
April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2019: 1.90 hours
January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2018: 1.93 hours
January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
In 2017: 1.83 hours
January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
(Below 2.0 hours is unsafe)
Average overall care
per resident per day
In 2020: 3.39 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020)
In 2019: 3.20 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019)
In 2018: 3.27 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018)
In 2017: 3.15 hours
of overall care per resident per day
(January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017)

Source — Payroll Based Journal daily staffing reports filed by this nursing home with CMS.
(For 2018, the most currently avaliable data is used above.)

Why do staffing levels matter to CEDAR CREST residents?

  • 70.2% of residents need assistance with toileting and/or incontinent care
  • 69.5% of residents needed assistance transferring from bed and/or wheelchair
  • 66.2% of residents confined to wheelchair and/or bed
  • 27.2% of residents had dementia

Source -- Most recently published Resident Characteristics data (Form 672) submitted by this nursing home to CMS. (August 18, 2017)

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