Gino J Merli Veterans Center
Government - State · 401 Penn Avenue, Scranton, PA 18503 · See home’s Medicare page
No Ownership Data Provided
Home did not provide details about ownership and managerial control of the facility.
4.81
Nurse hours/resident/day
Reported total nurse staffing hours per resident per day.
State Average: 3.8
33.3%
Nurse turnover
The percentage of nursing staff who stopped working at the home over a 12-month period.
State Average: 47.0%
196
Certified beds
Qualifying beds in the certified provider or supplier facility.
161
Average residents/day
Average number of residents based on daily census.
Inspection Reports
10
total deficiencies
Inspection reports document deficiencies, which are nursing homes’ failures to meet care requirements. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services releases the last three standard inspection reports, as well as the last 36 months of complaint and infection-control reports.
Sep 1, 2023
3 deficiencies
to
E
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0690
Failure to:
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Some people affected
Seriousness
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiency — F0640
Failure to:
Encode each resident's assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiency — F0656
Failure to:
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Oct 14, 2022
2 deficiencies
to
E
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0697
Failure to:
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Some people affected
Seriousness
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0744
Failure to:
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Sep 22, 2022
1 deficiency
Quality of Life and Care Deficiency — F0689
Failure to:
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Jun 16, 2022
1 deficiency
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiency — F0726
Failure to:
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Some people affected
Seriousness
Dec 3, 2021
3 deficiencies
to
G
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiency — F0600
Failure to:
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Severity
Actual harm that is not immediate jeopardy
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Resident Rights Deficiency — F0563
Failure to:
Honor the resident's right to receive visitors of his or her choosing, at the time of his or her choosing.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Some people affected
Seriousness
Resident Rights Deficiency — F0565
Failure to:
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
Severity
No actual harm, with a potential for more than minimal harm
Scope
Few people affected
Seriousness
Penalties
$69.7K
total fines
A nursing home receives a penalty, either a fine or payment suspensions, when it has a serious health citation or fails to fix a citation. Fines may be imposed once per citation or regularly until the nursing home corrects the citation. Fines not associated with inspection reports can include fines for not reporting COVID-19 data or not complying with infection-control requirements. Payment suspensions are when the government stops payments to the nursing home until an issue is fixed. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services releases the last three years of penalty information.
Dec 3, 2021
$69,654 fine