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.

Contact Information

Gino J Merli Veterans Center
401 Penn Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18503
(570) 961-4300

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Nursing Home Profile

NameGino J Merli Veterans Center
Location401 Penn Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Certified ByMedicaid
No. of Certified Beds196
Occupancy Rate64.18%
Medicare ID (CCN)39A433
Legal Business NameLegal Business Name Not Available
Ownership TypeGovernment - State

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Number of Substantiated Complaints0
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Total Amount of Fines in Dollars$0
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Patients' Stay Experience:

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 MeasureProviderNational Avg.
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased20.5714.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight6.085.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder52.8548.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder5.971.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection7.612.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms2.915.05
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained00.23
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury2.023.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine99.5393.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication16.5914.2
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine9283.88