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Brackenville Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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100 St. Claire Drive,
Hockessin DE 19707

(302) 234-5420

91.92% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Hockessin, Delaware, Brackenville Center is one of a mere three available facilities in the area. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is one of our higher grades. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top third of all nursing homes in the United States. If you look below, you can see this nursing home's category scores, which are also strong.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Bariatric Care
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Delaware Awards 2019

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Top Nursing Home in Delaware Awards 2020

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Best Nursing Home in Delaware Awards 2021

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an excellent short-term care score, with a grade of A. With our short-term care grade, we attempt to forge a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Our nursing score is largely associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home also earned first-rate inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our more favorable scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The final area we rated was long-term care, in which this facility was awarded a grade of B. While this wound up being its poorest category grade, this is nevertheless a favorable score. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 99.33555 percent of its patients, which is much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Brackenville Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Brackenville Center, 8.33% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure measures the percent of long-term patients that suffered from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Brackenville Center, 3.65% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients that suffered from a fall which resulted in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Brackenville Center, 1.04% of Patients had UTIs

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term patients which sustained UTI's. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Brackenville Center, 7.39% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Brackenville Center, 26.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Brackenville Center, 2.88% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may indicate worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Brackenville Center, 98.75% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Brackenville Center, 7.26% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the deterioration of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Brackenville Center, 15.92% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Brackenville Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Brackenville Center, 15.92% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Brackenville Center, 10.32% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Brackenville Center, 88.29% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Rockford CenterPsychiatric 5.48 miles away100 Rockford Drive Newark Delaware 19713Proprietary(302) 996-5480
  • Christiana Care Health Services, Inc.Acute Care Hospitals 5.6 miles away4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road Newark Delaware 19718Voluntary non-profit - Private(302) 733-1000
  • Alfred I Dupont Hospital for ChildrenChildrens 7.92 miles away1600 Rockland Rd PO Box 269 Wilmington Delaware 19899Voluntary non-profit - Private(302) 651-4000
  • Jennersville HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.35 miles away1015 West Baltimore Pike West Grove Pennsylvania 19390Voluntary non-profit - Other(610) 869-1000
  • Chester County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.36 miles away701 East Marshall Street West Chester Pennsylvania 19380Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 431-5000
  • Brandywine HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.41 miles away201 Reeceville Road Coatesville Pennsylvania 19320Proprietary(610) 383-8000
  • Riddle Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.85 miles away1068 West Baltimore Pike Media Pennsylvania 19063Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 566-9400
  • Salem Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.04 miles away310 Woodstown Road Salem New Jersey 08079Voluntary non-profit - Private(856) 935-1000

Nearby Dialysis

  • American Universal - Hockessin0.6 miles away5936 Limestone Road, Suite 101 Hockessin Delaware 19707Dialysis Stations: 11 (302) 239-4106
  • Fresenius Medical Care Northern Delaware, LLC.1.48 miles awayLantana Square Shopping Center 214 Lantana Drive Hockessin Delaware 19707Dialysis Stations: 9 (302) 239-4704
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Brandywine Home Therapies5.34 miles away4923 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Suite 210 Newark Delaware 19713Dialysis Stations: 3 (302) 998-7568
  • Wilmington Veterans Administration Medical Center5.42 miles away1601 Kirkwood Highway Wilmington Delaware 19805Dialysis Stations: 5 (302) 994-2511
  • Christiana Care Health System5.46 miles awayHemodialysis Unit, Christiana Hospital 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road, p.o. Box 6001 Newark Delaware 19718Dialysis Stations: 21 (302) 733-1020
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Newport Pike5.88 miles away605 W. Newport Pike Wilmington Delaware 19804Dialysis Stations: 16 (302) 633-6228
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Wilmington6.05 miles awaySt. Francis Medical Office Building, Suite 404 7th and Clayton Street Wilmington Delaware 19805Dialysis Stations: 17 (302) 421-9177
  • Bio-Medical Applications of Delaware, Inc.6.41 miles away230 E. Main Street, Unit 325 Newark Delaware 19711Dialysis Stations: 12 (302) 366-0129