Abramson Senior Care at Lankenau Medical Center

On top of performing well overall, this facility also earned a nearly flawless inspection report. Consequently, it earned one of our highest scores in that category with an A+. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This place received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered severe. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This first-rate facility also excelled in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a score of A+. Very few facilities fared better in this area. In the category of short-term care, we strive to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 6.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

This nursing home also was given a dominant long-term care grade. This actually ended up being its third most impressive category grade. In that area, this facility received a score of A. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are kept in good health. One of the criteria we considered on top of nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. It doesn't appear that this facility provided information about vaccinations. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

In the last category we scored, this facility received a very strong grade of A in our nursing category. With this score, the facility rounded out a straight A report card. We analyzed the licensure of nurses working for the facility, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses worked with patients, in calculating our grade in this category. This nursing home averages 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.