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Barclay Friends

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
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700 North Franklin,
West Chester PA 19380

(610) 696-5211

87.7% estimated occupancy 1

Barclay Friends is a facility in West Chester, Pennsylvania, which has a population of 105,091 people. We gave this nursing home a phenomenal overall rating of A+. As a matter of fact, it proved to be the number one rated facility in the city. We can't find many bad things to say about this nursing home. Its ratings are as good as they get. Scroll down to see this place's category scores, which also impressed us. You just can't do much better than a straight A profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

Best Nursing Home in West Chester, Pennsylvania badge

Best Nursing Home in West Chester, Pennsylvania Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To pair with a favorable overall grade, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for our inspections rating. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. Nursing ratings are mostly tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 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 many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

This facility also excelled in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a score of A. Not many facilities performed better in this category. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After we finished assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 92.64706 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In the final category we scored, this facility was awarded an impressive grade grade of A in our short-term care category. With this grade, the facility topped off a straight A profile. With our short-term care score, we endeavor to craft a meaningful measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze the facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Barclay Friends Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Barclay Friends, 5.31% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Barclay Friends, 5.15% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which sustained a fall leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Barclay Friends, 2.65% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Barclay Friends, 15.81% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Barclay Friends, 14.35% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Barclay Friends, 0.76% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Some experts believe this is a measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Barclay Friends, 95.97% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Barclay Friends, 11.54% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Barclay Friends, 12.17% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is vital to residents' physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Barclay Friends, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to preserving the physical health of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Barclay Friends, 12.17% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Barclay Friends, 15.82% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Barclay Friends, 77.84% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with successful rehabilitation services.

Scores for West Chester, PA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

Looking for more options? West Chester, Pennsylvania has 4 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

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  • Paoli HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.59 miles away255 West Lancaster Avenue Paoli Pennsylvania 19301Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 648-1000
  • Brandywine HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.91 miles away201 Reeceville Road Coatesville Pennsylvania 19320Proprietary(610) 383-8000
  • Riddle Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.06 miles away1068 West Baltimore Pike Media Pennsylvania 19063Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 566-9400
  • Phoenixville HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.96 miles away140 Nutt Road Phoenixville Pennsylvania 19460Proprietary(610) 983-1000
  • Alfred I Dupont Hospital for ChildrenChildrens 13.38 miles away1600 Rockland Rd PO Box 269 Wilmington Delaware 19899Voluntary non-profit - Private(302) 651-4000
  • Main Line Hospital Bryn Mawr CampusAcute Care Hospitals 15.48 miles away130 South Bryn Mawr Ave Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania 19010Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 526-3000
  • Delaware County Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17 miles away501 North Lansdowne Ave Drexel Hill Pennsylvania 19026Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 284-8100

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita - Westtown Dialysis0.97 miles away105 Westtown Road West Chester Pennsylvania 19382CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (610) 701-2492
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - West Chester2.9 miles away1380 Enterprise Dr., Suite 300 West Chester Pennsylvania 19380Dialysis Stations: 13 (610) 701-0103
  • Dialyze Direct Pa LLC4.31 miles away495 Thomas Jones Way, Suite 300 Exton Pennsylvania 19341Dialysis Stations: 1 (484) 870-9260
  • Renal Treatment Centers Mid Atlantic Inc7.73 miles away4 Industrial Boulevard, Suite 155 Paoli Pennsylvania 19301Dialysis Stations: 9 (610) 644-3941
  • Davita - Thorndale Dialysis7.79 miles away3243 Lincoln Highway Thorndale Pennsylvania 19372CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (610) 384-3902
  • Davita Healthcare Partners, Inc.8.91 miles away265 Wilmington West Chester Pike Chadds Ford Pennsylvania 19317Dialysis Stations: 13 (610) 558-6965
  • Riddle Dialysis Center9.96 miles away100 Granite Drive, Suite 106 Media Pennsylvania 19063CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (610) 892-4701
  • Bio-Medical Applications of Delaware Inc10.38 miles away1417 Foulk Road Wilmington Delaware 19803Dialysis Stations: 12 (302) 479-7130