Barclay Friends
700 North Franklin, West Chester PA 19380 · (610) 696-5211 · 91.56% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Barclay Friends is in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The city has a population of 105,091 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of A, making it ranked among the three highest graded nursing homes in the city. We can't find many negative things to say about this place. Its grades are impeccable. Keep reading to see this facility's category scores, which are also impressive. It is hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 96 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of being a first rate facility overall, this facility excelled in our inspections category, where it earned an A+. Few nursing homes performed this well in this category. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category generally have few severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to patient health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. When determining a facility's nursing grade, we weigh the amount of time nurses are caring for residents as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This place provided 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is among the better totals in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. We were really impressed by these statistics. On top of providing high levels of nursing care, this facility also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In terms of the percentage of its patients suffering falls resulting in serious injury, this nursing home performed as well as any facility the state.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a dominant short-term care score. This actually ended up being this facility's third most impressive category score. In that category, this facility received a score of A. Short-term care ratings are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in the country in this area with 61.2 percent of its patients returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our last category, this nursing home was given an extremely favorable long-term care score. While this wasn't as impressive as many of its other grades, this is still one of the more impressive grades a facility can receive. Facilities that do well in long-term care tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to very favorable nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination records was as good as it gets also. In fact, this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This combination proved to be successful as this nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Barclay Friends Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This measures the percentage of long-term residents who have pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often linked to lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents which have experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of poor nursing care. However, this statistic may also be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients which were administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better