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Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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1011 Berks Road,
Leesport PA 19533

(610) 376-4841

70.21% estimated occupancy 1

Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation is a very-large government-owned nursing home located in Leesport, Pennsylvania. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B. A grade of this caliber requires solid scores in most areas. Based on our ratings, you could do much worse than this place. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong report card was its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Government - County
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this place also earned top notch government inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our higher grades in that category, with a grade of A. Inspection ratings are based on items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Contributing to this nursing home's list of accomplishments, it also received a first-rate long-term care grade. We gave them a strong strong of A- in this category. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 99.72119 percent of its patients. This is a great way to avoid negative health outcomes for the senior population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. Our nursing grade considers a number of factors. The most important factor is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place 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 many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Turning to the next area, we gave this facility a D for the area of short-term care. This is the nursing home's worst category score. Unfortunately, this score pulled down the nursing home's overall profile to some degree. In crafting our short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to formulate a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. In this facility's case, we found that it offers fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 2.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation, 4.19% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation, 3.72% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents who sustained falls which caused serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation, 0.96% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Closer supervision reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation, 29.02% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation, 32.64% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation, 2.87% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation, 99.27% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation, 14.31% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation, 17.58% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation, 17.58% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation, 3.42% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation, 74.65% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • St Joseph Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.05 miles away2500 Bernville Road Reading Pennsylvania 19605Voluntary non-profit - Church(610) 378-2000
  • Reading HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.93 miles away420 S 5th Avenue Reading Pennsylvania 19611Voluntary non-profit - Other(610) 988-8000
  • Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.14 miles away169 Martin Avenue Ephrata Pennsylvania 17522Voluntary non-profit - Other(717) 733-0311

Nearby Dialysis

  • Reading Dialysis Center3.15 miles away965 Berkshire Boulevard Reading Pennsylvania 19610CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (610) 370-5323
  • Pennsylvania Dialysis Clinic of Reading3.57 miles away625 Spring Street Reading Pennsylvania 19610CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (610) 375-1215
  • Fresenius Kidney Care Reading, LLC3.75 miles away1001 Reed Avenue Building E, Suite 410 Reading Pennsylvania 19610Dialysis Stations: 11 (610) 378-7963
  • Davita - Ephrata13.47 miles away67 West Church Street Stevens Pennsylvania 17578CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (717) 335-7399
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Kutztown15.99 miles away45 Constitution Boulevard Kutztown Pennsylvania 19530Dialysis Stations: 11 (610) 683-9766