Brandywine Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
505 Greenbank Road, Wilmington DE 19808 · (302) 998-0101 · 97.45% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Brandywine Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a large nursing home located in Wilmington, Delaware. This nursing home received an overall grade of C, which is a good rating. Based on the data we reviewed, there are definitely far worse nursing homes out there. The best part of this place's profile was is its nursing grade. We discuss nursing in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 169 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
The main thing propping up this nursing home's profile is its elite nursing grade. In fact, we awarded this nursing home an A- in that category. Nursing ratings are based largely on nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these metrics as reliable measures of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a decent score in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a B-. Our long-term care grade is generally used to grade a nursing home's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services offered by a skilled nursing facility. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to find that this nursing home vaccinated 99.67845 percent of its patients against pneumonia. The last datapoint we assessed is its hospitalization rate. Here we found that this place had 1.9 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is not too bad.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given its next most favorable category grade in the area of short-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of B- in this category, which is an acceptable score. In calculating our short-term care grades, we analyze a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is often a reliable assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than a typical facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 29.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.
Facility Inspections
The last category we assessed is inspections. The facility received a grade of C in this category. Inspection ratings are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important thing to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. This nursing home had 6 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but fortunately none were in any of the categories labeled J through L. This means CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to put resident safety or health in immediate harm or jeopardy. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brandywine Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term care residents who are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures 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 metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better