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Brookmont Healthcare Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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510 Brookmont Drive,
Effort PA 18330

(610) 681-4070

76.55% estimated occupancy 1

Please note our records indicate that Brookmont Healthcare Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.

Brookmont Healthcare Center is located in Effort, Pennsylvania. This proved to be a solid facility, with an overall grade of C. You could definitely do worse than this nursing home. This facility didn't excel in all of our categories, but it didn't receive any terrible grades either. More information about these categories is available below.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

This facility's best category grade came in the area of inspections. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of B+. It outperformed most facilities in this area. Inspection scores are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

This nursing home also received a positive score in our short-term care category. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B in this area. Our short-term care grades are vital for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 5.2 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

One of this facility's better category grades was in the area of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B-. Nursing grades are primarily based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, nursing grades also consider quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The final category we graded is long-term care, which was a weak spot for this facility. We awarded this nursing home a grade of just D for our long-term care category. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it generally means the facility did not perform well in our measures relating to resident care. One of the factors we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. We were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to only 76.25418 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Brookmont Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Brookmont Healthcare Center, 6.22% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Brookmont Healthcare Center, 2.68% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often associated with lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Brookmont Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term patients who experienced a UTI. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Brookmont Healthcare Center, 9.69% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Brookmont Healthcare Center, 18.15% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure indicates the percent of long-term care residents taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Brookmont Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Many believe this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Brookmont Healthcare Center, 86.6% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Brookmont Healthcare Center, 9.78% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Brookmont Healthcare Center, 11.69% of Residents

Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Brookmont Healthcare Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Brookmont Healthcare Center, 11.69% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Brookmont Healthcare Center, 13.38% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Brookmont Healthcare Center, 88.21% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusAcute Care Hospitals 10.09 miles away100 St Luke's Lane Stroudsburg Pennsylvania 18360Voluntary non-profit - Private(272) 212-1000
  • Palmerton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.98 miles away135 Lafayette Avenue Palmerton Pennsylvania 18071Voluntary non-profit - Other(610) 826-3141
  • Lehigh Valley Hospital - PoconoAcute Care Hospitals 14.01 miles away206 East Brown Street East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania 18301Voluntary non-profit - Private(570) 421-4000
  • St Luke's Hospital-Gnaden Huetten CampusAcute Care Hospitals 16.85 miles away211 North 12th Street Lehighton Pennsylvania 18235Voluntary non-profit - Private(607) 377-1300
  • Easton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.95 miles away250 South 21st Street Easton Pennsylvania 18042Proprietary(610) 250-4076
  • St Luke's Warren HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.93 miles away185 Roseberry St Phillipsburg New Jersey 08865Voluntary non-profit - Other(908) 847-6700

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Slatebelt9.01 miles away525 East West Street Wind Gap Pennsylvania 18091Dialysis Stations: 12 (610) 863-7852
  • Davita - Pocono Home Center9.73 miles away3361 Route 611, Suite 1 Bartonsville Pennsylvania 18321Dialysis Stations: 4 (570) 629-1292
  • Palmerton Dialysis Center13.01 miles away185-C Delaware Avenue Palmerton Pennsylvania 18071Dialysis Stations: 10 (610) 826-5929
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - East Stroudsburg13.72 miles away125 South Courtland Street East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania 18301Dialysis Stations: 14 (570) 476-1606
  • Davita - Eagle Valley13.86 miles away166 Eagles Glen Plaza East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania 18301Dialysis Stations: 13 (570) 424-5307
  • Davita - Pocono Dialysis Center16.03 miles away447 Office Plaza, Building 100, Suite B East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania 18301Dialysis Stations: 16 (570) 476-5630
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Carbon County16.19 miles away168 S. Sargent Stanley Hoffman Boulevard Lehighton Pennsylvania 18235CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (610) 379-0330
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Easton16.71 miles away3501 Northwood Avenue Easton Pennsylvania 18045Dialysis Stations: 30 (610) 253-4278

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=395462