With an address in Abington, Pennsylvania, Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center is the lone nursing home we were able to find in this city. We gave this facility an overall grade of C. A score of this caliber requires some decent scores. You could certainly do worse than this nursing home. One of the best aspects of this facility's profile is its remarkable inspection reports, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall grade is its impeccable government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our better grades in that area, with an A. This is a notably better score than the place's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to patient safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Nurse Quality
This facility received high scores in the area of nursing as well. In fact, it received one of our highest scores in that category with a score of B-. Our nursing rating is primarily based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a low total compared with most facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we looked at. It scored well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the number of hours of care provided.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next most favorable category was its long-term care grade, where it was given a C. Our long-term care ratings are essential for residents needing non-healthcare services such as personal care. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home administered the vaccine to only 77.647064 percent of its patients. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we scored was short-term care, proved to be this facility's worst category. We gave this nursing home a D in this category. In crafting these short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to formulate a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Given its poor score in this area, we were not surprised to discover this facility offers significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we considered the number of residents that were able to return home from this nursing home. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.2 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.
Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 7.76% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who 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 protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 1.18% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that had a fall leading to major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 0.35% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 24.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 12.69% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term residents who are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 0.63% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents demonstrating signs of depression. Many argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 85.92% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 9.94% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 5.98% of Residents
This is the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 5.98% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 8.1% of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Brookside Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, 71.47% of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Abington Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.3 miles away1200 Old York Road Abington Pennsylvania 19001Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 481-2000
- Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.34 miles away1648 Huntingdon Pike Jenkintown Pennsylvania 19046Voluntary non-profit - Church(215) 947-3000
- Horsham ClinicPsychiatric 4.47 miles away722 East Butler Pike Ambler Pennsylvania 19002Proprietary(215) 643-7800
- Jeanes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.09 miles away7600 Central Avenue Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19111Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 728-2000
- Chestnut Hill HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.46 miles away8835 Germantown Ave Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19118Proprietary(215) 248-8200
- Albert Einstein Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.65 miles away5501 Old York Road Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19141Voluntary non-profit - Other(215) 456-6090
- Nazareth HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.04 miles away2601 Holme Ave Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19152Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 335-6000
- Roxborough Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.23 miles away5800 Ridge Ave Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19128Proprietary(215) 483-9900
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Abington Dialysis1.43 miles away3940-a Commerce Avenue Willow Grove Pennsylvania 19090CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (215) 830-1115
- Davita Willow Grove Dialysis1.75 miles away1849 Davisville Road Willow Grove Pennsylvania 19090Dialysis Stations: 24 (215) 659-3426
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Abington1.81 miles away1036 Easton Road Willow Grove Pennsylvania 19090Dialysis Stations: 24 (215) 657-5595
- Davita - Wyncote Dialysis2.69 miles awayCedarbrook Plaza 1000 Easton Road, Suite 250 Wyncote Pennsylvania 19095CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (215) 884-3398
- Davita - Huntingdon Valley Dialysis3.79 miles away769 Huntingdon Pike Huntingdon Valley Pennsylvania 19006CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (215) 379-1788
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Harston Hall3.97 miles away350 Haws Lane Flourtown Pennsylvania 19031Dialysis Stations: 9 (215) 233-0181
- Reliant Renal Care - Cheltenham, LLC4.95 miles away7107 Old York Road Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19126Dialysis Stations: 10 (267) 297-8069
- Bio Medical Applications of Pennsylvania, Inc.5.41 miles away700 Cottman Avenue, Building A Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19111Dialysis Stations: 13 (215) 745-3183