Broomall Presbyterian Village
146 Marple Road, Broomall PA 19008 · (610) 356-0100 · 90.06% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Broomall Presbyterian Village is located in Broomall, Pennsylvania. We gave this facility an overall score of A, making it the highest graded facility in the city. We couldn't find many negative things to say about this nursing home. Its scores are just impeccable. As you will see below, this facility performed just as well in our category scores. We gave it a straight A report card!
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 146 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Church related
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our long-term care rating. For prospective residents in need of a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are an important measure. This facility's vaccination records were not as strong as its number of nursing hours per resident. This facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 86.823524 percent of its patients. We would love to see some improvement in this area in the future. This facility also keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.58 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home has received near flawless government inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A in this area. Inspection scores are tied to several items located in the a nursing home's inspections. Places that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
The third category we analyzed is short-term care. Adding to its top-shelf profile, this facility also excelled in that area. In fact, it received a of A in that category. In determining our short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This place outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country with 58.7 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
The final category we scored is nursing, where this facility received a grade of A-. This topped off a first-rate report card. Very few nursing homes earned an A- or better in each of our categories. We analyzed the licensure of nurses working for the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses were with residents, in calculating our grade in this category. This nursing home offers high levels of nursing care, averaging 4 hours per patient each day. This is more nursing care than most nursing homes provide. Lastly, this place also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility Pennsylvania in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Broomall Presbyterian Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who had a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better