Buckingham Valley Rehabilitation and Nursingcenter
820 Durham Road p.o. Box 447, Buckingham PA 18912 · (215) 598-7181 · 84.76% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Buckingham, Pennsylvania, Buckingham Valley Rehabilitation and Nursingcenter is the only nursing home we identified in the area. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B. A score of this caliber requires quality scores in most areas. Based on our ratings, you can do much worse than this nursing home. This facility was stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 130 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category generally have few of these severe deficiencies. This facility was assessed 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received a strong long-term care grade. Indeed, we gave it an above average score of B+ in this area. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 97.75281 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 2.39 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
The third area we assessed was short-term care, where this nursing home was given a grade of B- in this category. Short-term care grades are typically used to measure a facility's rehabilitation services To provide good rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to provide better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. This place is above average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse staffing provided to its residents. The last datapoint we looked at in this area is the number of residents that returned home from the nursing home. It fared respectably with 46 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
Our next area is nursing, in which we awarded this facility a grade of B- in this category. Nursing grades are mostly based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This place provides only 3.2 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a somewhat uninspiring figure which is well below average. While this nursing home ranked poorly in terms of the quantity of nursing care provided, it performed admirably in a few of our quality measures. It was above average in two of the major metrics we look at, with good scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are good indicators of the quality of nursing care provided since many falls and bed sores are preventable.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Buckingham Valley Rehabilitation and Nursingcenter Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents which are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required 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 deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better