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Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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6445 Germantown Avenue,
Philadelphia PA 19119

(215) 438-5268

89.88% estimated occupancy 1

Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This city is among the largest cities in the country with has a total of 1,526,206 people. This turns out to be a respectable facility, with an overall grade of B-. This grade was right in line with the city grade in Philadelphia. The best part of this place's profile is its remarkable inspection rating. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Audiology

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection grades account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this area tend to have very few severe deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient safety or health. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

In addition, we awarded this nursing home a B in our long-term care category. This happens to be one of our better grades. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 54.940712 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is somewhat lower than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The next area we looked at is short-term care, where this facility was given a C in this area. In determining our short-term care grades, we look at 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 objective is to formulate a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. It does not look like this facility submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

Turning to our next category, we awarded this facility a D in our nursing category. This is the nursing home's worst category rating. Sadly, this grade hurt the facility's overall profile to some degree. Our nursing grade considers many data points. The most important one is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This particular facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This number is significantly below average. On top of receiving below average marks for nursing hours, this nursing home was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in computing our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and found this facility was at approximately 150 percent of the national average in this metric.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 8.98% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who suffer from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 2.24% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care. Better nursing care limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-plus

In Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0.14% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 22.35% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 20.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 5.99% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 56.63% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 18.63% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of deterioration of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 17.65% of Residents

This is the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 17.65% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 7.73% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 76.75% of Resident

This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.

Scores for Philadelphia, PA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

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