Colonial Park Care Center
800 King Russ Road, Harrisburg PA 17109 · (717) 657-1520 · 87.17% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Colonial Park Care Center is a large nursing home located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This isn't a high quality facility with a D overall grade. Unfortunately, this grade is right in line with the city grade in Harrisburg. This nursing home has very little going for it. If you aren't deterred by this place's profile, you can continue reading to learn more about its category grades. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 198 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although this place's overall score was not a highlight, it actually received a very good score in the area of inspections. In fact, we gave it a grade of B+ for that category, which is one of our better grades. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a respectable grade in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of B-. Short-term care scores are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is physical therapy hours. We found that it offers more hours with physical therapists to its residents than most facilities. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. It performed better than most facilities in this metric with 53.5 percent of its residents returning home. For most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. When computing our nursing ratings, we look at both staffing levels and the training levels of the nurses. This facility provided just 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. In addition to receiving below average marks for nursing hours, this place was less impressive in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and found that this place was at approximately 150 percent of the national average in this statistic. This is a bad sign when you consider that many pressure ulcers are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, this statistic dragged down this nursing home's nursing score substantially.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we rated was long-term care. This nursing home was given a bottom of the barrel grade of F in that category. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care grades. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home gave the vaccine to 98.193756 percent of its residents, which is a very respectable percentage. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.24 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Colonial Park Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who maintained mobility. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better