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Colonial Park Care Center

  • Nursing Home
  • Memory Care

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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800 King Russ Road,
Harrisburg PA 17109

(717) 657-1520

59.94% estimated occupancy 1

Colonial Park Care Center is a senior living facility located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a city with 165,527 people. Our scoring system was not kind to this nursing home, as it received an overall rating of F. At the end of the day, you would be better off to avoid of this nursing home. We were surprisingly able to give this facility some positive feedback for our inspections category, which you can find more information about below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Hemodialysis
  • Podiatry
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Bariatric Care
  • Optometry
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B

Although this nursing home's overall grade was as bad as it gets, it performed pretty well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B for that category, which is one of our better scores. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid places that have too many severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

This nursing home ended up receiving a an abysmal score in our long-term care area. It received an F in this category. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 99.579834 percent of its residents, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Additionally, we gave this facility a rock-bottom F in the category of short-term care. With our short-term care score, we strive to forge a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess the nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. As you might expect, we discovered that this nursing home offers significantly less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

The last category we graded is nursing. This facility received a bottom of the barrel grade of F in that category. Our nursing rating includes several factors. The most heavily weighted variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. With only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, this facility's nurse staffing levels were well below the national average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing ratings. This place fared well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Colonial Park Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Colonial Park Care Center, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Colonial Park Care Center, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Falls are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Colonial Park Care Center, 1.85% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Colonial Park Care Center, 15.28% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Colonial Park Care Center, 18.78% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Colonial Park Care Center, 3.3% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Colonial Park Care Center, 86.27% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Colonial Park Care Center, 15.17% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the erosion of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Colonial Park Care Center, 17.92% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' physical and mental health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Colonial Park Care Center, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Colonial Park Care Center, 17.92 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Colonial Park Care Center, 9.68 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Colonial Park Care Center, 73.03% Percentage of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.

Scores for Harrisburg, PA

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

Looking for more options? Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Pinnacle Health HospitalsAcute Care Hospitals 3.82 miles away409 South Second Street Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17105Voluntary non-profit - Other(717) 782-5181
  • Pennsylvania Psychiatric InstitutePsychiatric 4.49 miles away2501 North Third Street Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17110Proprietary(717) 782-4742
  • Holy Spirit HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.24 miles away503 North 21st Street Camp Hill Pennsylvania 17011Voluntary non-profit - Private(717) 763-2100
  • Good Samaritan HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.25 miles awayFourth and Walnut Streets Lebanon Pennsylvania 17042Voluntary non-profit - Other(717) 270-7500

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Harrisburg0.66 miles away4343 Union Deposit Road Union Court Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17111CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (717) 564-5690
  • Cedar Dialysis, LLC1.5 miles away479 Port View Drive, Suite b21 Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17111CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (717) 558-0290
  • Millonee Dialysis, LLC3.75 miles away4390 Sturbridge Drive Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17110Dialysis Stations: 12 (717) 545-2805
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Cityline4.47 miles away2601 North 3rd Street, Suite 101 Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17110Dialysis Stations: 17 (717) 909-9450
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Capital Area4.68 miles away1300 Linglestown Road, 1st Floor Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17110Dialysis Stations: 21 (717) 234-8840
  • Ldhb Middletown, LLC4.72 miles away1050 Kreider Dr., Suite 100 Middletown Pennsylvania 17057Dialysis Stations: 15 (717) 944-2327
  • Liberty Dialysis LLC - Camp Hill5.83 miles away500 N. 12th Street, Suite 300 Lemoyne Pennsylvania 17043CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (717) 230-1630
  • Davita West Shore5.83 miles away550 North 12th St., Suite 110 Lemoyne Pennsylvania 17043Dialysis Stations: 12 (717) 737-3272