Conestoga View is in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a city with 164,596 people. With an overall grade of F, we consider this to be a very poor nursing home. Fortunately, this nursing home is one of 11 nursing homes in this city so if you aren't impressed, you should have better options. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Conestoga View
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Note: Conestoga View has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Meal Delivery
- Home Making
- Palliative Care
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of B-. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also didn't rate poorly in the area of long-term care. Indeed, we gave it a grade of B- in that category, which ended up being among its more respectable grades. In the area of long-term care, we weigh the amount of services provided by a facility, as opposed to more healthcare-oriented services. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 93.35821 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be somewhat lower than we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. Nevertheless, this place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Turning to the area of nursing care, this facility received a grade of just D in this category. Nursing grades are primarily associated with the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This place fared well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the final area, this nursing home really did not fare well here either. Due to a poor grade of F in short-term care, this is just about as bad as it gets. Our short-term care scores are crucial for prospective residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires more highly-skilled nursing. This includes a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we considered the number of residents that were able to return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Conestoga View Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Conestoga View, 7.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Conestoga View, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often linked to poor nursing care. More supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Conestoga View, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. However, this metric could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Conestoga View, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Conestoga View, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Conestoga View, 3.12% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Conestoga View, 88.22% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Conestoga View, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Conestoga View, 21.64% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Conestoga View, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Conestoga View, 21.64 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Conestoga View, 8.92 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Conestoga View, 72.59% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Lancaster, PA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Lancaster, Pennsylvania has 10 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Lancaster General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.25 miles away555 North Duke Street Lancaster Pennsylvania 17604Voluntary non-profit - Other(717) 299-5511
- Upmc LititzAcute Care Hospitals 6.71 miles away1500 Highlands Drive Lititz Pennsylvania 17543Proprietary(717) 625-5670
- Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.58 miles away169 Martin Avenue Ephrata Pennsylvania 17522Voluntary non-profit - Other(717) 733-0311
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Lancaster0.42 miles away1412 East King Street Lancaster Pennsylvania 17602CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (717) 392-1552
- Davita - Suburban Campus Dialysis4.07 miles away2100 Harrisburg Pike, Suite 390 Lancaster Pennsylvania 17604CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (717) 397-4019
- Davita - Manheim Pike Dialysis4.28 miles away1650 Manheim Pike Lancaster Pennsylvania 17601CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (717) 519-6978
- Physicians Dialysis of Lancaster, LLC4.81 miles away345 W. Main St., Suite 202 Leola Pennsylvania 17540Dialysis Stations: 13 (717) 556-0080
- Davita - Ephrata14.46 miles away67 West Church Street Stevens Pennsylvania 17578CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (717) 335-7399
- Davita - Elizabethtown Dialysis18.98 miles away844 North Hanover Street Elizabethtown Pennsylvania 17022Dialysis Stations: 12 (717) 361-0151