Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is located in Forksville, Pennsylvania. With an overall rating of B, this looks like a fine nursing home. Based on the data we reviewed, you could do much worse than this facility. This facility's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
Specialized Services
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a strong overall score, this facility also earned top notch inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our higher scores in this area, with an A. Our inspection scores are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a score of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this area. Our short-term care scores are arguably more important for those requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. While this didn't quite match its scores in some of the categories discussed above, this is still a decent score. The nursing grade consists of quite a few components, however, the primary one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, while this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of our quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this metric.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded is long-term care. This nursing home was awarded a grade of C for the category. Our long-term care grades are more critical for residents needing more traditional assistance related to activities of daily living. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 95.80419 percent of its patients, which is more than the average nursing home. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 7.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric indicates the percent of long-term care residents who suffer from pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term patients which have had falls which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 3.12% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 88.22% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Some experts argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 21.64% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Darway Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 21.64 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.