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Delaware Valley Veteran's Home

  • Nursing Home
  • For people with disabilities
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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2701 Southampton Rd,
Philadelphia PA 19154

(215) 965-0301

87.89% estimated occupancy 1

Delaware Valley Veteran's Home is a large government-owned facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sporting an overall grade of A, this is undoubtedly an elite facility. In spite of Philadelphia having 48 nursing homes to choose from, this nursing home jumped off the page as a fine option. This facility also received impressive grades in all four of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • No Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Government - State
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Pennsylvania Awards 2019

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Top Nursing Home in Pennsylvania Awards 2020

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Best Nursing Home in Pennsylvania Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania badge

Best Nursing Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to faring well overall, this facility earned nearly flawless government inspections. Consequently, it earned one of our highest scores in that area with an A+. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

This facility also received an A+ long-term care grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to be awarded more than one A+ category grades. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. Once we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 99.80276 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a life threatening ailment for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. Our nursing score is primarily tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Moving on to our fourth category, this nursing home also excelled in the short-term care category. In fact, we gave it a B+ in this category. This topped off a very impressive profile. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Delaware Valley Veteran's Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Delaware Valley Veteran's Home, 5.74% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Delaware Valley Veteran's Home, 2.56% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents who had falls which resulted in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Delaware Valley Veteran's Home, 1.58% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Delaware Valley Veteran's Home, 7.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Delaware Valley Veteran's Home, 19.07% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Delaware Valley Veteran's Home, 1.56% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents showing signs of depression. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Delaware Valley Veteran's Home, 99.9% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Delaware Valley Veteran's Home, 12.5% of Patients

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

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Delaware Valley Veteran's Home, 9.98% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Delaware Valley Veteran's Home, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Delaware Valley Veteran's Home, 9.98% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.

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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