Frederick Living - Cedarwood is a facility in Frederick, Pennsylvania, a city with a total of 100 people. This facility made our top 500 list of the top nursing homes in the country. With more than 15,000 nursing homes in the country, this is an impressive list. You simply can not do any better than this facility. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's remarkable report card is its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Frederick Living - Cedarwood
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Grade: A-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Podiatry
- Laboratory
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave them an A+ in this area. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors didn't 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.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
This facility also was given a very impressive short-term care grade. In fact, this is this facility's second best category score. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of A. In our short-term care category, we attempt to create a fair measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the facility's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Grade: A
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. The nursing grade weighs many subcategories, however, the primary consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided 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 place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A
Turning to our next category, this facility also performed admirably in the long-term care category. In fact, we gave it an A for that category. This wrapped up a straight A profile. When nursing homes receive this type of score in this category it is usually a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. One of the factors we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its patients. This is a proven method to minimize negative health outcomes for the elderly population. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Frederick Living - Cedarwood Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A+
In Frederick Living - Cedarwood, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: B
In Frederick Living - Cedarwood, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: A-minus
In Frederick Living - Cedarwood, 1.85% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: A
In Frederick Living - Cedarwood, 15.28% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: F
In Frederick Living - Cedarwood, 18.78% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: A+
In Frederick Living - Cedarwood, 3.3% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: A
In Frederick Living - Cedarwood, 86.27% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: A-minus
In Frederick Living - Cedarwood, 15.17% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: A-plus
In Frederick Living - Cedarwood, 17.92% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels. Some experts would argue that mobility is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
Grade: A-minus
In Frederick Living - Cedarwood, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: F
In Frederick Living - Cedarwood, 17.92 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: B-minus
In Frederick Living - Cedarwood, 9.68 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B-plus
In Frederick Living - Cedarwood, 73.03% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Pottstown HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6 miles away1600 East High Street Pottstown Pennsylvania 19464Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 327-7000
- Grand View HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.5 miles away700 Lawn Avenue Sellersville Pennsylvania 18960Voluntary non-profit - Other(215) 453-4615
- Phoenixville HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.72 miles away140 Nutt Road Phoenixville Pennsylvania 19460Proprietary(610) 983-1000
- St Luke's Quakertown HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.44 miles away1021 Park Avenue Quakertown Pennsylvania 18951Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 538-4500
- Lansdale HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.73 miles away100 Medical Campus Drive Lansdale Pennsylvania 19446Voluntary non-profit - Other(215) 368-2100
- Einstein Medical Center MontgomeryAcute Care Hospitals 14.08 miles away559 West Germantown Pike Norristown Pennsylvania 19403Voluntary non-profit - Private(484) 662-1000
- Suburban Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.67 miles away2701 Dekalb Pike Norristown Pennsylvania 19401Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 278-2000
- Paoli HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.09 miles away255 West Lancaster Avenue Paoli Pennsylvania 19301Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 648-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Pottstown5.41 miles away2223 East High St. Pottstown Pennsylvania 19464CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (610) 705-1895
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- Davita North Wales Dialysis12.15 miles away1551 S. Valley Forge Road Lansdale Pennsylvania 19446Dialysis Stations: 13 (215) 361-6192
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Sellersville Dialysis12.4 miles away1105 Bethlehem Pike Sellersville Pennsylvania 18960CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (215) 257-0950
- Bio-Medical Applications of Pennsylvania, Inc.12.44 miles away785 Starr Street, Suite 116 Phoenixville Pennsylvania 19460Dialysis Stations: 1 (610) 415-1019
- Davita - St. Luke's Quakertown Dialysis13.47 miles away1021 Park Avenue Quakertown Pennsylvania 18951Dialysis Stations: 12 (215) 536-8184
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Lansdale13.84 miles away120 Medical Campus Drive Lansdale Pennsylvania 19446CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (215) 853-8300
