With over 25 nursing homes to choose from in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Germantown Home is one of the multitude of choices here. This nursing home turns out to be a decent facility, with an overall grade of C. This nursing home seems to have a few things working in its favor. We were also pleased to discover that this place was consistent in all four of our categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.
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Germantown Home
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Oncology Care
- Audiology
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
It should also be noted that this facility's long-term care rating was better than its overall grade. We gave it a B for its long-term care score, which is one of our better scores. This really propped up its overall grade. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 81.34796 percent of its residents. This is a few points less than we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In fact, nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this facility an B. Our nursing grade is based on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of skill of the nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. 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.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next most favorable category was short-term care. We gave it a B- in this area. This is basically a middle of the road score in this category. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The last measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
In the last area of inspections, we gave this facility a C for this category. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was hit with 6 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but fortunately none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This tells you that it dodged the more serious categories of deficiencies. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Germantown Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Germantown Home, 8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Germantown Home, 1.25% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Germantown Home, 0.97% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Germantown Home, 5.87% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percent of long-term stay patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Germantown Home, 12.69% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Germantown Home, 0% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Germantown Home, 89.58% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Germantown Home, 12.27% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Germantown Home, 11.42% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Germantown Home, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Germantown Home, 11.42% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Germantown Home, 2.6% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Germantown Home, 75.75% of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements.
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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