Germantown Home is just one of 20 facilities in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This facility received an uninspiring overall grade of D based on the data we looked at. As far as we can see, we'd struggle to recommend this nursing home. The only positive thing we can say about this facility is that it did not receive any F's in any of the categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Germantown Home
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Note: Germantown Home has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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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
Nurse Quality
While we did not have many favorable things to say about this facility's overall grade, it did receive a respectable nursing grade of B-. In determining a nursing home's nursing score, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses are seeing patients and the levels of training of the nurses. This particular facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This figure is significantly below the national average. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In fact, it performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's next highest area was its short-term care score, where it was given a grade of B-. In forming these short-term care ratings, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to devise a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. We were surprised to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. The facility offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. The final item we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients that returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next most favorable category was long-term care. We gave it a B- in this area. This is basically a middle of the road score in this category. For prospective residents in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. Frankly, we were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated 90.04816 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is several points less than average. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Germantown Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Germantown Home, 7.61% 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, 3.38% 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, 1.85% 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, 15.28% 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, 18.78% 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, 3.3% 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, 86.27% 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, 15.17% Percentage 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, 17.92% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Germantown Home, 1.44 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, 17.92 Percentage 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, 9.68 Percentage 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, 73.03% Percentage 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
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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