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Hamilton Arms Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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336 South West End Avenue,
Lancaster PA 17603

(717) 393-0419

92.02% estimated occupancy 1

Hamilton Arms Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Featuring an overall score of C, this is a decent nursing home. We wanted to point out that Lancaster received a city grade of B+, so you may wish to consider some other options in the city as well. One of the major highlights of this facility's report card is its exemplary inspection score, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

This nursing home earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its excellent inspection reports in recent years. We awarded them an A in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively insignificant. We weren't able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. We wish we had more data for this facility. Without all of the deficiency related data, it was a challenge to grade this facility in the inspections category.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility was awarded its next most favorable category grade in the area of short-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of B- in this area, which is a decent grade. Short-term care grades are important for patients needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. We were surprised to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. In fact, it provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.8 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

One of this facility's better category grades was in the area of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of C. Our nursing rating focuses on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. It performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the number of hours of care provided.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

This facility's least impressive area was long-term care, which is the final area we scored. It received an F for this category. Despite some acceptable grades in other categories, this score is nevertheless alarming so we wanted to point it out. Facilities that do not fare well in long-term care typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. Unfortunately, this facility vaccinated just 86.64495 percent of its patients against pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Hamilton Arms Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Hamilton Arms Center, 6.35% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Hamilton Arms Center, 4.56% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term patients who had a fall which caused severe injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Hamilton Arms Center, 0.66% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who had urinary tract infections. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric could be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Hamilton Arms Center, 10.21% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used to treat several conditions, including dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Hamilton Arms Center, 15.13% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Hamilton Arms Center, 0.68% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Hamilton Arms Center, 90.6% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Hamilton Arms Center, 14.45% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Hamilton Arms Center, 26.72% of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Hamilton Arms Center, 0.48 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

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

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Hamilton Arms Center, 26.72% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Hamilton Arms Center, 12.85% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Hamilton Arms Center, 76.92% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for Lancaster, PA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

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Nearby Hospitals

  • Lancaster General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.35 miles away555 North Duke Street Lancaster Pennsylvania 17604Voluntary non-profit - Other(717) 299-5511
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  • Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.03 miles away169 Martin Avenue Ephrata Pennsylvania 17522Voluntary non-profit - Other(717) 733-0311

Nearby Dialysis

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  • Davita - Manheim Pike Dialysis3.48 miles away1650 Manheim Pike Lancaster Pennsylvania 17601CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (717) 519-6978
  • Physicians Dialysis of Lancaster, LLC6.76 miles away345 W. Main St., Suite 202 Leola Pennsylvania 17540Dialysis Stations: 13 (717) 556-0080
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