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Hamilton Arms Center

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Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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Hamilton Arms Center's website

336 South West End Avenue,
Lancaster PA 17603

(717) 393-0419

92.34% estimated occupancy 1

Hamilton Arms Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Featuring an overall score of B-, this is a decent nursing home. While there isn't anything wrong with a B-, it is worth noting that Lancaster received a city grade of B+ so there are some good options in this city. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's profile is its stellar inspection reports, which you can find in the next section.

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 (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down deficiency counts for this nursing home. Without all of the deficiency related data for this nursing home, it ended up being difficult to grade the place in the area of inspections.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

We also awarded this facility a favorable grade in nursing. This facility earned a grade of B in this category, which is one of our better grades. When calculating our nursing scores, we factor in both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility was awarded its third highest category score in the category of short-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of B- in this category, which is a respectable score. In computing our short-term care grades, we assess a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is typically a solid assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 5.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The next category we scored is long-term care, which proved to be this facility's weakest category. We gave this nursing home a D in this category. Of course, this category hurt the nursing home's overall grade to a certain degree. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care may not provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other facilities provide. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 76.76057 percent of its residents. This is many points less than what we were hoping for. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Hamilton Arms Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Hamilton Arms Center, 7.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure measures the percent of long-term stay residents who suffered from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Hamilton Arms Center, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Hamilton Arms Center, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric can also be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Hamilton Arms Center, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Hamilton Arms Center, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Hamilton Arms Center, 3.12% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression could imply a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Hamilton Arms Center, 88.22% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Hamilton Arms Center, 14.84% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Hamilton Arms Center, 21.64% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Hamilton Arms Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Hamilton Arms Center, 21.64 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Hamilton Arms Center, 8.92 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Hamilton Arms Center, 72.59% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.

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

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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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