Harrison Senior Living of Christiana
41 Newport Avenue, Christiana PA 17509 · (610) 593-6901 · 79.35% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Harrison Senior Living of Christiana is a senior living facility located in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a city with 4,664 people. With an overall score of C, this appears to be a decent facility. Based on our assessment, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of many people. Lastly, this nursing home's ownership changed in the last year, so we will need to monitor it to confirm it maintains respectable levels of care.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 139 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall score is its impeccable government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our better grades in that category, with an A-. This is a notably better score than the place's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In that category, we awarded this facility an B-. When calculating a facility's nursing rating, we weigh the number of hours nurses commit to patients as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This facility provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also considered quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This nursing home was above average in many of the major statistics we focus on, with good scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
The third most favorable area we gave this nursing home in any category came in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of C. Our long-term care grades are more important for people requiring more conventional assistance associated with activities of daily living. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to find that this facility vaccinated 98.87388 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.29 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we rated is short-term care, which proved to be this nursing home's least impressive area. It received an abysmal F for this area, which is obviously concerning. Our short-term care grade is often used to measure a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. In order to have highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Based on its abysmal grade in this category, we were not stunned to learn that this place offered substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most facilities. The final statistic we considered in this category is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 24.4 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Harrison Senior Living of Christiana Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better