Harrison Senior Living of Georgetown is in Georgetown, Delaware. The city has a total of 18,799 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B+. A grade of this caliber requires strong scores in most areas. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top third of all nursing homes nationally. If you look further down this page, you will see this place's category ratings, which are also quite good.
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Harrison Senior Living of Georgetown
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- Memory Care
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
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Nurse Quality
One of the reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing actually turned out to be its best category. In that area, we awarded this facility an A-. There are several criteria included in this category. Most of the datapoints reflect the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provided 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 nursing home 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 typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in inspections. It received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest scores in that area with an A-. Few nursing homes with an overall grade in this range performed as well in multiple categories. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was given an impressive short-term care score. In fact, we awarded it an above average score of B+ in this category. Our short-term care grade is typically used to score a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation To provide highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally must provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility 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. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we rated was long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a very solid grade of B. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 82.12291 percent of its patients. This is a bit lower than we anticipated. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Harrison Senior Living of Georgetown Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Harrison Senior Living of Georgetown, 5.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of long-term care residents that suffer from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Harrison Senior Living of Georgetown, 4.19% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are routinely linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Harrison Senior Living of Georgetown, 0.89% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Harrison Senior Living of Georgetown, 13.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Harrison Senior Living of Georgetown, 14.87% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Harrison Senior Living of Georgetown, 2.69% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients demonstrating signs of depression. Many believe that this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Harrison Senior Living of Georgetown, 89.98% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Harrison Senior Living of Georgetown, 14.55% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the erosion of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Harrison Senior Living of Georgetown, 16.04% of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels. Many would argue that mobility is important for patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Harrison Senior Living of Georgetown, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Harrison Senior Living of Georgetown, 16.04% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Harrison Senior Living of Georgetown, 10.13% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Harrison Senior Living of Georgetown, 77.97% of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Nanticoke Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.8 miles away801 Middleford Rd Seaford Delaware 19973Voluntary non-profit - Private(302) 629-6611
- Beebe Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.24 miles away424 Savannah Rd Lewes Delaware 19958Voluntary non-profit - Private(302) 645-3300
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Mid Sussex County0.88 miles away34 Georgetown Plaza Georgetown Delaware 19947CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (302) 854-0230
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Millsboro8.91 miles away30164 Commerce Drive Millsboro Delaware 19966Dialysis Stations: 12 (302) 934-6342
- Fresenius Medical Care Southern Delaware, LLC11.59 miles away9115 Antique Alley Bridgeville Delaware 19933Dialysis Stations: 11 (302) 337-8789
- Dsi Seaford12.12 miles away600 Health Services Drive Seaford Delaware 19973CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (302) 262-0852
- Dsi Laurel Dialysis, LLC13.77 miles awayLaurel Square Shopping Center 30214 Sussex Highway, Unit #4 Laurel Delaware 19956Dialysis Stations: 16 (302) 715-3060
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Rehoboth14.88 miles away19339 Coastal Highway, Suite 100 Rehoboth Beach Delaware 19971CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (302) 226-9330
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Milford15.39 miles away656d North Dupont Highway Milford Delaware 19963CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (302) 424-0552