Harston Hall is a senior living facility located in Flourtown, Pennsylvania. The city has a population of 4,700 people. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some respectable scores. In our view, this facility is a solid choice for quite a few people. This nursing home is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Harston Hall
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Hemodialysis
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We want to point out that this nursing home outperformed its overall score in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in this category with a grade of A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some are quite minor. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to patient safety or health. A few relatively minor deficiencies aren't something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B in our long-term care category. This happens to be one of our higher grades. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 54.025974 percent of its residents. This is a few points lower than we expected. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed is short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of C in this area. With our short-term care assessment, we strive to forge a meaningful measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a facility's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we considered in this category is the number of residents who returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
The final category we analyzed was nursing. We gave it a C in that area. This is a perfectly acceptable grade in this category. There are a number of factors within this grade. Many of the subcategories are tied to staffing levels. This facility provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Harston Hall Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Harston Hall, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Harston Hall, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care patients who have suffered falls which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Harston Hall, 1.85% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that experienced a UTI. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Harston Hall, 15.28% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Harston Hall, 18.78% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term residents who are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Harston Hall, 3.3% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression. High levels of depression could imply a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Harston Hall, 86.27% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Harston Hall, 15.17% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Harston Hall, 17.92% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Harston Hall, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Harston Hall, 17.92 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Harston Hall, 9.68 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Harston Hall, 73.03% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's typically correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Chestnut Hill HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.8 miles away8835 Germantown Ave Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19118Proprietary(215) 248-8200
- Abington Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.46 miles away1200 Old York Road Abington Pennsylvania 19001Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 481-2000
- Roxborough Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.23 miles away5800 Ridge Ave Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19128Proprietary(215) 483-9900
- Albert Einstein Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.44 miles away5501 Old York Road Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19141Voluntary non-profit - Other(215) 456-6090
- Horsham ClinicPsychiatric 5.78 miles away722 East Butler Pike Ambler Pennsylvania 19002Proprietary(215) 643-7800
- Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.33 miles away1648 Huntingdon Pike Jenkintown Pennsylvania 19046Voluntary non-profit - Church(215) 947-3000
- Suburban Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.41 miles away2701 Dekalb Pike Norristown Pennsylvania 19401Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 278-2000
- Jeanes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.43 miles away7600 Central Avenue Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19111Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 728-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Harston Hall0.03 miles away350 Haws Lane Flourtown Pennsylvania 19031Dialysis Stations: 9 (215) 233-0181
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Mt. Airy2.38 miles away10 East Moreland Avenue, Suite 300 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19118CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 39 (215) 381-0310
- Davita - Wyncote Dialysis2.81 miles awayCedarbrook Plaza 1000 Easton Road, Suite 250 Wyncote Pennsylvania 19095CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (215) 884-3398
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Olney4.06 miles away2154-58 Stenton Avenue Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19138CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (215) 548-3704
- Reliant Renal Care - Cheltenham, LLC4.44 miles away7107 Old York Road Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19126Dialysis Stations: 10 (267) 297-8069
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Roxborough Dialysis5.04 miles away5003 Umbria Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19128Dialysis Stations: 16 (267) 331-6384
- Davita - Northern Philadelphia5.08 miles away5933 North Broad Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19141CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (215) 549-5000
- Total Renal Care, Inc.5.13 miles away235 W. Chelten Avenue Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19144Dialysis Stations: 26 (215) 844-5915