Lakeside at Willow Valley is a senior living facility in Willow Street, Pennsylvania. This city has 8,957 people. This nursing home proved to be an A rated facility. This facility was given one of the most impressive scores that we offer. A grade in this range requires first-rate marks across the board. You really can not do any better than this nursing home. One of the major highlights of this facility's stellar report card is its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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Lakeside at Willow Valley
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this place turned out to be a great nursing home is it earned an A+ inspection grade. This is as good as it gets in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively insignificant. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A+. We scrutinized the skill-level of nurses working for the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses spent with patients, in computing our grade in this area. This nursing home provides 0.5 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 facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Long-term Care Quality
The third category we looked at was long-term care. Contributing to its elite profile, this facility also performed well in this area. In fact, we awarded it a grade of of A for that area. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 96.197716 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we scored is short-term care. In this area, we awarded this facility a strong grade of B. In the area of short-term care, we try to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this category is the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 3.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lakeside at Willow Valley Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Lakeside at Willow Valley, 3.68% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Lakeside at Willow Valley, 5.32% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Lakeside at Willow Valley, 0.77% of Patients had UTIs
This figure measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care. However, this metric could also be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Lakeside at Willow Valley, 13.51% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Lakeside at Willow Valley, 14.23% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Lakeside at Willow Valley, 2.08% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing signs of depression. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Lakeside at Willow Valley, 97.76% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Lakeside at Willow Valley, 11.34% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Lakeside at Willow Valley, 18.94% of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is critical to patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Lakeside at Willow Valley, 0.54 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Lakeside at Willow Valley, 18.94% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Lakeside at Willow Valley, 12.29% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Lakeside at Willow Valley, 64.97% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Lancaster General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.88 miles away555 North Duke Street Lancaster Pennsylvania 17604Voluntary non-profit - Other(717) 299-5511
- Upmc LititzAcute Care Hospitals 10.8 miles away1500 Highlands Drive Lititz Pennsylvania 17543Proprietary(717) 625-5670
- Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.1 miles away169 Martin Avenue Ephrata Pennsylvania 17522Voluntary non-profit - Other(717) 733-0311
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Lancaster3.93 miles away1412 East King Street Lancaster Pennsylvania 17602CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (717) 392-1552
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- Physicians Dialysis of Lancaster, LLC7.87 miles away345 W. Main St., Suite 202 Leola Pennsylvania 17540Dialysis Stations: 13 (717) 556-0080
- Davita - Manheim Pike Dialysis7.94 miles away1650 Manheim Pike Lancaster Pennsylvania 17601CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (717) 519-6978
- Davita - Ephrata17.53 miles away67 West Church Street Stevens Pennsylvania 17578CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (717) 335-7399