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Lutheran Community at Telford

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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12 Lutheran Home Drive,
Telford PA 18969

(215) 723-9819

90.8% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Telford, Pennsylvania, Lutheran Community at Telford is the sole facility we found in the city. With an A overall grade, we ranked this facility in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the nation. Based on our assessment, this facility looks like a no brainer for just about anybody. If you scroll down, you can see this place's category scores, which appear to be just as strong as its overall grade.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of receiving a great overall rating, this facility also earned an A+ inspection rating. This score is based on the facility's recent government inspections. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can offer a nursing home. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we have deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. In computing our nursing ratings, we look at both nursing hours and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving patients at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home also was elite in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of A-. Not many nursing homes received a better grade in this area. In the area of short-term care, we try to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In the final category we scored, this facility received a very favorable grade of A- in our long-term care category. With this score, the facility topped off a straight A profile. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 79.45206 percent of its patients. This is a bit lower than we anticipated. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, we were pleased to find place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 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.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Lutheran Community at Telford Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Lutheran Community at Telford, 3.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Lutheran Community at Telford, 5.48% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term patients who experienced falls which caused major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Lutheran Community at Telford, 5.12% of Patients had UTIs

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

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Lutheran Community at Telford, 16.44% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Lutheran Community at Telford, 28.87% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Lutheran Community at Telford, 0% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression may reveal worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Lutheran Community at Telford, 87.61% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Lutheran Community at Telford, 10.58% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Lutheran Community at Telford, 17.06% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Lutheran Community at Telford, 0.41 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical health of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Lutheran Community at Telford, 17.06% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Lutheran Community at Telford, 8.09% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Lutheran Community at Telford, 85.54% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Grand View HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.3 miles away700 Lawn Avenue Sellersville Pennsylvania 18960Voluntary non-profit - Other(215) 453-4615
  • Lansdale HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.22 miles away100 Medical Campus Drive Lansdale Pennsylvania 19446Voluntary non-profit - Other(215) 368-2100
  • St Luke's Quakertown HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.57 miles away1021 Park Avenue Quakertown Pennsylvania 18951Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 538-4500
  • Doylestown HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.55 miles away595 West State St Doylestown Pennsylvania 18901Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 345-2200
  • Horsham ClinicPsychiatric 12.43 miles away722 East Butler Pike Ambler Pennsylvania 19002Proprietary(215) 643-7800
  • Einstein Medical Center MontgomeryAcute Care Hospitals 12.53 miles away559 West Germantown Pike Norristown Pennsylvania 19403Voluntary non-profit - Private(484) 662-1000
  • Suburban Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.33 miles away2701 Dekalb Pike Norristown Pennsylvania 19401Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 278-2000
  • Pottstown HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.01 miles away1600 East High Street Pottstown Pennsylvania 19464Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 327-7000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Sellersville Dialysis3.26 miles away1105 Bethlehem Pike Sellersville Pennsylvania 18960CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (215) 257-0950
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Lansdale6.32 miles away120 Medical Campus Drive Lansdale Pennsylvania 19446CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (215) 853-8300
  • Davita North Wales Dialysis6.96 miles away1551 S. Valley Forge Road Lansdale Pennsylvania 19446Dialysis Stations: 13 (215) 361-6192
  • Davita - St. Luke's Quakertown Dialysis7.62 miles away1021 Park Avenue Quakertown Pennsylvania 18951Dialysis Stations: 12 (215) 536-8184
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Abramson7.96 miles away1425 Horsham Rd North Wales Pennsylvania 19454Dialysis Stations: 9 (215) 646-3525
  • Belmont Court Dialysis - Doylestown Campus10.72 miles away252 Belmont Avenue Doylestown Pennsylvania 18901Dialysis Stations: 22 (215) 348-7333
  • Liberty Dialysis - Doylestown10.97 miles away2800 Kelly Road, Suite 110 Warrington Pennsylvania 18976CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (215) 488-7226
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - East Norriton13.02 miles away2925 Dekalb Pike Norristown Pennsylvania 19401CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (610) 279-0776