Meadowood
3205 Skippack Pike PO Box 670, Worcester PA 19490 · (610) 584-1000 · 94.06% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Meadowood is the lone facility located in Worcester, Pennsylvania. We awarded this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all facilities in the United States. You flat out can not do any better than this place. This facility's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to faring well overall, this nursing home earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our best scores in this category with a grade of A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively minor. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to resident safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
On the list of its many impressive grades, this facility was awarded a top-shelf short-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in this category. In the area of short-term care, we strive to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Remarkably, this facility provides about 1.5 times as many hours of services from registered nurses and physical therapists than most facilities we looked at. This is often an encouraging sign. The final measure we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that it was respectable in this area with 46 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. In computing our nursing ratings, we factor in both nursing hours and the training levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. Roughly one quarter of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. Both of these statistics easily exceed the national average. Finally, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, this place performed better than the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was long-term care, in which this facility was awarded a B-. This actually turned out to be this facility's least impressive category. This is nevertheless not a major area of concern. In calculating our long-term care grades, we size up the assistance with daily living offered to a facility's residents. Although we determined this nursing home had an above average quantity of nursing hours provided by nurses and other nursing staff, we found its vaccination rate to be a bit low. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 84.10596 percent of its patients. This is one figure we would really like to see this nursing home bring up. Nevertheless, this nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had only 1.44 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Meadowood Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better