Parkhouse Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
1600 Black Rock Road, Royersford PA 19468 · (610) 948-8800 · 67.75% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Parkhouse Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is the only facility we found in Royersford, Pennsylvania. With a bottom of the barrel overall grade of F, this facility isn't high on our list. Based on our assessment, this place is not a fit for any prospective resident. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is nursing, which is addressed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 467 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
While we graded this nursing home very poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing rating this year. We gave it a B- in that category. The nursing rating is based on many factors. The most important one is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home averages 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also considered some quality-based metrics. This place fared well in some of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the percentage of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this place beat the national average.
Short-term Care Quality
Surprisingly, we gave this facility a grade of C for its short-term care rating, which is not a bad grade. In the area of short-term care, we seek to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, we found that this nursing home provided respectable levels of physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 44.8 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this is below average.
Long-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility only received a D for its long-term care score, which is not a very good score. Facilities that don't fare well in this category typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in a few of the areas of routine personal care we looked at. Once we concluded our assessment of the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. Frankly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home vaccinated just 81.14241 percent of its residents against pneumonia. The last datapoint we looked at is the facility's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this place had 1.77 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is a higher hospitalization rate than the average nursing home, but it's not as bad as we feared it might be.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home did not receive a favorable inspection score. We gave it a grade of just just D in this category. Inspection grades relate to a facility's government inspections. We weight poor inspection scores heavily in our assessment. Since the inspection reports are compiled by independent inspectors, we consider this data to be very reliable. Our inspection grades weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we can say is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they posed a risk to patient health or safety. Finally, we also want to point out that this facility received large government fines in excess of $50,000. This generally signifies that government inspectors grew tired after several years of bad health inspections.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Parkhouse Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients who sustained a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better