Parkview Nursing
2801 W. 6th Street, Wilmington DE 19805 · (302) 655-6135 · 92.46% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Parkview Nursing is a senior living facility located in Wilmington, Delaware. This city has a population of 215,619 people. It looks like this nursing home is among the highest-rated nursing homes we found. In fact, it received our absolute highest score. In fact, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 10 best nursing homes in Delaware. Headlining this facility's stellar profile is its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 150 Beds
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Non profit - Other
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Arguably the most important factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Unfortunately, it does not appear that 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
This first-rate facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing grade is mostly based on the facility's nurse staffing. This place boasts an impressive 3.9 hours of nursing care per resident daily, of which more than an hour of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. Lastly, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. For example, it performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Long-term Care Quality
We also want to alert you to the fact that this facility was given a high-end score of A in our long-term care area. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 96.90522 percent of its patients, which is better than most nursing homes. This facility was also able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 1.2 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a significantly better hospitalization rate than the average nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
In our final area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our short-term care rating. This wrapped up a first-rate profile. Our short-term care scores are presumably more critical for residents needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it provides more care from registered nurses to its residents than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. This place performed respectably in this area with 46.9 percent of its residents returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Parkview Nursing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients that suffered a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percent of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
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 thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better