Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
8015 Lawndale Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19111 · (215) 725-2525 · 92.03% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a small nursing home located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We gave this facility an overall grade of B. A score in this range requires solid marks in most areas. Based on our assessment, you could do much worse than this facility. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 54 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall score, this facility performed even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the nursing home's recent government inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A+ for this category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor dings aren't something to panic about.
Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. Our nursing grade is primarily associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to another strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our stronger scores in our short-term care category as well, with a B. Our short-term care grades are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This facility is above average in terms of both its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of patients who eventually returned home from the facility. We found that it performed better than most nursing homes in this area with 50.3 percent of its residents returning home. With most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the fourth area, this facility was awarded a decent long-term care score of C. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 97.85715 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 4.16 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. While this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this number may be skewed for some nursing homes due to the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term residents which sustained falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' health.
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. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better