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Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Nursing Home
  • Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center's website

8015 Lawndale Avenue,
Philadelphia PA 19111

(215) 725-2525

89.07% estimated occupancy 1

Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This city is one of the most densely populated cities in the nation with has 1,526,206 people. It looks like this is a quality facility. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is a strong grade. If you take a look at the other options in Philadelphia, we suspect you will find this place to be a better option than most of the nursing homes in the city. We were also pleased to find that this facility did not have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Partnership
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Bariatric Care
  • Colostomy Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this facility an A+ for our inspection category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively insignificant. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home fared well in the category of long-term care. As a result, we gave it a grade of A- for that category, which happens to be one of our higher grades. Facilities that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

This nursing home also was given a strong short-term care score. In fact, we awarded it an above average score of B in this area. With our short-term care category, we seek to forge a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze the facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

The final category we looked at was nursing, in which this nursing home was awarded a C. This was this facility's least impressive area. This is still not a bad grade. The nursing grade includes a number of data points. The most heavily weighted variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a relatively low total compared with most other facilities. Lastly, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this nursing home performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is typically a reliable indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 7.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure is is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls

This measures the percent of long-term residents that had a fall which caused major injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.12% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 88.22% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14.84% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating. Many in the industry would argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 21.64% Percentage of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who remained mobile levels. Many would argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 21.64 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8.92 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Pennypack Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 72.59% Percentage of Resident

This is the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for Philadelphia, PA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

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Nearby Dialysis

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  • Davita - Huntingdon Valley Dialysis1.66 miles away769 Huntingdon Pike Huntingdon Valley Pennsylvania 19006CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (215) 379-1788
  • Davita - Grant One Dialysis Center2.31 miles away9475 Roosevelt Boulevard, Suite 9 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19114CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (215) 673-0490
  • Isd Renal, Inc2.54 miles away6501 Roosevelt Blvd. Suite 6581 Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19149Dialysis Stations: 17 (215) 288-4671
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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=395135