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Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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6525 Lancaster Pike,
Hockessin DE 19707

(302) 998-0181

96.56% estimated occupancy 1

Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center is a facility located in Hockessin, Delaware. The city has a population of 16,483 people. With an overall grade of D, this is a lower end nursing home. Based on our assessment, we would be very reluctant to recommend this place. If you aren't deterred by this place's report card, you can continue reading to learn more about its category scores. We discuss nursing in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: B

While we didn't give this nursing home a good overall score, we actually gave it a very strong grade in the area of nursing, where it earned a B. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home's second best category was long-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a slightly below average grade in this area. In determining our long-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 93.30144 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is a few points below what we expected but still a respectable percentage. Fortunately, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This facility's second worse score is short-term care, where it earned a grade of just D in that area. This is a well below average score. In determining our short-term care ratings, we size up the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is frequently a solid assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Given its weak score in this area, we weren't shocked to find this place offered substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most facilities. Finally, we assessed the number of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

Moving on our final category of inspections, this nursing home received a grade that's as bad as it gets. We weight this grade more heavily than other categories. We would advise paying special attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this poor of an inspection grade. We would pay close attention to the level of severity of those deficiencies. This particular facility was assessed a category G through L deficiency, which rank among the more serious deficiencies. These categories indicate that the deficiencies uncovered by inspectors had the potential to cause actual harm to patients. Finally, we also would like to point out that this facility received significant government fines recently totaling more than $100,000. This often indicates that a bad track record has been an issue for several years.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center, 7.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center, 3.03% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term care patients that had falls leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center, 2.26% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center, 13.39% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This measures the percent of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center, 19.93% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-plus

In Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center, 0.19% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center, 95.06% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center, 16.6% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center, 18.37% of Residents

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who maintained mobility. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center, 18.37% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center, 14.96% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Regal Heights Healthcare & Rehab Center, 69.9% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Rockford CenterPsychiatric 4.96 miles away100 Rockford Drive Newark Delaware 19713Proprietary(302) 996-5480
  • Alfred I Dupont Hospital for ChildrenChildrens 5.35 miles away1600 Rockland Rd PO Box 269 Wilmington Delaware 19899Voluntary non-profit - Private(302) 651-4000
  • Christiana Care Health Services, Inc.Acute Care Hospitals 5.43 miles away4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road Newark Delaware 19718Voluntary non-profit - Private(302) 733-1000
  • Jennersville HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.84 miles away1015 West Baltimore Pike West Grove Pennsylvania 19390Voluntary non-profit - Other(610) 869-1000
  • Chester County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.67 miles away701 East Marshall Street West Chester Pennsylvania 19380Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 431-5000
  • Riddle Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.84 miles away1068 West Baltimore Pike Media Pennsylvania 19063Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 566-9400
  • Salem Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.14 miles away310 Woodstown Road Salem New Jersey 08079Voluntary non-profit - Private(856) 935-1000
  • Brandywine HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.28 miles away201 Reeceville Road Coatesville Pennsylvania 19320Proprietary(610) 383-8000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Medical Care Northern Delaware, LLC.2.66 miles awayLantana Square Shopping Center 214 Lantana Drive Hockessin Delaware 19707Dialysis Stations: 9 (302) 239-4704
  • American Universal - Hockessin2.67 miles away5936 Limestone Road, Suite 101 Hockessin Delaware 19707Dialysis Stations: 11 (302) 239-4106
  • Wilmington Veterans Administration Medical Center3.05 miles away1601 Kirkwood Highway Wilmington Delaware 19805Dialysis Stations: 5 (302) 994-2511
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Wilmington3.52 miles awaySt. Francis Medical Office Building, Suite 404 7th and Clayton Street Wilmington Delaware 19805Dialysis Stations: 17 (302) 421-9177
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Newport Pike4.1 miles away605 W. Newport Pike Wilmington Delaware 19804Dialysis Stations: 16 (302) 633-6228
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Brandywine Home Therapies4.88 miles away4923 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Suite 210 Newark Delaware 19713Dialysis Stations: 3 (302) 998-7568
  • Liberty Dialysis - Wilmington5.3 miles away913 Delaware Avenue Wilmington Delaware 19806CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (302) 429-0142
  • Alfred I. Dupont Hospital for Children Dialysis Center5.31 miles away1600 Rockland Road Wilmington Delaware 19899Dialysis Stations: 6 (302) 651-5374