Richboro Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
253 Twining Ford Road, Richboro PA 18954 · (215) 357-2032 · 89.02% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Richboro Rehabilitation & Nursing Center is an average-sized nursing home in Richboro, Pennsylvania. This nursing home turns out to be a middle of the pack facility, with an overall grade of B-. Based on our assessment, this nursing home likely wouldn't be a bad choice. One of the best aspects of this facility's profile is its exemplary inspection grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 82 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The main reason this nursing home received a decent overall score is its impeccable health inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our higher grades in that area, with an A+. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor dings are not necessarily something to panic about.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this facility an B-. We weighed the skill-level of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the quantity of time the nurses worked with patients, in computing our rating in this category. This nursing home provides 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we also factored in some quality-based statistics in this category. While this place did not rank well in terms of its nursing hours, it fared much better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the number of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility fared better than average. This is generally a reliable indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented with better nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home received its next best category grade in the category of long-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of C in this area, which is an acceptable score. For residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. After considering the amount of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 95.200005 percent of its residents against pneumonia. The last statistic we assessed was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Although it had 2.05 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was not too far off the national average.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we graded was short-term care. We gave this facility a grade of C in that category. In determining our short-term care grades, we look at the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is often a fair assessment of the facility's rehabilitation services. This facility is above average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse staffing provided to its patients. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 37.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Richboro Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use 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 a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Many argue this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given 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 is the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better