River's Edge Nursing and Rehab is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which offers more than 20 nursing homes. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of D. A score of this caliber typically suggests some concerning datapoints. Based on our assessment, this facility may not be the best fit for most people. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category was inspections, which is discussed in the next section.
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River's Edge Nursing and Rehab
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Note: River's Edge Nursing and Rehab has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
Although we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it a B- for our inspections rating. This grade is better than the place's overall score. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. In addition to having severe deficiencies, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that area, we gave this nursing home an C. We assessed the skill-level of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the number of hours the nurses were with patients, in computing our rating in this category. This particular facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This figure is significantly below the national average. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally an indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its residents.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third highest area we awarded this facility in any category came in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a C. Short-term care scores are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other variations of therapy. We were surprised to find that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. The facility offered fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is still important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we assessed is long-term care. This nursing home received a grade of C for this category. For prospective residents seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. We were disappointed to learn that this facility vaccinated just 74.92712 percent of its residents against pneumonia. On a more positive note, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
River's Edge Nursing and Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In River's Edge Nursing and Rehab, 8.71% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In River's Edge Nursing and Rehab, 1.46% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a fall leading to severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In River's Edge Nursing and Rehab, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care limits the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In River's Edge Nursing and Rehab, 12.88% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In River's Edge Nursing and Rehab, 23.08% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In River's Edge Nursing and Rehab, 8.54% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In River's Edge Nursing and Rehab, 84.2% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In River's Edge Nursing and Rehab, 19.38% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In River's Edge Nursing and Rehab, 12.63% of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In River's Edge Nursing and Rehab, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In River's Edge Nursing and Rehab, 12.63% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In River's Edge Nursing and Rehab, 8.86% of Patients
This metric is a measure of 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
In River's Edge Nursing and Rehab, 87.38% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients that 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-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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