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Shippensburg Health Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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121 Walnut Bottom Road,
Shippensburg PA 17257

(717) 530-8300

92.24% estimated occupancy 1

Shippensburg Health Care Center is a large nursing home in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. With an overall rating of C, this is likely a solid nursing home. This place has a few things working in its favor. This nursing home didn't excel in all of our categories, but it didn't receive any rock-bottom grades either. More information about its category grades is available below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Dialysis Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Optometry
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

We want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home really outperformed its overall grade in the area of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that area with an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. This particular nursing home received 14 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This facility's long-term care score appears to be one of its more favorable grades. The facility received a C in this area. Our long-term care scores are more meaningful for those in need of more conventional services associated with personal care. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 98.46154 percent of its residents, which is more than the average nursing home. This facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

Turning to another strength for this facility, it also earned an elite nursing grade. We gave this nursing home a grade of D. Our nursing score assesses the facility's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This particular place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This number is well below average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This facility performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The final area we graded was short-term care, which was this facility's worst category. We awarded this facility a grade of D in this area. In computing our short-term care grades, we scrutinize the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is generally a meaningful measure of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Considering its grade in this category, we were not stunned to find that this place was well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we looked at. Frankly, this was what we expected to find. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Shippensburg Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Shippensburg Health Care Center, 5.43% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Shippensburg Health Care Center, 4.36% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric tells you the percent of long-term care residents who had falls resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Shippensburg Health Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This figure measures the percentage of long-term stay patients which sustained a UTI. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to facilities having reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Shippensburg Health Care Center, 25.99% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Shippensburg Health Care Center, 12.57% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This measures the percentage of long-term care residents taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-plus

In Shippensburg Health Care Center, 0.26% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Shippensburg Health Care Center, 98.23% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Shippensburg Health Care Center, 19.45% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Shippensburg Health Care Center, 24.36% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Shippensburg Health Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Shippensburg Health Care Center, 24.36% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Shippensburg Health Care Center, 7.03% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Shippensburg Health Care Center, 73.03% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's usually correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Chambersburg HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.99 miles away112 North Seventh Street Chambersburg Pennsylvania 17201Voluntary non-profit - Private(717) 267-3000
  • Carlisle Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.73 miles away361 Alexander Spring Road Carlisle Pennsylvania 17015Proprietary(717) 249-1212

Nearby Dialysis

  • Dialysis Care Center - Chambersburg LLC11.49 miles away20 Parkwood Drive, Suite 1 Chambersburg Pennsylvania 17201Dialysis Stations: 14 (717) 401-2060
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Chambersburg11.51 miles away22 St. Paul Drive, Suite 104 Chambersburg Pennsylvania 17201CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (717) 263-8505
  • u.s. Renal Care - Chambersburg12.37 miles awayPark Fifth Avenue, Professional Center 765 Fifth Avenue, Suite A Chambersburg Pennsylvania 17201CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (717) 263-9300
  • u.s. Renal Care - Carlisle18.33 miles away101 Noble Boulevard, Suite 103 Carlisle Pennsylvania 17013Dialysis Stations: 14 (717) 258-3099
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Cumberland19.12 miles away254 East High Street Carlisle Pennsylvania 17013Dialysis Stations: 16 (717) 240-2944
  • Wooten Dialysis, LLC19.4 miles away419 Village Dr., Suite 10 Carlisle Pennsylvania 17015Dialysis Stations: 12 (717) 218-5104

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=395964