Simpson House is a large non-profit nursing home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This facility appears to be among the higher-rated facilities we looked at. A score in this range requires first-rate marks across the board. We simply can't say enough good things about this nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's impressive profile was its inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
Simpson House
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Radiation Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a great overall score, this facility received an A+ inspection grade. This grade is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can pay to a nursing home. Our inspection scores are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few relatively minor dings are not necessarily something to panic about.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. Nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this facility an A. Our nursing rating features numerous subcategories. The most heavily weighted one is the quantity of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home averages 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility was awarded a superb score of A in our short-term care category. In computing our short-term care scores, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This area is typically a solid measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we looked at was long-term care. We gave this facility a solid grade in that category, with a B-. Even though this is not as favorable as some of this nursing home's other grades, it is nevertheless not a bad grade. Our long-term care ratings are more critical for folks requiring more conventional services associated with personal care. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinated 97.53695 percent of its patients against pneumonia. This nursing home 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 an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Simpson House Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Simpson House, 7.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Simpson House, 3.42% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which have experienced a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Simpson House, 1.92% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who have sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic may be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Simpson House, 15.49% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Simpson House, 19.89% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Simpson House, 3.23% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients exhibiting signs of depression. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Simpson House, 88.5% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Simpson House, 15.28% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Many would argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Simpson House, 23.65% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Simpson House, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Simpson House, 23.65 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Simpson House, 8.84 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Simpson House, 72.22% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents 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 A-minus
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