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Somerton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn

Historical Rating
Grade: D
Oct 18: CNov 18: CDec 18: CJan 19: DFeb 19: DMay 19: DJun 19: DJul 19: FAug 19: FSep 19: FJan 20: FMar 20: FApr 20: FMay 20: DJun 20: DJul 20: DAug 20: DSep 20: DOct 20: FJan 21: FFeb 21: FMar 21: FApr 21: FMay 21: FJun 21: FJul 21: FAug 21: FSep 21: FOct 21: FNov 21: FJan 22: FFeb 22: FMar 22: FApr 22: DMay 22: D
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650 Edison Avenue,
Philadelphia PA 19116

(215) 673-5700

64.4% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Somerton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is on a list of 30 nursing homes in the city. This facility received an uninspiring overall grade of D in our grading scheme. This is not the worse place we looked at, but we would still struggle to recommend it. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category grades. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

Although we were not complementary of this nursing home's overall performance, it did receive an impressive inspection report this year with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that category with a B+. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. It is typically in your best interest to avoid nursing homes that have too many deficiencies. This facility was hit with 9 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to resident safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is not a bad score. We analyzed the licensure of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of time the nurses were with residents, in calculating our score in this area. This nursing home provides 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Sadly, this facility received an F for its short-term care grade. Our short-term care ratings are thought to be more critical for those requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we learned that this place provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most nursing homes. The last metric we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 38 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The last area we assessed was long-term care. It received an abysmal F in this category, which is a poor grade. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it typically means the nursing home did not perform well in our measures relating to resident care. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this facility administered the vaccine to only 43.907158 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had just 0.97 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jun 22

Somerton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Somerton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 7.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-plus

In Somerton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.42% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Somerton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.81% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Somerton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 15.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Somerton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 19.49% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-plus

In Somerton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.38% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Somerton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 89.35% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Somerton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 15.62% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Somerton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 23.88% Percentage of Residents

This is the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Somerton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Somerton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 23.88 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Somerton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8.79 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Somerton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 72.17% Percentage of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.

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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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=395084