Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury is a senior living facility in Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania. The city has a total of 5,806 people. This facility was awarded an overall grade of D, which is a relatively poor rating. As far as we can see, we'd be very reluctant to recommend this facility. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
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Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Feb 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Note: Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury 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
- Is CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
While we gave this facility a bad overall score, we actually awarded it a fairly respectable grade in the area of inspections, where we gave it a B-. This was certainly better than its other category grades. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. While this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.
Nurse Quality
We also ended up giving this facility a fairly respectable grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B-. Our nursing rating consists of quite a few datapoints, however, the most important one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, nursing grades also factor in quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a reliable indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses aids to assist its residents.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility's third most favorable area ended up being short-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. Our short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The key is determining what bearing this had on quality of care. The final metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of patients that returned home from the facility. We found that just 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below average.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our last area, this facility really did not fare very well in this area either. Due to a rock bottom grade of F in long-term care, this is really as as uninspiring as it gets. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the facility is not as well-staffed. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We found that this facility vaccinated just 82.6484 percent of its patients, which is several points lower than we expected. Surprisingly, this place actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury, 3.54% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury, 0.91% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are routinely linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury, 0.46% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury, 10.96% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury, 4.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury, 1.87% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Some experts would argue that this is a measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury, 90.45% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury, 7.61% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of erosion of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury, 16.12% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury, 0.52 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury, 16.12% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury, 4% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Spiritrust Lutheran the Village at Shrewsbury, 74.51% of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- York HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.73 miles away1001 South George Street York Pennsylvania 17403Voluntary non-profit - Private(717) 851-2345
- Upmc Pinnacle HanoverAcute Care Hospitals 16.43 miles away300 Highland Ave Hanover Pennsylvania 17331Voluntary non-profit - Private(717) 637-3711
Nearby Dialysis
- u.s. Renal Care - Central York, LLC13.38 miles away1920 Queenswood Road, Suite 100 York Pennsylvania 17403CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (717) 843-7380
- Total Renal Care, Inc.14.81 miles away308 St. Charles Way York Pennsylvania 17403CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 47 (717) 430-5454
- u.s. Renal Care - York16.96 miles away1975 Kenneth Road York Pennsylvania 17408CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (717) 764-8322
- u.s. Renal Care - Hanover16.99 miles away191 Wilson Ave Hanover Pennsylvania 17331Dialysis Stations: 15 (717) 637-3140
- Total Renal Care Inc17.2 miles away1155 Carlisle Street, Suite 610 Hanover Pennsylvania 17331CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (717) 632-1681
- Davita Roosevelt Avenue Dialysis17.67 miles away1695 Roosevelt Ave., Suite A York Pennsylvania 17408Dialysis Stations: 12 (717) 767-0189