Sterling Health Care and Rehab Center
318 South Orange Street, Media PA 19063 · (610) 566-1400 · 84.93% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Sterling Health Care and Rehab Center is a large nursing home located in Media, Pennsylvania. We gave this facility an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some solid marks. You can certainly do worse than this place. The best part of this nursing home's report card is its exemplary inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 164 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
We want to point out that this nursing home really outperformed its overall score in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our best scores in this area with an A. Our inspection grades are based on many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's better category grades was in the area of long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B+. It actually performed better than most facilities in this area. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are well cared for. After we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 98.38709 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a dangerous illness for nursing home residents so we like it when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. Nursing scores are mostly associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. Based on the CMS data, this nursing home offers 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also factored in some quality-based measures. This facility fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this place beat the national average.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our last category, we awarded this facility a grade of D in our short-term care category. This was the facility's least impressive category rating. Unfortunately, this score hurt the facility's overall profile to a certain degree. Our short-term care scores are probably most meaningful for patients requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. This means not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. We found that this facility was subpar in two of the key staffing areas we focus on. The facility supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This definitely was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 31.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most facilities, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sterling Health Care and Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that needed 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 decline of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better