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Stonegates

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
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4031 Kennett Pike,
Wilmington DE 19807

(302) 658-6200

75.71% estimated occupancy 1

Stonegates is located in Wilmington, Delaware, a city with a population of 215,619 people. This facility is ranked among the top nursing homes we assessed. Being awarded an A+ in our rating scheme requires first-rate marks across the board. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it as one of the 10 best nursing homes in Delaware. Keep reading to see this nursing home's category ratings, which also impressed us. You just can't do much better than a straight A profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • No Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Meal Delivery
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling

Awards

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Best Nursing Home in Delaware Awards 2019

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Best Nursing Home in Delaware Awards 2020

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Best Nursing Home in Delaware Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Our inspection scores are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category 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. While this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-plus

In addition, this facility received high marks in the area of nursing. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. Our nursing score is mostly based on a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a system of turning patients more frequently.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

Moving on our third area, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for our long-term care rating. This is a dominant score. Facilities that do well in this category typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

The final area we analyzed is short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded an A-. This rounded out a very favorable report card. Few facilities earned an A- or higher in each of our categories. Our short-term care scores are believed to be most critical for folks in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically requires more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Stonegates Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Stonegates, 6.98% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Stonegates, 3.57% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who had a fall which caused major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Stonegates, 6.57% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Stonegates, 7.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Stonegates, 14.73% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Stonegates, 2.33% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients showing symptoms of depression. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Stonegates, 100% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Stonegates, 18.9% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and eating. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Stonegates, 27.04% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that maintained mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is important for residents' physical and mental health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Stonegates, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you 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 long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Stonegates, 27.04% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Stonegates, 5.41% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Stonegates, 85.92% of Resident

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

Scores for Wilmington, DE

  • Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

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Nearby Dialysis

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