Suburban Woods Health & Rehabilitation is a senior living facility located in Norristown, Pennsylvania, a city with 86,013 people. We gave this facility an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some respectable marks. Based on our assessment, there are definitely much worse nursing homes out there. One of the major highlights of this facility's report card is its remarkable inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Suburban Woods Health & Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
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Facility Inspections
The primary reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received an elite inspection grade. Its inspection grade was far better than its overall score. In our inspections category, we gave it an A. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, we awarded this facility a grade of B in our long-term care category. This is one of our better scores. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 93.73219 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which happens to be a few points less than we anticipated but still a decent figure. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. Our nursing score considers many datapoints. The most heavily weighted one is the number of hours nurses spend with patients. This place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a relatively low total compared with most nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. It performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the number of hours of care provided.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at was short-term care. We gave this nursing home a D in our short-term care category, leaving this as the nursing home's worst category. Our short-term care scores are arguably most important for individuals needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Suburban Woods Health & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Suburban Woods Health & Rehabilitation, 5.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of long-term patients who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Suburban Woods Health & Rehabilitation, 2.28% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients which had falls resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Suburban Woods Health & Rehabilitation, 0.29% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who have had UTI's. UTI's could be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint could also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Suburban Woods Health & Rehabilitation, 6.32% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Suburban Woods Health & Rehabilitation, 17.87% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Suburban Woods Health & Rehabilitation, 5.52% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Suburban Woods Health & Rehabilitation, 95.3% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Suburban Woods Health & Rehabilitation, 9.12% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some believe this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Suburban Woods Health & Rehabilitation, 10.62% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility. Many in the industry believe that mobility is critical to residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Suburban Woods Health & Rehabilitation, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Suburban Woods Health & Rehabilitation, 10.62% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Suburban Woods Health & Rehabilitation, 10.56% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Suburban Woods Health & Rehabilitation, 68.12% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Scores for Norristown, PA
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Kidney Care - East Norriton0.38 miles away2925 Dekalb Pike Norristown Pennsylvania 19401CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (610) 279-0776
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- Davita - Radnor Dialysis7.09 miles away250 King of Prussia Road Wayne Pennsylvania 19087Dialysis Stations: 12 (610) 254-0070
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