Freedom Village at Brandywine is the lone nursing home we identified in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. This nursing home proved to be an A+ facility, which is the best rating we offer. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top five percent of all nursing homes in the country. Scroll down to see this facility's category ratings, which are equally impressive. You really can't do any better than a straight A profile.
Freedom Village at Brandywine
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- No Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility earned near flawless health inspections in recent years. We gave them an A+ in this category. Inspection ratings are based on many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given an A+ for its short-term care score. In the area of short-term care, we try to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Our nursing rating considers a host of datapoints. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The fourth area we analyzed is long-term care, where this facility was awarded an A-. This topped off a very favorable report card. Not many nursing homes received an A- or higher in each of our categories. For patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 87.78626 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is slightly less than we anticipated but still a decent percentage. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Freedom Village at Brandywine Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Freedom Village at Brandywine, 7.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Freedom Village at Brandywine, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of long-term patients which have suffered falls which caused major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Freedom Village at Brandywine, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care limits the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Freedom Village at Brandywine, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Freedom Village at Brandywine, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Freedom Village at Brandywine, 3.12% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression could be a sign lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Freedom Village at Brandywine, 88.22% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Freedom Village at Brandywine, 14.84% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and bathing. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Freedom Village at Brandywine, 21.64% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Freedom Village at Brandywine, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Freedom Village at Brandywine, 21.64 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Freedom Village at Brandywine, 8.92 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Freedom Village at Brandywine, 72.59% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Brandywine HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.26 miles away201 Reeceville Road Coatesville Pennsylvania 19320Proprietary(610) 383-8000
- Chester County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.31 miles away701 East Marshall Street West Chester Pennsylvania 19380Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 431-5000
- Jennersville HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.33 miles away1015 West Baltimore Pike West Grove Pennsylvania 19390Voluntary non-profit - Other(610) 869-1000
- Paoli HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.42 miles away255 West Lancaster Avenue Paoli Pennsylvania 19301Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 648-1000
- Phoenixville HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.79 miles away140 Nutt Road Phoenixville Pennsylvania 19460Proprietary(610) 983-1000
- Pottstown HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.76 miles away1600 East High Street Pottstown Pennsylvania 19464Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 327-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Thorndale Dialysis2.32 miles away3243 Lincoln Highway Thorndale Pennsylvania 19372CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (610) 384-3902
- Granue Dialysis, LLC4.08 miles away1129 West Lincoln Highway Coatesville Pennsylvania 19320Dialysis Stations: 13 (610) 383-3866
- Usrc Coatesville, LLC4.64 miles away160 Airport Road Coatesville Pennsylvania 19320Dialysis Stations: 13 (610) 383-4569
- Dialyze Direct Pa LLC7.24 miles away495 Thomas Jones Way, Suite 300 Exton Pennsylvania 19341Dialysis Stations: 1 (484) 870-9260
- Davita - Westtown Dialysis10.95 miles away105 Westtown Road West Chester Pennsylvania 19382CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (610) 701-2492
- Fresenius Kidney Care - West Chester12.26 miles away1380 Enterprise Dr., Suite 300 West Chester Pennsylvania 19380Dialysis Stations: 13 (610) 701-0103
- Jennersville Dialysis Center13.96 miles away1011 West Baltimore Pike, Suite 107 West Grove Pennsylvania 19390CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (610) 345-0188
- Renal Treatment Centers Mid Atlantic Inc15.5 miles away4 Industrial Boulevard, Suite 155 Paoli Pennsylvania 19301Dialysis Stations: 9 (610) 644-3941