The Palace Rehabilitation and Care Center is one of only two available facilities in Maple Shade, New Jersey. This facility received a concerning overall grade of D based on the data we looked at. Based on our ratings, this place likely isn't the best fit for most people. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is long-term care, which is discussed in the next section.
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The Palace Rehabilitation and Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Long-term Care Quality
While we did not have many positive things to say about this nursing home's overall score, it did receive a slightly better long-term care score of B-. This enhanced its profile to a degree. Our long-term care grades are critical for prospective residents needing personal care. After considering the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 99.676895 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's second best category came in the area of short-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B-. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a wide scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below average.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of C for that category, which is not a bad score. Nursing scores are heavily correlated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which is not an impressive total. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. It performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Facility Inspections
Turning to our final category of inspections, this facility received a grade that's as bad as it gets. We weight this category more heavily than our other categories. When a nursing home has this poor of an inspection grade, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to the well being of residents. This particular facility was hit with 4 deficiencies by government inspectors. The only positive thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a risk to resident health or safety. Finally, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines recently amounting to over $100,000. This usually indicates that a poor performance spanned more than one year.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Palace Rehabilitation and Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Palace Rehabilitation and Care Center, 9.34% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Palace Rehabilitation and Care Center, 2.1% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely associated with poor nursing care. More supervision reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Palace Rehabilitation and Care Center, 1.36% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric could be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Palace Rehabilitation and Care Center, 33.73% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Palace Rehabilitation and Care Center, 33.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Palace Rehabilitation and Care Center, 95.46% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing signs of depression. Increased rates of depression could indicate worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Palace Rehabilitation and Care Center, 99.53% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Palace Rehabilitation and Care Center, 4.24% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Palace Rehabilitation and Care Center, 2.99% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In The Palace Rehabilitation and Care Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Palace Rehabilitation and Care Center, 2.99% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Palace Rehabilitation and Care Center, 9.54% of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.12 miles away1600 Haddon Avenue Camden New Jersey 08103Voluntary non-profit - Private(856) 580-6330
- Cooper University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.03 miles away1 Cooper Plaza Camden New Jersey 08103Voluntary non-profit - Private(856) 342-2000
- Weisman Childrens Rehabilitation HospitalChildrens 6.04 miles away92 Brick Road, 3rd Floor Marlton New Jersey 08053Proprietary(856) 489-4520
- St Christopher's Hospital for ChildrenChildrens 7.87 miles away160 East Erie Ave Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19134Proprietary(215) 427-5000
- Virtua West Jersey Hospitals VoorheesAcute Care Hospitals 7.92 miles away100 Bowman Drive Voorhees New Jersey 08043Voluntary non-profit - Private(856) 247-3000
- Jefferson Stratford HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.97 miles away18 East Laurel Road Stratford New Jersey 08084Voluntary non-profit - Private(856) 346-7802
- Pennsylvania HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.13 miles away800 Spruce Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19107Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 829-3000
- Thomas Jefferson University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.29 miles away111 South 11th Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19107Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 955-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Cherry Hill Dialysis1.38 miles away1030 N Kings Hwy Suite 100 Cherry Hill New Jersey 08034CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (856) 321-0111
- Davita Lourdes Dialysis at Innova Inc1.62 miles away3716 Church Road Mount Laurel New Jersey 08054Dialysis Stations: 24 (856) 222-0386
- Davita Lourdes Mt Laurel Dialysis2.6 miles away130 Gaither Drive Ste. 172 Mount Laurel New Jersey 08054Dialysis Stations: 20 (856) 222-4195
- Fmc Silver Dialysis2.84 miles awayDialysis Unit 1417 Brace Rd Suite B Cherry Hill New Jersey 08034Dialysis Stations: 35 (856) 216-8463
- Davita Merchantville Dialysis3.16 miles away5000 N Crescent Blvd Suite 1a Merchantville New Jersey 08109Dialysis Stations: 19 (856) 910-8798
- Davita Pennsauken Dialysis Center4.03 miles away7024 Kaighns Ave Merchantville New Jersey 08109CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (856) 486-1145
- Davita Lourdes Camden Dialysis5.15 miles away1601 Haddon Avenue Camden New Jersey 08103CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (856) 541-0647
- Usrc Marlton5.44 miles away9 Eves Drive Suite 170 Marlton New Jersey 08053Dialysis Stations: 10 (856) 355-8996