Towne Manor East is a senior living facility located in Norristown, Pennsylvania, which has a total of 86,013 people. This nursing home was given an overall grade of D, which is a subpar score. This facility has very little working in its favor. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was inspections, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Towne Manor East
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Note: Towne Manor East has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we did not have many positive things to say about this nursing home's overall score, it earned a respectable government inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a B-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are relatively minor. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.
Nurse Quality
We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of B- in the area. Nursing grades are mostly tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, while this place got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of our quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this statistic.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next best category is short-term care. We gave it a B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this area. Short-term care grades are generally employed to gauge a facility's rehabilitation services To provide quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally must provide better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the measures we assessed. The question is whether this also affected quality of care. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our next area, we gave this facility a D for long-term care. This is the nursing home's weakest category score. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means the nursing home didn't perform well in our quality measures relating to resident care. After considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this facility vaccinated 70.88608 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is significantly lower than the national average. Surprisingly, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Towne Manor East Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Towne Manor East, 5.49% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Towne Manor East, 2.28% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Towne Manor East, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint can also be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Towne Manor East, 29.07% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Towne Manor East, 19.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Towne Manor East, 0% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Towne Manor East, 84.73% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Towne Manor East, 25.27% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Some experts argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Towne Manor East, 19.42% of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term residents that remained mobile levels. Some believe that mobility is important for residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Towne Manor East, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is important to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Towne Manor East, 19.42% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Towne Manor East, 23.04% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Towne Manor East, 84.55% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
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
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