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United Zion Retirement Community

  • Nursing Home
  • Independent Living

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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United Zion Retirement Community's website

722 Furnace Hill Pike,
Lititz PA 17543

(717) 626-2071

96.1% estimated occupancy 1

United Zion Retirement Community is in Lititz, Pennsylvania. This city has a population of 42,626 people. This proved to be an A rated facility, which is one of the best ratings that we offer. This is just about as good of a place as you'll find. Headlining this nursing home's exemplary profile is its inspection reports, which is addressed in the next section.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Church related
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing grades are primarily associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

Turning the page to our third area, this facility was awarded first-rate long-term care score. In fact, it received a score of A in that category. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid unnecessary deaths for the senior population. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The next area we looked at was short-term care. This facility received an impressive nursing grade this year, with a B. Although this isn't nearly as impressive as many of its other scores, this is nevertheless one of our stronger scores for that area. Our short-term care ratings are based on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to return home from the facility. We found that 4.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jul 22

United Zion Retirement Community Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In United Zion Retirement Community, 7.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In United Zion Retirement Community, 3.42% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who had falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In United Zion Retirement Community, 1.92% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from UTI's. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In United Zion Retirement Community, 15.49% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which are administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In United Zion Retirement Community, 19.89% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In United Zion Retirement Community, 3.23% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression could indicate lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In United Zion Retirement Community, 88.5% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In United Zion Retirement Community, 15.28% Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In United Zion Retirement Community, 23.65% Percentage of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In United Zion Retirement Community, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In United Zion Retirement Community, 23.65 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In United Zion Retirement Community, 8.84 Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room 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

Grade: B

In United Zion Retirement Community, 72.22% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements.

Scores for Lititz, PA

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

Looking for more options? Lititz, Pennsylvania has 4 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Upmc LititzAcute Care Hospitals 3.09 miles away1500 Highlands Drive Lititz Pennsylvania 17543Proprietary(717) 625-5670
  • Wellspan Ephrata Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.57 miles away169 Martin Avenue Ephrata Pennsylvania 17522Voluntary non-profit - Other(717) 733-0311
  • Lancaster General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.17 miles away555 North Duke Street Lancaster Pennsylvania 17604Voluntary non-profit - Other(717) 299-5511

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita - Manheim Pike Dialysis6.94 miles away1650 Manheim Pike Lancaster Pennsylvania 17601CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (717) 519-6978
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  • Davita - Suburban Campus Dialysis8.33 miles away2100 Harrisburg Pike, Suite 390 Lancaster Pennsylvania 17604CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (717) 397-4019
  • Davita - Lancaster9.94 miles away1412 East King Street Lancaster Pennsylvania 17602CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (717) 392-1552
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  • Davita - Quentin Circle Dialysis11.06 miles away966 Isabel Drive Lebanon Pennsylvania 17042Dialysis Stations: 8 (717) 273-1026
  • Lebanon County Dialysis12.11 miles away440 Oak Street Lebanon Pennsylvania 17042CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (717) 272-3050
  • Davita - Elizabethtown Dialysis15.77 miles away844 North Hanover Street Elizabethtown Pennsylvania 17022Dialysis Stations: 12 (717) 361-0151

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=395631