1361 East Boot Road, West Chester PA 19380 · (484) 653-1200 · 81.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Wellington Terrace is one of six nursing homes in the area. We gave this facility an A overall grade, ranking it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. We could not find many negative things to say about this place. Its ratings are as good as they get. While we were impressed with this facility overall, we did want to let you know that there was an ownership change in the last year. We will keep an eye on their inspections and quality scores to confirm they maintain their high marks in the future.
Please note our records indicate that Wellington Terrace has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 :
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For profit - Corporation
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Short-term Care Quality
A+
Historical
On top of receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home also received an A+ in short-term care. Short-term care scores are important for patients needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires additional skilled nursing services. This includes a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home excelled in two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it offered about 50% more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than the typical nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. On top of excelling in the area of physical therapy hours, we found that it fared as well as just about any facility in the country with 66.6 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
A
Historical
Adding to its dominant profile, this facility also performed well in our long-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of A for the area. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are kept in good health. In addition to assessing the well above average quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff at this facility, we also were pleased by the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 97.916664 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. This combination proved to be successful as this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
A-
Historical
Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. Our nursing grade features a host of datapoints. The most important factor is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provided 4.9 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which is among the higher figures in the country. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. We were very impressed by these statistics. On top of offering impressive levels of care, this facility also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the number of its residents suffering falls leading to serious injury, this facility performed as well as any nursing home the nation. Avoiding serious falls is generally an indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are employed.
Facility Inspections
A-
Historical
Adding to its impressive category grades, this facility also excelled in inspections, where it earned an impressive grade of A-. This finished off a straight A report card for this nursing home. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this category typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
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Wellington Terrace Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of quality of care.
Provider
C
9.3%
State
B+
6.71%
National
B
7.32%
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.
Provider
A-
2.08%
State
B
3.28%
National
B
3.36%
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Provider
B
2.17%
State
B+
2.11%
National
B
2.65%
Percent of Patients with UTIs Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Provider
B+
10.42%
State
B
15.33%
National
B
14.17%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Provider
B-
21.74%
State
B
19.89%
National
B
19.66%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Provider
A+
0%
State
B+
2.38%
National
B+
5.08%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Provider
D
89.87%
State
B-
89.92%
National
B
92.05%
Percent of Patients Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Provider
A+
0%
State
B
14.64%
National
B
14.46%
Percentage of Patients Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Provider
D
55.57%
State
B-
64.28%
National
B
68.05%
Percentage of Resident Higher is Better
Nearby Hospitals
Chester County Hospital 2.44 mi
701 East Marshall Street West Chester Pennsylvania 19380
(610) 431-5000
Acute Care Hospitals
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Paoli Hospital 4.9 mi
255 West Lancaster Avenue Paoli Pennsylvania 19301