Wellington Terrace

Nursing Home
Independent Living
Assisted Living

Updated Aug 1, 2021 by Nick Reese

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Wellington Terrace's website

1361 East Boot Road,
West Chester PA 19380

(484) 653-1200

55.99% estimated occupancy ¹

Wellington Terrace is a small facility in West Chester, Pennsylvania. This facility received an overall rating of A. In fact, this turned out to be ranked among the top three facilities in the city. Based on our analysis, this facility is simply as good as it gets. We also gave this facility impressive scores in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
No Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Dialysis Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Podiatry
Mental Health
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Optometry
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Short-term Care Quality

On top of earning a great overall score, this facility also received an A+ short-term care grade. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 6.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

We also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was given a superb grade of A in our long-term care category. For prospective residents seeking a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 89.74359 percent of its patients. This is slightly lower than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable figure. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, we were pleased to find place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Nurse Quality

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Nursing scores are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

Turning to our inspection category, this facility excelled in that area, which is based on the facility's recent inspections. We gave it an elite grade of A- for that category. This wrapped up its straight A report card. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Wellington Terrace Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Wellington Terrace, 7.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Wellington Terrace, 3.42% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients that had falls which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Wellington Terrace, 1.92% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Wellington Terrace, 15.49% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Wellington Terrace, 19.89% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Wellington Terrace, 3.23% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Wellington Terrace, 88.5% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Wellington Terrace, 15.28% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Wellington Terrace, 23.65% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels. Some believe that mobility is vital to patients mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Wellington Terrace, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Wellington Terrace, 23.65 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Wellington Terrace, 8.84 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Wellington Terrace, 72.22% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for West Chester, 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-plus
Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
Inspection Rating has a grade of A

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

Nearby Hospitals

Chester County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.44 miles away701 East Marshall Street West Chester Pennsylvania 19380Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 431-5000
Paoli HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.9 miles away255 West Lancaster Avenue Paoli Pennsylvania 19301Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 648-1000
Riddle Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.48 miles away1068 West Baltimore Pike Media Pennsylvania 19063Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 566-9400
Phoenixville HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.55 miles away140 Nutt Road Phoenixville Pennsylvania 19460Proprietary(610) 983-1000
Brandywine HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.41 miles away201 Reeceville Road Coatesville Pennsylvania 19320Proprietary(610) 383-8000
Main Line Hospital Bryn Mawr CampusAcute Care Hospitals 13.33 miles away130 South Bryn Mawr Ave Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania 19010Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 526-3000
Alfred I Dupont Hospital for ChildrenChildrens 15.15 miles away1600 Rockland Rd PO Box 269 Wilmington Delaware 19899Voluntary non-profit - Private(302) 651-4000
Delaware County Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.43 miles away501 North Lansdowne Ave Drexel Hill Pennsylvania 19026Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 284-8100

Nearby Dialysis

Fresenius Kidney Care - West Chester1.02 miles away1380 Enterprise Dr., Suite 300 West Chester Pennsylvania 19380Dialysis Stations: 13 (610) 701-0103
Davita - Westtown Dialysis2.61 miles away105 Westtown Road West Chester Pennsylvania 19382CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (610) 701-2492
Dialyze Direct Pa LLC4.49 miles away495 Thomas Jones Way, Suite 300 Exton Pennsylvania 19341Dialysis Stations: 1 (484) 870-9260
Renal Treatment Centers Mid Atlantic Inc5.04 miles away4 Industrial Boulevard, Suite 155 Paoli Pennsylvania 19301Dialysis Stations: 9 (610) 644-3941
Bio-Medical Applications of Pennsylvania, Inc.9.33 miles away785 Starr Street, Suite 116 Phoenixville Pennsylvania 19460Dialysis Stations: 1 (610) 415-1019
Davita - Thorndale Dialysis9.45 miles away3243 Lincoln Highway Thorndale Pennsylvania 19372CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (610) 384-3902
Riddle Dialysis Center9.47 miles away100 Granite Drive, Suite 106 Media Pennsylvania 19063CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (610) 892-4701
Davita Healthcare Partners, Inc.10.33 miles away265 Wilmington West Chester Pike Chadds Ford Pennsylvania 19317Dialysis Stations: 13 (610) 558-6965