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Weston Senior Living Center at Highfield

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  • Independent Living

Updated Nov 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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Weston Senior Living Center at Highfield's website

4800 Lancaster Pike,
Wilmington DE 19807

(302) 994-4434

51.05% estimated occupancy 1

Weston Senior Living Center at Highfield is a very-small nursing home located in Wilmington, Delaware. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack rating. We wanted to point out that Wilmington received a city grade of A-, so you may want to look at some other options in the city as well. The best part of this facility's report card was is its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Aquatic Therapy

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Delaware Awards 2019

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Top Nursing Home in Delaware Awards 2020

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

In addition to receiving a great overall score, this facility really excelled in the category of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. The nursing grade consists of a handful of datapoints, but the most important one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

We also awarded this facility a strong grade in short-term care. This facility received a B+ in this category, which turns out to be one of our more favorable scores. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

We awarded this nursing home just a D for our long-term care grade. This is not one of our better scores. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the facility is not as well-staffed. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to a relatively low 47.16981 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

Turning our final category of inspections, this facility received a grade that's as bad as it gets. Unfortunately, with an F in the inspection category, this facility's overall grade was adversely affected. We would advise paying close attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection rating. We recommend you pay close attention to the severity of those deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that indicate that they caused a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was assessed large government fines recently of more than $100,000. This typically suggests that a poor performance spanned multiple years.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Weston Senior Living Center at Highfield Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A+

In Weston Senior Living Center at Highfield, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Weston Senior Living Center at Highfield, 5.66% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a fall which resulted in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Weston Senior Living Center at Highfield, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint could also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Weston Senior Living Center at Highfield, 43.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents that were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Weston Senior Living Center at Highfield, 2.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Weston Senior Living Center at Highfield, 0% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Weston Senior Living Center at Highfield, 70.36% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Weston Senior Living Center at Highfield, 8.33% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Weston Senior Living Center at Highfield, 16.89% of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Weston Senior Living Center at Highfield, 16.89% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Scores for Wilmington, DE

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

Looking for more options? Wilmington, Delaware has 14 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

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  • Christiana Care Health Services, Inc.Acute Care Hospitals 5.93 miles away4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road Newark Delaware 19718Voluntary non-profit - Private(302) 733-1000
  • Salem Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.49 miles away310 Woodstown Road Salem New Jersey 08079Voluntary non-profit - Private(856) 935-1000
  • Riddle Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.54 miles away1068 West Baltimore Pike Media Pennsylvania 19063Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 566-9400
  • Chester County HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.73 miles away701 East Marshall Street West Chester Pennsylvania 19380Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 431-5000
  • Jennersville HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.01 miles away1015 West Baltimore Pike West Grove Pennsylvania 19390Voluntary non-profit - Other(610) 869-1000
  • Brandywine HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.52 miles away201 Reeceville Road Coatesville Pennsylvania 19320Proprietary(610) 383-8000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Wilmington1.46 miles awaySt. Francis Medical Office Building, Suite 404 7th and Clayton Street Wilmington Delaware 19805Dialysis Stations: 17 (302) 421-9177
  • Wilmington Veterans Administration Medical Center1.47 miles away1601 Kirkwood Highway Wilmington Delaware 19805Dialysis Stations: 5 (302) 994-2511
  • Liberty Dialysis - Wilmington3.11 miles away913 Delaware Avenue Wilmington Delaware 19806CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (302) 429-0142
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Newport Pike3.24 miles away605 W. Newport Pike Wilmington Delaware 19804Dialysis Stations: 16 (302) 633-6228
  • Alfred I. Dupont Hospital for Children Dialysis Center3.33 miles away1600 Rockland Road Wilmington Delaware 19899Dialysis Stations: 6 (302) 651-5374
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Brandywine3.72 miles away303 a Street Wilmington Delaware 19801Dialysis Stations: 25 (302) 658-7469
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Riverside Park4.19 miles awayRiverside Medical Arts Complex, Suite g2 700 W. Lea Boulevard Wilmington Delaware 19802Dialysis Stations: 24 (302) 762-8585
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - North Wilmington4.66 miles away4000 Washington Street Wilmington Delaware 19802Dialysis Stations: 17 (302) 762-2903