Wyndmoor Hills Health Care & Rehab Center
8601 Stenton Avenue, Glenside PA 19038 · (215) 233-6200 · 86.49% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Located in Glenside, Pennsylvania, Wyndmoor Hills Health Care & Rehab Center is one of four nursing homes in this city. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of C. A grade in this range requires some solid marks. This place seems to have some things working in its favor. Lastly, this nursing home's ownership changed in the last year, so we will need to monitor it to confirm it maintains respectable levels of care.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 77 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an elite inspection grade. In fact, its inspection score was far superior to its overall score. In the inspections category, we gave it a grade of A-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite insignificant. This place was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's higher category scores was in the area of short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of B. Short-term care grades are often used to gauge a facility's rehabilitation services. To have good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The final metric we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in Pennsylvania in this area with 57.3 percent of its patients returning home. With most facilities, less than half of their short-term patients are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of B- in this category. Nursing grades are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This particular nursing home provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these datapoints as good indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we assessed is long-term care, which turned out to be this facility's least impressive area. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this area, which is clearly very concerning. Nursing homes that don't score well in long-term care often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We were a bit alarmed this nursing home gave the vaccine to a relatively low 11.718749 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this facility wasn't as bad as we expected at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Although it had 2.64 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic wasn't bad since it had some more complex patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wyndmoor Hills Health Care & Rehab Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care residents who suffer from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to poor nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
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 fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better