Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home's website

201 Hall Highway,
Crisfield MD 21817

(410) 968-1200

85% estimated occupancy ¹

Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home is a senior living facility located in Crisfield, Maryland. This city has a total of 5,236 people. With an overall score of A-, this is undoubtedly a high quality nursing home. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top third of all nursing homes in the nation. Scroll down to see this facility's category grades, which are also impressive. It would be hard to poke holes in this place's profile.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Maryland Awards 2020

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

One of the many reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it earned an impressive nursing rating. In this category, we gave this nursing home an A. In determining our nursing grades, we assess both staffing levels and the training levels of the nurses. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place Maryland in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning a resident more frequently.

Facility Inspections

This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite minor. This place received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

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Long-term Care Quality

This facility is also strong in the category of long-term care, where it was awarded a score of B+. It performed better than most facilities in this category. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 83.478264 percent of its patients. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

The last category we scored proved to be this nursing home's poorest area. However, even its weakest link would actually be a highlight for most facilities. In fact, we awarded it a strong grade of B for our short-term care category. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be most critical for those needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 4.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home, 10.24% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home, 2.73% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home, 2.07% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by facilities with worst hygiene practices. More frequent bathing limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home, 13.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for treating several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home, 14.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home, 10.18% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term residents who are exhibiting signs of depression. Some experts argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home, 92.14% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home, 19.83% Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home, 28.37% Percentage of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels. Some believe that mobility is critical to patients mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

In Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home, 1.1 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home, 28.37 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 Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home, 8.93 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home, 74.3% Percentage of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with superior rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

Edward Mccready Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0 miles away201 Hall Highway Crisfield Maryland 21817Voluntary non-profit - Private(410) 726-9496