Arleigh Burke Pavilion
1739 Kirby Road, Mc Lean VA 22101 · (703) 506-6900 · 97.75% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Arleigh Burke Pavilion is a nursing home located in Mc Lean, Virginia, which has 51,872 people. We awarded this facility an A+ overall grade, ranking it in the top ten percent of all nursing homes in the nation. We simply can not say enough favorable things about this nursing home. Finally, this turned out to be a very consistent facility with consistent grades in all four of our categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Facilities that do well in this category tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of providing elite levels of nursing care and other staffing, this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This figure is also far better than the majority of nursing homes. The last statistic we assessed is its hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.18 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
This facility also received an A+ inspection score, making it one of the rare facilities to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. This score is based on the nursing home's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the biggest complements we can pay to a facility. Our inspection scores are based on many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Building on its first-rate profile, this nursing home also received a strong short-term care grade, with a score of A. In calculating our short-term care grades, we size up a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is generally a fair assessment of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Remarkably, this nursing home provides its residents at least one and a half times as many physical therapist hours per week than a typical facility. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the nation with 70.8 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to our next category, this nursing home was awarded an extremely favorable nursing rating. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- in that category, rounding out a straight A profile. In computing our nursing scores, we weigh both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This particular facility provided 4.6 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which was among the highest figures we found. Finally, this facility was also above average in each of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Arleigh Burke Pavilion Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often linked to poor nursing care. More supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could indicate worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better