Asbury Solomons is in Solomons, Maryland. This city has 1,828 people. We awarded this nursing home an A overall grade, ranking it in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the nation. Based on our ratings, you can not go wrong with this facility. Scroll down to find this facility's category scores, which are also impressive. It's hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.
Asbury Solomons
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Aquatic Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ short-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. In the area of short-term care, we seek to evaluate measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Our inspection grades are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report 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
Turning the page to our next category, this facility received first-rate long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in this area. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to the fourth area, this nursing home also performed admirably in our nursing category. We awarded it a B+ for that category. This finalized a very impressive profile. When determining our nursing ratings, we weigh both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Asbury Solomons Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Asbury Solomons, 10.24% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Asbury Solomons, 2.73% of Patients had Serious Falls
This gauges the percent of long-term residents who have suffered a fall resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Asbury Solomons, 2.07% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Asbury Solomons, 13.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Asbury Solomons, 14.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term residents who are administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Asbury Solomons, 10.18% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Asbury Solomons, 92.14% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Asbury Solomons, 19.83% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the decline of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Asbury Solomons, 28.37% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels. Some believe that mobility is important for patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Asbury Solomons, 1.1 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Asbury Solomons, 28.37 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Asbury Solomons, 8.93 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Asbury Solomons, 74.3% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Medstar Saint Mary's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.98 miles away25500 Point Lookout Road Leonardtown Maryland 20650Voluntary non-profit - Private(301) 475-6001
- Calverthealth Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.25 miles away100 Hospital Road Prince Frederick Maryland 20678Voluntary non-profit - Other(410) 535-8240
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Lexington Park Dialysis4.33 miles away44930 Worth Ave California Maryland 20619Dialysis Stations: 16 (301) 737-6094
- Bma - Leonardtown10.93 miles away40865 Merchants Lane Leonardtown Maryland 20650CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (301) 870-2174
- Idf - Calvert Center15.33 miles away225 W Dares Beach Rd Prince Frederick Maryland 20678Dialysis Stations: 15 (410) 535-6300
- Renal Carepartners - Prince Frederick15.63 miles away205 Steeple Chase Dr Ste 201 Prince Frederick Maryland 20678Dialysis Stations: 16 (410) 414-8000
- Fresenius Kidney Care Southern Maryland Home15.76 miles away28103 Three Notch Rd Suite 1 A Mechanicsville Maryland 20659Dialysis Stations: 1 (301) 884-6054