Autumn Lake Healthcare at Pikesville
7 Sudbrook Lane, Pikesville MD 21208 · (410) 486-8771 · 75.21% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Pikesville, Maryland, Autumn Lake Healthcare at Pikesville is one of four nursing homes in the city. We awarded this facility an overall grade of C. A score of this caliber requires some solid marks. Based on our analysis, there are definitely much worse facilities out there. This nursing home was better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 140 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
To go along with its decent overall grade, we awarded this nursing home an A- for our nursing rating. This score is far more impressive than the facility's overall score. Our nursing score consists of quite a few factors, most of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides an impressive 4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Finally, this place also performed even better in most of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It had a low number of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given its next highest category score in the area of short-term care. We gave this facility a B- in this category, which is a decent grade. In computing our short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This score is frequently a meaningful assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. This facility is above average in terms of its volume of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. This place was respectable in this area with 45.2 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home earned a solid inspection report this year as well, with few dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better grades in that category with a score of B-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are quite insignificant. This nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to create an immediate risk to resident safety or health. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded is long-term care. We gave it a C in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this area. Our long-term care scores are based in part on a facility's amount of care. This means a broad range of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. This facility's vaccination data weren't as strong as its number of nursing hours per resident. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 88.20225 percent of its patients. We'd love to see some improvement in this area next year. Nevertheless, this nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.27 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a substantially better hospitalization rate than the average nursing home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Autumn Lake Healthcare at Pikesville Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents which are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better