Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek is in Frederick, Maryland. This city has a total of 120,323 people. This is a quality nursing home with a B overall. This was right in line with the city grade in Frederick. This place truly has plenty working in its favor. The best part of this facility's impressive report card was its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a strong facility overall, this place really excelled in our inspections category, where it received a grade of A-. Not many nursing homes performed better in that category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, this facility also was given favorable long-term care scores in our assessment. Indeed, we awarded it one of our better scores in that category, with a score of B+. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 99.05064 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. This facility didn't perform quite as well in this category as it did in some other categories. Nevertheless, this is still a respectable score. We looked at the levels of nurses at the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses worked with residents, in determining our grade in this category. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home surprisingly excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. It performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our final area, this nursing home received a grade of B- in short-term care, which is a decent grade. In determining 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 licensed professionals. This category is frequently a useful assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 10.24% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 2.73% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who have had a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 2.07% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 13.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 14.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 10.18% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 92.14% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 19.83% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 28.37% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels. Some believe that mobility is vital to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 1.1 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 28.37 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 8.93 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 74.3% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Scores for Frederick, MD
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B
Looking for more options? Frederick, Maryland has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Frederick Health HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.07 miles away400 West Seventh St Frederick Maryland 21701Voluntary non-profit - Private(240) 566-3300
- Holy Cross Germantown HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.02 miles away19801 Observation Drive Germantown Maryland 20876Voluntary non-profit - Private(301) 557-6020
Nearby Dialysis
- Ballenger Creek Dialysis1.46 miles away5205 Chairmans Court Ste. 101 Frederick Maryland 21703CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (301) 662-6572
- Davita Golden Mile Dialysis1.9 miles away1306 W. Patrick Street Suite 5 Frederick Maryland 21703Dialysis Stations: 13 (301) 696-1090
- Fresenius Kidney Care Frederick3.37 miles away163 Thomas Johnson Drive Ste C Frederick Maryland 21702Dialysis Stations: 13 (240) 815-6845
- Davita - Frederick3.48 miles away140 Thomas Johnson Dr Ste 100 Frederick Maryland 21702CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (301) 695-0900
- Davita Ridge Road Dialysis14.56 miles away530 E Ridgeville Blvd Mount Airy Maryland 21771Dialysis Stations: 13 (301) 829-5162
- Fresenius Kidney Care Germantown16.6 miles away19851 Obersavtion Drive Suite 150 Germantown Maryland 20876Dialysis Stations: 15 (301) 540-7010
- Germantown Dialysis17.11 miles away20111 Century Blvd Ste C Germantown Maryland 20874CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (301) 540-4601
- Davita - Middlebrook Dialysis17.82 miles away12401 Middlebrook Rd Ste 160 Germantown Maryland 20874Dialysis Stations: 19 (301) 540-6020