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Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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347 Ballenger Drive,
Frederick MD 21701

86.23% estimated occupancy 1

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 short-term care rating. short-term care grades are discussed in the next section

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • 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

Top Nursing Home in Maryland badge

Top Nursing Home in Maryland Awards 2020

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this facility excelled at short-term care, where it received an A. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. We weren't able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

Adding to its impressive resume, this place also excelled in the category of nursing. We gave it an B+ for that category. Nursing ratings are primarily tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics 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 facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of moving residents at least once a day.

Facility Inspections

Grade: C

Next we looked at this nursing home's inspection score This is based on the facility's recent government inspections. We gave it a grade of C in this category. This is a middle of the road grade in this category. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home had 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were in categories G through L. This indicates that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to create an imminent danger to patient safety or health. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The final category we looked at was long-term care. We gave this facility a C in this area. In the category of long-term care, we focus more on the amount of services provided by a nursing home, as opposed to more healthcare-oriented services. After considering the quantity of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. We were pleased to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 95.67901 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 7.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of long-term care patients who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 2.47% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are often caused by poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 1.26% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who have suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 4.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 6.62% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 4.63% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could indicate a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 96.73% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 16.72% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 27.09% of Residents

Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 27.09% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 6.18% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Autumn Lake Healthcare at Ballenger Creek, 74.11% of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.

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-plus
  • 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