Bethesda

On top of receiving an elite overall grade, this facility also earned an A+ inspection score. This is based on its recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can pay to a nursing home. Our inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category generally have few severe deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

An additional reason we rated this facility so favorably is that it was given an A+ short-term care score. This is just about as dominant as it gets in this area. Our short-term care scores are meaningful for individuals looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

The next category we looked at is long-term care. Adding to its strong resume, this nursing home also performed well in this category. In fact, we gave it a of A in the category. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

In the last category we scored, this nursing home received a very strong grade of A in our nursing category. With this grade, the facility wrapped up a straight A profile. The nursing category analyzes many components, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.