Brinton Woods Health & Rehab Center at Arlington West
3939 Penhurst Avenue, Baltimore MD 21215 · (410) 664-9535 · 90.73% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Brinton Woods Health & Rehab Center at Arlington West is an average-sized nursing home in Baltimore, Maryland. Featuring an overall grade of B, this looks like a good nursing home. In fact, this nursing home is one of the fifteen best nursing homes in the city. The best part of this nursing home's strong report card is its inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. Our inspection ratings are based on several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive profile, this place also excelled in nursing. In fact, we gave it an B+ for that category. Nursing scores are primarily tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. With 4.2 hours of nursing care per patient daily, this facility surpassed the overwhelming majority of facilities. Lastly, this facility also excelled in the quality-based metrics we looked at. It performed as well as any facility the state in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a favorable short-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this category. Short-term care grades are often employed to assess a facility's rehabilitation services To provide highly scored rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature better levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This proved to be a real strength for this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country in this area with 62.1 percent of its residents returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our last category, we awarded this nursing home a D in long-term care. This was the nursing home's weakest category grade. Sadly, this grade hurt the facility's overall grade to a certain degree. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is often a bad sign for patient care and it may indicate that the nursing home is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. After we finished assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 92.43697 percent of its residents for pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.08 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best feature in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brinton Woods Health & Rehab Center at Arlington West Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used to treat several medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better