Cadia Healthcare - Springbrook

Cadia Healthcare - Springbrook is in Silver Spring, Maryland. This city is one of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the nation with has a total of 282,095 people. It looks like this facility is a well below average facility. A score in this range indicates we found some red flags. If you aren't happy with this facility's overall grade, you should be able to find a better option in Silver Spring. The city has at least 10 other nursing homes. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's profile is its impressive inspection grade. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category grades

While we didn't give this facility a good overall score, we did give it a relatively strong grade in the category of inspections, where it received a B+. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid facilities with too many deficiencies flagged. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is not a bad score. Our nursing rating is mostly based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these areas as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

The next highest category we gave this facility in any category came in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of C. With our short-term care rating, we seek to craft a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is physical therapy hours. We found that it offers at least 50% more hours with physical therapists to its residents than most other facilities. Finally, we looked at the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 32 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.

The final category we scored is long-term care. This nursing home was given a rock bottom grade of F in that category. When facilities receive this type of grade in long-term care it is typically a bad sign for resident care and it may indicate that the place is not as well-staffed. One of the statistics we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. Candidly, we were a bit concerned this facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to only 87.8327 percent of its patients. Finally, we were stunned by its number of hospitalizations. We found that this facility fared poorly with 3.71 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure is more than double the national average.