Carroll Lutheran Village
200 St. Luke's Circle, Westminster MD 21157 · (410) 848-0225 · 84.66% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Carroll Lutheran Village is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Westminster, Maryland. This facility appears to be ranked among the more impressive nursing homes we looked at. A grade of this caliber requires first-rate marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top 25 percent of all facilities in the United States. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its short-term care score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 103 Beds
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Non profit - Church related
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a first-rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. In our short-term care assessment, we try to create a sound barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we analyze a facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. This nursing home provided more physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. This is what we like to find when assessing a nursing home in this category. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. On top of excelling in the area of physical therapy hours, we found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in the nation with 67.2 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. The nursing score considers many datapoints. The most important one is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This facility provided 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident daily, which is among the better figures in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the more skilled levels of nurses. We were really impressed by these statistics. On top of offering impressive levels of care, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. For example, it performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These statistics are generally reliable measures of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned an impressive grade of B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed is long-term care, in which this nursing home was given a grade of B-. Even though this is its worst category grade, this is nevertheless not a poor grade. In computing our long-term care ratings, we size up the personal care offered to the facility's residents. In addition to offering solid levels of nursing care and other staffing, this facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to 98.09886 percent of its patients. This figure is better than many nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.15 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Carroll Lutheran Village Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric may be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients showing signs of depression. Increased rates of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better