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Blakehurst

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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1055 West Joppa Road,
Towson MD 21204

(410) 690-3044

98.91% estimated occupancy 1

Blakehurst is a small nursing home located in Towson, Maryland. This proved to be an A rated facility. This nursing home received one of the highest scores we offer. A score of this caliber requires excellent marks across the board. Indeed, we were so impressed with this facility that we rated it as one of the three highest graded facilities in Towson. We also gave this nursing home impressive scores in all four of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • No Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Partnership
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Aquatic Therapy

Awards

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Best Nursing Home in Maryland Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Towson, Maryland badge

Best Nursing Home in Towson, Maryland Awards 2019

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Top Nursing Home in Maryland Awards 2020

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Top Nursing Home in Maryland Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

One of the reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is that it earned an impressive grade in inspections. In fact, inspections ended up being its best category. In this area, we gave this nursing home an A. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

This facility also received a top-shelf short-term care grade. Indeed, this is this nursing home's second best category score. In that area, this facility received a score of A. Short-term care scores are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 5.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. There are many criteria included in this area. Most of these datapoints relate to levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place 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 nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving patients even once per day.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Turning to the next category, this facility also excelled in the long-term care category. In fact, we gave it an A- in this area. This rounded out a straight A profile. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is typically a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 99.22481 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Blakehurst Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Blakehurst, 8.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Blakehurst, 9.3% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of long-term residents that have had falls which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Blakehurst, 0.81% of Patients had UTIs

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who have had urinary tract infections. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Blakehurst, 11.63% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Blakehurst, 6.31% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Blakehurst, 2.4% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care residents exhibiting signs of depression. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Blakehurst, 97.3% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Blakehurst, 27.84% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Blakehurst, 37.16% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that maintained mobility. Some believe that the ability to move around is vital to residents' mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Blakehurst, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to the physical health of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Blakehurst, 37.16% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Blakehurst, 7.3% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Blakehurst, 88.27% of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.

Scores for Towson, MD

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

Looking for more options? Towson, Maryland has 8 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Greater Baltimore Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.2 miles away6701 North Charles Street Towson Maryland 21204Voluntary non-profit - Private(443) 849-2000
  • University of Md St Joseph Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.68 miles away7601 Osler Drive Towson Maryland 21204Voluntary non-profit - Private(410) 337-1000
  • Medstar Good Samaritan HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.04 miles away5601 Loch Raven Boulevard Baltimore Maryland 21239Voluntary non-profit - Other(443) 444-3902
  • Sinai Hospital of BaltimoreAcute Care Hospitals 4.39 miles away2401 West Belvedere Avenue Baltimore Maryland 21215Voluntary non-profit - Private(410) 601-5131
  • Medstar Union Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.6 miles away201 East University Parkway Baltimore Maryland 21218Voluntary non-profit - Other(410) 554-2227
  • University of Md Medical Center Midtown CampusAcute Care Hospitals 7.67 miles away827 Linden Avenue Baltimore Maryland 21201Voluntary non-profit - Other(410) 225-8996
  • Kennedy Krieger InstituteChildrens 7.93 miles away707 North Broadway Baltimore Maryland 21205Voluntary non-profit - Private(443) 923-9301
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital, TheAcute Care Hospitals 8.05 miles away600 North Wolfe Street Baltimore Maryland 21287Voluntary non-profit - Private(410) 955-9540

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Dulaney Towson Dialysis Center0.63 miles away113 West Road Towson Maryland 21204CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (410) 825-3690
  • Fresenius Medical Care Towson1.78 miles away7801 York Road, Ste. 150 Towson Maryland 21204Dialysis Stations: 16 (410) 321-0853
  • Davita - Falls Road2.69 miles away1423 Clarkview Road Ste 500 Baltimore Maryland 21209CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (410) 828-4643
  • Fresenius Kidney Care Lutheran Greenspring Drive2.79 miles away1940 Greenspring Drive Lutherville Timonium Maryland 21093Dialysis Stations: 16 (410) 252-2140
  • Bertha Sirk Dialysis Center3.5 miles away5820 York Rd Ste 10 Baltimore Maryland 21212Dialysis Stations: 16 (410) 532-9311
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Cromwell3.57 miles away8710 Emge Rd Parkville Maryland 21234Dialysis Stations: 6 (410) 661-0801
  • Northwest Dialysis Center3.68 miles away2245 Rolling Run Dr Ste 1 Windsor Mill Maryland 21244CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (410) 265-0158
  • Fmc - Greater Baltimore3.85 miles away1104 Walters Avenue Baltimore Maryland 21239Dialysis Stations: 21 (410) 532-0389