Fahrney-Keedy Memorial Home
8507 Mapleville Road, Boonsboro MD 21713 · (301) 671-5013 · 84.9% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Fahrney-Keedy Memorial Home is a senior living facility located in Boonsboro, Maryland. This city has a population of 9,502 people. Sporting an overall grade of B+, this facility should work for most prospective residents. Based on our ratings, this nursing home has quite a bit going for it. This nursing home's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which you can find in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 106 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
This facility received a quality overall grade as described above, but we especially would like to emphasize its excellent health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this area. Inspection ratings are tied to datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A couple minor dings aren't the end of the world.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Nursing grades are mostly associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 4.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Finally, this nursing home also excelled in several of the quality measures we assessed. With fewer than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, this place performed as well as any nursing home Maryland in this category. This is often an indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Many pressure ulcers can be avoided by providing better nursing care and a system of moving patients at least once a day.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home truly excelled in the category of short-term care, where it received a grade of A-. Only a select group of facilities performed more favorably in this area. In calculating our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is typically a fair measure of the facility's rehabilitation services. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home, which as an area this nursing home performed much more favorably. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in the country with 59.3 percent of its residents returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we graded is long-term care. We awarded this facility one of our more favorable scores in this area, with a B. This facility turned out to be very solid in all areas we analyzed. Facilities that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. On top of assessing the well above average quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff at this nursing home, we also were happy with the nursing home's record for vaccinations. For example, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fahrney-Keedy Memorial Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients that suffered a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percent of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better