Franklin Woods Center
9200 Franklin Square Drive, Rosedale MD 21237 · (410) 391-2600 · 94.95% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Rosedale, Maryland, Franklin Woods Center is one of a mere two nursing homes in the city. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B, which is a quality score. At the end of the day, this facility is a good fit for most people. The best part of this facility's impressive report card is its short-term care rating. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 117 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we gave this nursing home an impressive grade of A+ for short-term care. In determining our short-term care scores, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is more often than not a meaningful measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. This nursing home is above the national average both in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents. These are generally good indicators of quality short-term care. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in Maryland in this area with 65.2 percent of its patients returning home. For most facilities, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive grades, we gave this nursing home an A- for inspections. Our inspection scores are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's government inspections. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing grade is mostly based on a facility's nurse staffing. This place boasts an impressive 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, of which more than one hour of those were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. Finally, this place also performed well in several of the quality measures we looked at. For example, in terms of the number of its residents sustaining falls which lead to major injury, this place performed as well as any facility in the country. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed is long-term care, which turned out to be this facility's least impressive category. Sadly, it received a lowly F for this area, which is certainly a bit concerning. For residents in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. After assessing nursing hours and other staffing provided by this facility, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. Due to its grade in this category, it is surprising to find that this nursing home performed reasonably well both of these statistics. Indeed, this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which appears to be higher than most nursing homes. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.14 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Franklin Woods Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This gauges the percentage of long-term care patients which have sustained UTI's. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better