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Friends House

  • Nursing Home
  • Independent Living
  • Assisted Living

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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17340 Quaker Lane,
Sandy Spring MD 20860

(301) 924-5100

70.48% estimated occupancy 1

Friends House is the sole option we were able to find in Sandy Spring, Maryland. We awarded this facility an A overall grade, ranking it in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the nation. Based on our analysis, you can not go wrong with this place. Scroll down to find this facility's category scores, which are equally impressive. You just can't do much better than a straight A profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Church related
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Maryland badge

Top Nursing Home in Maryland Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Sandy Spring, Maryland badge

Best Nursing Home in Sandy Spring, Maryland Awards 2019

Top Nursing Home in Maryland badge

Top Nursing Home in Maryland Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Sandy Spring, Maryland badge

Best Nursing Home in Sandy Spring, Maryland Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in Maryland badge

Top Nursing Home in Maryland Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in Sandy Spring, Maryland badge

Best Nursing Home in Sandy Spring, Maryland Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

On top of receiving a strong overall score, this nursing home earned an A+ inspection grade. This is based on its recent government inspections. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can offer a facility. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category generally have few of these severe deficiencies. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Our nursing rating is mostly tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures 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 often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving a resident even once per day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility also was awarded a high-end short-term care score. In fact, this ended up being this facility's third strongest category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. In our short-term care rating, we attempt to craft a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at the facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 5.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

The final category we assessed is long-term care, where this facility received a grade of A-. This rounded out a very strong profile. Only a select few facilities received an A- or higher in every single category. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 74.4186 percent of its residents. This is somewhat less than we expected. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Friends House Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Friends House, 6.34% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Friends House, 2.33% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indicator of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Friends House, 2.4% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Friends House, 15.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Friends House, 8.7% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Friends House, 1.27% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Friends House, 84.15% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Friends House, 26.03% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate deterioration of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Friends House, 17.44% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Friends House, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Friends House, 17.44% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Friends House, 8.62% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Friends House, 74.99% of Resident

This is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some believe this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.87 miles away18101 Prince Philip Drive Olney Maryland 20832Voluntary non-profit - Private(301) 774-8882
  • Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7 miles away12100 Plum Orchard Drive Silver Spring Maryland 20904Voluntary non-profit - Private(301) 891-5651
  • University of Md Laurel Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.55 miles away7300 Van Dusen Road Laurel Maryland 20707Voluntary non-profit - Private(301) 725-4300
  • Holy Cross HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.56 miles away1500 Forest Glen Road Silver Spring Maryland 20910Voluntary non-profit - Church(301) 754-7000
  • Howard County General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.21 miles away5755 Cedar Lane Columbia Maryland 21044Voluntary non-profit - Private(410) 740-7890
  • Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.72 miles away9901 Medical Center Drive Rockville Maryland 20850Voluntary non-profit - Private(240) 826-6527
  • Walter Reed National Military Med CenAcute Care - Department of Defense 10.45 miles away8901 Rockville Pike Bethesda Maryland 20889Department of Defense(301) 295-4000
  • Suburban HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.85 miles away8600 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda Maryland 20814Voluntary non-profit - Private(301) 896-2576

Nearby Dialysis

  • Brownwood Dialysis LLC5.51 miles away5544 Norbeck Rd Rockville Maryland 20853CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (301) 460-2090
  • Bma - Rockville5.86 miles away7524 Standish Pl Ste 100-B Derwood Maryland 20855Dialysis Stations: 16 (301) 610-0711
  • Bedell Dialysis, LLC6.5 miles away13875 Outlet Drive Silver Spring Maryland 20904Dialysis Stations: 18 (301) 890-1504
  • Fmc - Silver Spring6.5 miles away12120 Plum Orchard Rd Ste 140 Silver Spring Maryland 20904Dialysis Stations: 12 (301) 572-2484
  • Renal Treatment Center - Wheaton6.56 miles awayWheaton Park Shopping Ctr 11941 Georgia Ave Silver Spring Maryland 20902CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (301) 949-9620
  • Cadia Dialysis Springbrook7.08 miles away12325 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring Maryland 20904Dialysis Stations: 11 (301) 244-3028
  • Bma - Wheaton7.32 miles away10901b Georgia Avenue Silver Spring Maryland 20902Dialysis Stations: 14 (301) 933-1307
  • Us Renal Care - Rockville7.75 miles away11800 a Nebel St Rockville Maryland 20852Dialysis Stations: 12 (301) 468-3221