Future Care Chesapeake
305 College Parkway, Arnold MD 21012 · (410) 647-0015 · 86.68% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Arnold, Maryland, Future Care Chesapeake is the lone nursing home located in the city. Featuring an overall score of B, this nursing home is a quality choice. At the end of the day, this place looks like a solid choice for quite a few people. This facility was stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any bad scores in any of our four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 154 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to earning a strong overall score, this nursing home fared well in short-term care. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category. Our short-term care ratings are probably most critical for people needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is usually a favorable sign. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in Maryland in this area with 63.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this facility also excelled in inspections, where it earned an A-. Few nursing homes performed as well in this category. Inspection grades weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of B- in this category is by no means a bad score. We weighed the levels of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours those nurses spent with patients, in computing our score in this area. This place provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is among the better totals in Maryland. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. Finally, we also factored a few quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. This facility was relatively weak in two of the areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its patients' major falls and pressure ulcers. These metrics are often pretty good measures of the quality of nursing care provided.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we looked at is long-term care. We awarded this facility a grade of C in this category. For patients seeking a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 92.39766 percent of its residents. This is slightly lower than we were hoping for but still a respectable percentage. Next, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. While it had 2.5 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was more favorable.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Future Care Chesapeake Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of long-term care residents who have experienced urinary tract infections. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better