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Future Care Sandtown-Whester

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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1000 N. Gilmore Street,
Baltimore MD 21217

83.91% estimated occupancy 1

Future Care Sandtown-Whester is a large facility in Baltimore, Maryland. Featuring an overall score of B, this proved to be ranked among the fifteen highest rated facilities facilities in the city. As far as we can see, this place looks like a solid choice for most people. Fortunately, this facility did not have any poor grades in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Partnership
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Bariatric Care
  • Colostomy Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

On top of being a strong nursing home overall, this facility excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Not many nursing homes performed better in that category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some are quite minor. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received a very positive short-term care grade. In fact, this wound up being its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is generally a useful measure of the facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing rating is mostly based on a facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Moving on to our final category, this facility received an acceptable long-term care grade of B-. In our long-term care grade, we assess the sheer quantity of care offered by a facility, along with a few qualitative data points. Once we concluded our assessment of the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. We were a bit concerned this facility vaccinated a relatively low 72.616135 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand 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 18Dec 23

Future Care Sandtown-Whester Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Future Care Sandtown-Whester, 12.23% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic is is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-plus

In Future Care Sandtown-Whester, 0.24% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have sustained a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Future Care Sandtown-Whester, 0.74% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term residents which suffered from a UTI. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Future Care Sandtown-Whester, 21.31% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Future Care Sandtown-Whester, 2.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term patients who were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically used to treat residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Future Care Sandtown-Whester, 26.33% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients exhibiting symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression could imply a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Future Care Sandtown-Whester, 80.4% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Future Care Sandtown-Whester, 20.81% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Future Care Sandtown-Whester, 29.63% of Residents

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Future Care Sandtown-Whester, 0.22 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Future Care Sandtown-Whester, 29.63% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Future Care Sandtown-Whester, 16.78% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Future Care Sandtown-Whester, 68.48% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements.

Scores for Baltimore, MD

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

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