Hagerstown Healthcare Center is a nursing home in Hagerstown, Maryland, which has a population of 95,186 people. This nursing home received an F, which is definitely concerning in our grading scheme. If you are not satisfied with this facility's mediocre overall grade, you will be pleased to know there are five other nursing homes in Hagerstown. Even though this place received one reasonable category score for short-term care, which you can find more information about below.
Hagerstown Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
Even though we graded this nursing home incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable short-term care grade this year. We gave it a C in that area, which was the closest thing to a bright spot we could find for this facility. Our short-term care scores are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average facility. The hope is that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. The last metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home. This figure was below the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
We gave this facility just a D for our long-term care grade and that actually turned out to be its next best score. Nursing homes that don't fare well in long-term care typically aren't as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine medical care we looked at. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. As it turns out, this nursing home vaccinated only 81.435646 percent of its patients, which is somewhat concerning. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.04 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This was its best score in this category.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. Our nursing grade is primarily based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility averaged just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This statistic is far below average. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. This facility performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these statistics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
Turning the final category of inspections, this facility really did not fare well. It received an F in our inspection category. This happens to be our most heavily weighted category in our grading system. When a nursing home has this bad of an inspection rating, you should look for severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. This particular facility was assessed 9 deficiencies by CMS. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a risk to resident safety or health. Lastly, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was assessed large government fines in recent years of over $50,000. This usually signifies that CMS inspectors grew tired after several years of failed inspections.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hagerstown Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hagerstown Healthcare Center, 10.24% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hagerstown Healthcare Center, 2.73% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who suffered a fall resulting in serious injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hagerstown Healthcare Center, 2.07% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hagerstown Healthcare Center, 13.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hagerstown Healthcare Center, 14.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hagerstown Healthcare Center, 10.18% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hagerstown Healthcare Center, 92.14% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hagerstown Healthcare Center, 19.83% Percentage of Patients
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 bathing. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hagerstown Healthcare Center, 28.37% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that maintained mobility. Many in the industry believe that mobility is critical to patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Hagerstown Healthcare Center, 1.1 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hagerstown Healthcare Center, 28.37 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Hagerstown Healthcare Center, 8.93 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Hagerstown Healthcare Center, 74.3% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Hagerstown, MD
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- 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
Looking for more options? Hagerstown, Maryland has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Meritus Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.42 miles away11116 Medical Campus Road Hagerstown Maryland 21742Voluntary non-profit - Private(240) 313-9500
- Waynesboro HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.88 miles away501 East Main St Waynesboro Pennsylvania 17268Voluntary non-profit - Private(717) 765-4000
- Berkeley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.4 miles away2500 Hospital Drive Martinsburg West Virginia 25401Voluntary non-profit - Private(304) 264-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Washington County Dialysis0.31 miles away246 Eastern Blvd. Ste. 104 Hagerstown Maryland 21740Dialysis Stations: 2 (301) 797-7839
- Eastern Boulevard Dialysis0.67 miles away246 Eastern Blvd N Ste 105 Hagerstown Maryland 21740Dialysis Stations: 22 (301) 745-4251
- Fmc - Robinwood1.55 miles away11110 Medical Campus Rd Ste 149 Hagerstown Maryland 21742Dialysis Stations: 13 (240) 313-9620
- Fmc - Hagerstown2.39 miles away12931 Oak Hill Ave Hagerstown Maryland 21742CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (301) 797-2311
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Waynesboro11.07 miles away27 Vista Avenue Waynesboro Pennsylvania 17268CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (717) 765-8880
- Bma - Martinsburg18.12 miles away103 Marcley Dr Martinsburg West Virginia 25401CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (304) 263-0964
- Fmc Eastern Panhandle19.94 miles away931 Foxcroft Avenue Martinsburg West Virginia 25401Dialysis Stations: 16 (304) 264-0333
- Davita Golden Mile Dialysis19.97 miles away1306 W. Patrick Street Suite 5 Frederick Maryland 21703Dialysis Stations: 13 (301) 696-1090