Peak Healthcare Hartley Hall is a small non-profit facility located in Pocomoke City, Maryland. This proved to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B+. You can definitely do much worse than this nursing home. One of the better aspects of this facility's profile is its strong long-term care grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Peak Healthcare Hartley Hall
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
To go along with its strong overall score, we gave this nursing home an impressive grade of A- for our long-term care score. Facilities that do well in this category tend to provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also excelled in inspections. In fact, we awarded it an B+ for that area, which is one of our best scores. This is one of the few facilities with an overall grade in this range which earned multiple category grades this high. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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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. In computing our nursing grades, we analyze both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we scored is short-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a strong grade of B. Our short-term care grades are based on a facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Peak Healthcare Hartley Hall Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Peak Healthcare Hartley Hall, 10.24% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who are suffering from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a great measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Peak Healthcare Hartley Hall, 2.73% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that have had a fall which caused severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Peak Healthcare Hartley Hall, 2.07% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of long-term patients who had urinary tract infections. While more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Peak Healthcare Hartley Hall, 13.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Peak Healthcare Hartley Hall, 14.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Peak Healthcare Hartley Hall, 10.18% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents showing symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Peak Healthcare Hartley Hall, 92.14% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Peak Healthcare Hartley Hall, 19.83% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Many believe this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Peak Healthcare Hartley Hall, 28.37% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility. Some would argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Peak Healthcare Hartley Hall, 1.1 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Peak Healthcare Hartley Hall, 28.37 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Peak Healthcare Hartley Hall, 8.93 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Peak Healthcare Hartley Hall, 74.3% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Edward Mccready Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.8 miles away201 Hall Highway Crisfield Maryland 21817Voluntary non-profit - Private(410) 726-9496
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc - Princess Anne12.61 miles away12185 Elm St Princess Anne Maryland 21853CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (410) 651-1056
- Fmc - Salisbury18.85 miles away1340 South Division St Ste 302 Salisbury Maryland 21804Dialysis Stations: 21 (410) 742-1800