Hillhaven Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
3210 Powder Mill Road, Hyattsville MD 20783 · (301) 937-3939 · 87.87% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Hillhaven Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a small nursing home in Hyattsville, Maryland. Sporting an overall rating of A, this nursing home is ranked among the best nursing homes we assessed. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top fifth of all facilities in the country. Headlining this facility's stellar profile is its inspection score, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 66 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of being a great nursing home overall, it also earned A+ inspections in recent years. Its inspections are virtually perfect. Our inspection ratings are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given a high-end short-term care grade. This actually turned out to be this facility's second strongest category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a score of A-. In our short-term care category, we attempt to forge a fair barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we assess a nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. The final metric we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in Maryland in this area with 56.9 percent of its residents returning home. For most facilities, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The third area we analyzed was long-term care. Contributing to its superb profile, this facility also excelled in that category. In fact, we gave it a of A- in that area. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of really impressive nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination data was first-rate also. In fact, it vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.54 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
In the last category we looked at, this nursing home was given a very strong grade of B+ in our nursing category. With this grade, the facility topped off a very favorable report card. In calculating our nursing ratings, we analyze both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This facility provided 4.5 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is an impressive statistic which typically leads to higher quality care. Lastly, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. By way of illustration, it performed well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hillhaven Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that have had a fall resulting in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could indicate a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric is a measure of 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 metric is a measure of 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 measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better