Ingleside at Rock Creek

In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this nursing home excelled at short-term care, where it earned an A. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Unfortunately, we were not able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of residents that were able to return home from the facility. We found that 6.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Adding to its impressive profile, this facility also performed well in the category of inspections. In fact, it earned a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that area with an B+. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. In computing our nursing ratings, we weigh both staffing levels and the training levels of those nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0 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 generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The next area we looked at is long-term care. We awarded this facility one of our higher grades in that category, with a grade of B. This facility turned out to be strong in each area we assessed. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. Once we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 85.71429 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.