6200 Oregon Ave Nw, Washington DC 20015 · (202) 541-0150 · 82.89% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Knollwood Hsc is in Washington, District of Columbia. The city offers many options. This nursing home is a grade A facility, which is a superb score. Based on our assessment, this nursing home is just about as as good as it gets. Scroll down to see this facility's category ratings, which are also quite good. It's hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 69 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Nurse Quality
A+
Historical
On top of being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this category. When determining a nursing home's nursing score, we consider the quantity of hours nurses commit to patients and the level of licensure of those nurses. This facility boasts a really impressive 5.8 hours of nursing care per resident each day, of which a significant portion was provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly highly skilled levels of nurses. This is one of the higher totals of nursing hours we were able to find. On top of offering impressive levels of nursing care, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients suffering falls leading to major injury, this nursing home performed as well as any nursing home the nation.
Short-term Care Quality
A
Historical
Adding to its high-end assessment, this facility also was given a superb short-term care grade, with a score of A. In determining our short-term care ratings, we look at a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This rating is more often than not a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. It fared respectably with 48.5 percent of its residents returning home.
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Facility Inspections
A-
Historical
Turning to our inspection category, this nursing home excelled in that area, which is based on the nursing home's recent inspection reports. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- for that category. Inspection scores are based on datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
B+
Historical
Moving on to our last category, this facility was awarded a high-end long-term care score. We awarded it a B+ in this category, finishing off one of our more impressive report cards. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 91.74312 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is slightly less than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
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Provider:
A
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B+
National:
B
Overall Rating
Nurse Rating
Long-Term Rating
Short-Term Rating
Inspection Rating
Knollwood Hsc Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Provider
D
11.79%
State
C
13.18%
National
B
7.34%
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This measures the percent of long-term care residents who experienced a fall which resulted in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Provider
A
0.92%
State
A
1.1%
National
B
3.36%
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Provider
D
5.12%
State
B
2.39%
National
B
2.66%
Percent of Patients with UTIs Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.
Provider
A-
9.26%
State
B+
10.24%
National
B
14.15%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Provider
A-
15.03%
State
A-
11.84%
National
B
19.69%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Provider
B+
0.95%
State
A-
1.34%
National
B+
5.11%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Provider
B-
95.87%
State
B-
84.25%
National
B
92.01%
Percent of Patients Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a resident's health.
Provider
A
7.63%
State
B-
16.54%
National
B
14.47%
Percentage of Patients Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels.
Provider
B-
14.71%
State
B+
19.09%
National
B
17.10%
Percentage of Residents Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Provider
A+
0.78
State
A
0.91
National
B
1.70
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Provider
B+
14.71
State
B-
19.09
National
B
17.10
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint 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 emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient care during rehabilitation.