Long Green Center

Long Green Center is located in Baltimore, Maryland, which is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the country. We awarded this nursing home an overall rating of B, making it ranked among the better facilities in the city. Despite Baltimore offering 28 other nursing homes available, this one looks like a quality choice. We were also pleased to find that this place did not have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about these categories is available below.

This nursing home received a strong overall score as described above, but we wanted to emphasize its excellent short-term care grade. We awarded them an A- in this category. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The last measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. It performed as well as just about any facility in Maryland in this area with 61.8 percent of its residents returning home. At most facilities, less than half of their short-term residents ever return home.

Among this facility's other strengths is its elite nursing grade. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of A-. Our nursing score is mostly tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This facility also performed well in our inspection category, which is based on the nursing home's recent inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it an impressive grade of B+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection scores weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area typically have very few severe deficiencies. While this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily something to panic about.

Our next category is long-term care, where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C in this category. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. After we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 91.28205 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Nevertheless, this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.