Lorien Bulle Rock
1501 Blenheim Farm Lane, Havre De Grace MD 21078 · (410) 939-9300 · 94.87% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Lorien Bulle Rock is an average-sized nursing home located in Havre De Grace, Maryland. This facility received an overall grade of B, which is a good rating. Based on our assessment, this nursing home looks like a solid choice for most people. Fortunately, this facility didn't have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories is available below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 78 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our short-term care grade. Our short-term care grades are probably most critical for folks requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not only nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. The final metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in Maryland with 65.6 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
This facility also performed well in inspections, which is based on the facility's inspections. We awarded it an A- for that category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. While this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next most favorable area turned out to be long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. Long-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of care. This means a vast spectrum of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. Even though we determined this nursing home has a favorable volume of nursing hours provided by aids and other nursing staff, we found its vaccine statistics to be somewhat low. This facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 90.69768 percent of its patients. This is one statistic we'd really like to see this nursing home bring up. The last statistic we assessed was the facility's hospitalization rate. We found that this facility had 1.85 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is also slightly below average.
Nurse Quality
The next area we scored is nursing. In this category, we awarded this facility a B-. There are numerous subcategories within this area. Many of these factors are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. With 4 hours of nursing care per patient each day, this nursing home surpassed the national average. We also look at the qualifications of nurses and add more weight to hours worked by skilled nurses. Finally, this facility was relatively weak in two of the major areas we look at, with below average scores for minimizing its patients' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lorien Bulle Rock Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents 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 metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have had falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for patients well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better