Manorcare Health Services-Alexandria
1510 Collingwood Road, Alexandria VA 22308 · (703) 765-6107 · 87.91% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Alexandria, Virginia, Manorcare Health Services-Alexandria is one of six nursing homes in the area. We gave this facility an overall score of B+, making it one of the top three nursing homes in Alexandria. Based on the data we reviewed, you could do much worse than this nursing home. One of the better aspects of this facility's profile is its impressive short-term care rating, which is addressed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 96 Beds
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For profit - Individual
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home fared well in short-term care. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category. With our short-term care assessment, we endeavor to forge a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess a nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. This nursing home provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is usually a favorable sign. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in Virginia in this area with 69.5 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. When computing our nursing scores, we look at both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home averages 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we scored is long-term care, where this nursing home was given a B-. While this is its worst category grade, this is still nothing to be ashamed of. Long-term care grades focus on a facility's assistance with daily living instead of the skilled therapy and healthcare services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.62 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Manorcare Health Services-Alexandria Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of quality of care.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. 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 the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better