Maryland Baptist Aged Home

Maryland Baptist Aged Home is located in the large metropolitan area of Baltimore, Maryland which has a population of 632,623 people. This facility was awarded an A- overall, which is one of our higher grades. In fact, we were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it as one of the three best nursing homes in Baltimore. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its nursing rating, which is addressed in the next section.

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ for nursing. We analyzed the qualifications of nurses working for the nursing home, as well as the number of hours those nurses were with residents, in calculating our score in this category. This particular nursing home provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This facility fared well in some of the quality measures we assessed. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided with better nursing care.

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This place was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

Turning our third area, this facility was given a strong short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a score of A- in this area. Our short-term care ratings are likely most meaningful for folks in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

The final area we looked at is long-term care. This facility was given a very good long-term care score in our assessment, with a grade of C. Although this was not nearly as good as several of its other category grades, this is nevertheless a respectable rating in that area. In calculating our long-term care grades, we analyze the personal care offered to a facility's patients. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 93.069305 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is slightly below what we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Nevertheless, this facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.