Multi-Medical Center is an average-sized nursing home in Towson, Maryland. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B. A score of this caliber requires quality scores in most areas. Based on the data we reviewed, you could do much worse than this nursing home. We were also pleased to find that this facility didn't have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about its category grades can be found below.
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Multi-Medical Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to this facility's list of strengths, it also received a high-end short-term care grade. We gave them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Short-term care grades are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of B- in this category is by no means a bad score. When computing a facility's nursing grade, we assess the number of hours nurses spend with residents as well as the levels of training of the nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is a very low figure. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics. While this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of these quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed well in this metric. This is often a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving a resident more frequently.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we scored was long-term care. We gave this nursing home a C in that category. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 84.53237 percent of its residents. This is several points lower than what we expected. Nevertheless, this place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Multi-Medical Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Multi-Medical Center, 19.2% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Multi-Medical Center, 2.88% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who had a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Multi-Medical Center, 1.44% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from UTI's. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Multi-Medical Center, 8.08% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Multi-Medical Center, 21.12% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Multi-Medical Center, 15.2% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression could be an indicator a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Multi-Medical Center, 90.27% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Multi-Medical Center, 24.15% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the decline of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Multi-Medical Center, 37.96% of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Multi-Medical Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Multi-Medical Center, 37.96% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Multi-Medical Center, 4.19% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Multi-Medical Center, 76.47% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.
Scores for Towson, MD
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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- University of Md Medical Center Midtown CampusAcute Care Hospitals 6.2 miles away827 Linden Avenue Baltimore Maryland 21201Voluntary non-profit - Other(410) 225-8996
- Kennedy Krieger InstituteChildrens 6.26 miles away707 North Broadway Baltimore Maryland 21205Voluntary non-profit - Private(443) 923-9301
- Johns Hopkins Hospital, TheAcute Care Hospitals 6.37 miles away600 North Wolfe Street Baltimore Maryland 21287Voluntary non-profit - Private(410) 955-9540
Nearby Dialysis
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- Fresenius Kidney Care - Cromwell2.59 miles away8710 Emge Rd Parkville Maryland 21234Dialysis Stations: 6 (410) 661-0801
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