Nms Healthcare of Hagerstown

We gave this facility one of our better scores in nursing, with an A+. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. Our nursing score is largely based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 1.2 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

This nursing home also excelled in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a score of A. Very few nursing homes fared more favorably in this category. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The last statistic we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Moving on to the category of long-term care, this facility was awarded just a D in this area. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means the facility didn't perform well in our measures relating to resident care. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility submitted data regarding vaccinations. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.

In our last category of inspections, this facility received an F here. This grade was detrimental to this facility's overall grade. You should pay special attention to any deficiencies on a nursing home's inspection reports when it receives this bad of an inspection grade. We recommend you scrutinize the severity of the deficiencies. We weren't able to track down information on deficiency's for this nursing home. Finally, this facility also received 67 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.