Patuxent River Health and Rehabilitation Center
14200 Laurel Park Drive, Laurel MD 20707 · (410) 792-4717 · 85.49% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Laurel, Maryland, Patuxent River Health and Rehabilitation Center is one of just two nursing homes in the area. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of C. A grade in this range requires some respectable marks. Based on our ratings, there are definitely far worse nursing homes out there. You should also take a look at this facility's category grades below. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 153 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
This facility excelled in our short-term care rating, with an A- in this category. This really boosted its overall score. In the area of short-term care, we try to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. This nursing home provided more physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. This is what we like to find when assessing a nursing home in this category. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who eventually returned home from this nursing home. On top of excelling in the area of physical therapy, we found that it performed as well as just about any facility in the country in this area with 61.5 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
Inspections is another area where this facility excelled. We awarded this nursing home an B+ for our inspections category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection grades. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively minor. This facility was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate threat to resident safety or health. A few minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. There are a number of factors included in this grade. Most of these factors are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing rating also includes some applicable quality-based measures. While this facility excelled in terms of quantity of nursing hours, it fell short in some of the statistics that focused on quality. This place's nursing score was hurt by its weak performance in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers. We found that 14.1 percent of this facility's patients suffered from pressure ulcers. Since some pressure ulcers can be avoided with proper nursing protocols, we reduce a facility's nursing rating when we see this kind of prevalence of pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's least impressive area was long-term care, which is the final category we analyzed. Sadly, it received an F for this category. Even with a few decent scores in other areas, this score is nevertheless alarming so we wanted to make sure you are aware. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category likely don't provide the type of consistent around the clock care that some other facilities offer. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. We were concerned by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 87.46667 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.19 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Patuxent River Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents which are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better