Ravenwood Nursing Care Center
1183 Luther Drive, Hagerstown MD 21740 · (301) 790-1000 · 90.75% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Ravenwood Nursing Care Center is one of six facilities located in Hagerstown, Maryland. We gave this nursing home a C overall, which isn't a bad score. This is comparable with the city grade in Hagerstown, which is a B-. Based on the data we reviewed, there are definitely much worse nursing homes out there. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's profile is its strong short-term care grade, which is addressed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 80 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
We awarded this facility an A for our short-term care score. This score is far more impressive than its overall grade. Short-term care grades are typically used to measure a facility's rehabilitation services. To have highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must provide higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This nursing home is above the national average both in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents. These are generally good indicators of quality short-term care. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the nation with 64.1 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home earned an impressive grade of B+ in the category of nursing. Nursing scores are mostly based on a facility's nurse staffing. This facility provides an impressive 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident each day. Out of this total, more than one fourth of these hours were provided by registered nurses, which is among the most highly trained levels of nurses. We add more weight to hours worked by skilled nurses in determining our nursing scores. Lastly, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as predictive measures of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Facility Inspections
Unfortunately, this facility received an F for its inspection score. This is an important category. Scores in this range generally mean we found some red flags on the nursing home's inspection reports. When a place has this bad of an inspection grade, you should look for severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to patient safety. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we found is that none of its deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they posed a threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility also received 6 substantiated complaints in recent years. This is yet another bad sign.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we analyzed is long-term care, which proved to be this nursing home's least impressive area. It received a lowly F for this category, which is obviously very concerning. For prospective residents seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home gave the vaccine to 98.77551 percent of its residents, which is a very respectable total. Surprisingly, this place also keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.19 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ravenwood Nursing Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay patients who have had a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with poor nursing care. More frequent bathing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better