Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home is a large non-profit facility in Washington, District of Columbia. We awarded this facility an overall score of B+ which is a strong overall rating. As a result, it outscored the average nursing home in Washington by a wide margin. Based on our assessment, this facility looks like a good fit for most people. We were also pleased to find that this place didn't have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
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Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home
- 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
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
On top of earning a strong overall score, this facility fared well in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is frequently a useful measure of a facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 7.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Nursing scores are mostly based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning a resident even once per day.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also strong in the category of long-term care, where it was awarded a score of B. It performed more favorably than most nursing homes in this area. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 89.014084 percent of its patients. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
Finally, we also awarded this nursing home a B- for our inspections category. This nursing home didn't have any major weaknesses. Inspection scores account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. This place was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home, 11.38% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home, 0.28% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home, 1.76% of Patients had UTIs
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that experienced a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home, 7.27% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home, 15.01% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home, 0% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home, 92.01% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home, 13.17% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of deterioration of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home, 27.09% of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home, 27.09% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home, 3.82% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home, 40.21% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Washington, DC
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
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