Vindobona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
6012 Jefferson Blvd, Frederick MD 21703 · (301) 371-7160 · 70.46% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Vindobona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a small facility in Frederick, Maryland. We gave it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack grade. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Frederick. This place is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 65 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
We gave this nursing home a grade of A- for our short-term care grade. This is much more impressive than the nursing home's overall grade. Our short-term care scores are meaningful for prospective residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. This includes a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. The last measure we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in Maryland with 63.7 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home earned an B in nursing. Our nursing score is primarily associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides high levels of nursing care, with an average of 4 hours per patient daily. This is more nursing care than most nursing homes provide. Finally, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this place performed better than the national average. This is often a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided with better nursing care and having a policy of regularly turning residents to avoid bed sores.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also received a very favorable inspection rating. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this category usually have few of these severe deficiencies. This facility was assessed 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies an imminent risk to resident safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we looked at was long-term care. This nursing home was given a C in the area. Our long-term care scores are more critical for residents requiring more conventional services associated with activities of daily living. One of the factors we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 93.75 percent of its residents. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.97 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Vindobona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate erosion of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
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 thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better