Williamsport Nursing Home
154 N. Artizan Street, Williamsport MD 21795 · (301) 223-7971 · 98.18% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Williamsport Nursing Home is a facility located in Williamsport, Maryland, a city with a population of 9,233 people. With an overall rating of B-, this appears to be a decent nursing home. This facility has some things working in its favor. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's report card is its impressive short-term care score, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 121 Beds
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Non profit - Other
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
This facility really excelled in the area of short-term care, where it earned an A-. Few facilities performed better in this area. If it was not for this grade, this facility's overall score would have been much lower. Short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. This facility was satisfactory in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It offered a reasonable level of care from both physical therapists and registered nurses. The final item we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. It performed as well as just about any facility in Maryland in this area with 57 percent of its patients returning home. For most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
In addition, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B in our nursing category. This is one of our better grades. Our nursing rating is primarily associated with the facility's nurse staffing. With 4.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day, this nursing home surpassed the overwhelming majority of facilities. Finally, this facility also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the number of its residents sustaining falls which lead to major injury, this nursing home performed as well as any facility in Maryland.
Facility Inspections
We also found that this facility has earned favorable inspections in recent years. In fact, we awarded it a B- in this category. This is better than many facilities in this category. Our inspection grades weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. This facility was hit with 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to create an imminent risk to patient safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we graded was long-term care. For this category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. In forming our long-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's personal care services. This nursing home's vaccination data were not as impressive as its nursing hours data. This facility gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 88.793106 percent of its residents. We'd love to see some improvement in this area next year. Fortunately, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Williamsport Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents which have sustained falls which resulted in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many would argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better