Wilson Health Care Center is located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, a city with 135,332 people. We gave this nursing home an A overall grade, ranking it in the top ten percent of all facilities in the United States. Based on our assessment, this facility is really as good as it gets. As you can find below, this facility performed just as well in our category scores. We give this place two thumbs up!
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Wilson Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Short-term Care Quality
One of the many reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it received an A+ short-term care grade. This is as good as it gets in this area. With our short-term care grade, we endeavor to craft a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we considered in this area is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better scores in this area typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This particular nursing home received 9 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
In the final category we assessed, this nursing home was awarded an impressive grade grade of A- in our long-term care category. With this grade, the nursing home topped off a straight A report card. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 98.91892 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wilson Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Wilson Health Care Center, 9.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of long-term residents that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Wilson Health Care Center, 1.8% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Wilson Health Care Center, 2.04% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Wilson Health Care Center, 14.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Wilson Health Care Center, 12.64% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Wilson Health Care Center, 1.69% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Wilson Health Care Center, 98.46% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Wilson Health Care Center, 14.48% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Wilson Health Care Center, 18.83% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Wilson Health Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Wilson Health Care Center, 18.83% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Wilson Health Care Center, 6.28% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Wilson Health Care Center, 73.63% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Holy Cross Germantown HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.28 miles away19801 Observation Drive Germantown Maryland 20876Voluntary non-profit - Private(301) 557-6020
- Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.33 miles away9901 Medical Center Drive Rockville Maryland 20850Voluntary non-profit - Private(240) 826-6527
- Medstar Montgomery Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.53 miles away18101 Prince Philip Drive Olney Maryland 20832Voluntary non-profit - Private(301) 774-8882
- Suburban HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.28 miles away8600 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda Maryland 20814Voluntary non-profit - Private(301) 896-2576
- Walter Reed National Military Med CenAcute Care - Department of Defense 11.42 miles away8901 Rockville Pike Bethesda Maryland 20889Department of Defense(301) 295-4000
- Holy Cross HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.42 miles away1500 Forest Glen Road Silver Spring Maryland 20910Voluntary non-profit - Church(301) 754-7000
- Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.2 miles away12100 Plum Orchard Drive Silver Spring Maryland 20904Voluntary non-profit - Private(301) 891-5651
- Sibley Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.26 miles away5255 Loughboro Rd Nw Washington District of Columbia 20016Voluntary non-profit - Other(202) 537-4680
Nearby Dialysis
- Gaithersburg Dialysis0.71 miles away202 Perry Parkway Suite 3 Gaithersburg Maryland 20877Dialysis Stations: 16 (301) 987-0912
- Davita - Rockville2.8 miles away15204 Omega Drive Suite 110 Rockville Maryland 20850CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (301) 947-2427
- Bma - Rockville3.34 miles away7524 Standish Pl Ste 100-B Derwood Maryland 20855Dialysis Stations: 16 (301) 610-0711
- Davita - Middlebrook Dialysis3.72 miles away12401 Middlebrook Rd Ste 160 Germantown Maryland 20874Dialysis Stations: 19 (301) 540-6020
- Germantown Dialysis4.29 miles away20111 Century Blvd Ste C Germantown Maryland 20874CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (301) 540-4601
- Advanced Dialysis Center - Rockville4.52 miles away299 Hurley Ave Rockville Maryland 20850Dialysis Stations: 9 (301) 838-9119
- Fresenius Kidney Care Germantown4.64 miles away19851 Obersavtion Drive Suite 150 Germantown Maryland 20876Dialysis Stations: 15 (301) 540-7010
- Brownwood Dialysis LLC5.69 miles away5544 Norbeck Rd Rockville Maryland 20853CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (301) 460-2090