Andover Subacute and Rehab Ii

While this facility's overall score was not a highlight, it did receive a very good score in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ for that area, which is one of our better scores. Our inspection grades account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid places with a list of deficiencies flagged. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

This nursing home's second most favorable category was long-term care. We awarded it a B- in this category. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. In the category of long-term care, we analyze the quantity of services provided by a facility, rather than more sophisticated services. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit concerned this facility vaccinated a relatively low 73.81531 percent of its residents. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of C. In computing our nursing scores, we analyze both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, our nursing ratings also consider quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this facility performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses to assist its patients.

The last category we looked at was short-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it an F in this area, which is an abysmal score. Short-term care grades are important for prospective residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Considering its abysmal score in this area, we weren't shocked to learn this nursing home offers substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 2.7 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below average.