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Applewood Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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8 Snow Road,
Winchester NH 03470

(603) 239-6355

97.36% estimated occupancy 1

Applewood Center is the only facility we found in Winchester, New Hampshire. Featuring an overall rating of A-, this facility is ranked among the better nursing homes we assessed. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all facilities in the nation. This nursing home also received phenomenal grades in all four of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Colostomy Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in New Hampshire Awards 2019

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Our inspection grades are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we were able to find deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home also fared very well in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of A-. Not many facilities received a better grade in this area. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

The next area we graded was long-term care. This nursing home was given an above average long-term care grade, with a grade of B+ in this category. Facilities that excel in this category typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 97.95918 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

The next category we analyzed is nursing, where this nursing home was awarded a B. This actually is this facility's worst area. A facility could be doing a lot worse when it's poorest score still is better than most other nursing homes. There are a variety of data points within this area. Many of the factors reflect the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these statistics as reliable measures of the quality of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Applewood Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Applewood Center, 6.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Applewood Center, 4.9% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who sustained a fall leading to severe injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Applewood Center, 2.15% of Patients had UTIs

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Applewood Center, 6.03% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This gauges the percentage of long-term residents that were prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Applewood Center, 13.69% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Applewood Center, 4.98% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Applewood Center, 97.07% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Applewood Center, 15.13% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Applewood Center, 15.8% of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Applewood Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Applewood Center, 15.8% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Applewood Center, 13.59% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Applewood Center, 76.07% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Brattleboro Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.5 miles away17 Belmont Ave Brattleboro Vermont 05301Voluntary non-profit - Private(802) 257-0341
  • Cheshire Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.93 miles away580 Court Street Keene New Hampshire 03431Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 354-5400
  • Athol Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.09 miles away2033 Main Street Athol Massachusetts 01331Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 249-3511
  • Baystate Franklin Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.81 miles away164 High Street Greenfield Massachusetts 01301Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 773-0211

Nearby Dialysis

  • Monadnock Dialysis Center11.9 miles away426b Winchester Street Keene New Hampshire 03431CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (603) 357-3600
  • Yankee Family Dialysis Center14.86 miles away115 Wildwood Avenue Greenfield Massachusetts 01301Dialysis Stations: 13 (413) 773-0001