Bedford Hills Center is a senior living facility located in Bedford, New Hampshire, which has 21,203 people. This nursing home is a relatively poor nursing home. A score of this caliber suggests we found a few red flags. If you are not satisfied with this facility's low overall grade, you may find you have slim pickings in Bedford. The city has just two other nursing homes. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Bedford Hills Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Note: Bedford Hills Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it received a somewhat respectable grade in the area of inspections. We awarded it a B- for this category, which is a decent score. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is not a bad score. Nursing scores are primarily associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This place provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, although this place got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of our quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this metric.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility was given its next most favorable category grade in the area of long-term care. We gave this nursing home a B- in this category, which is a respectable score. Our long-term care grade is generally used to score a nursing home's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services offered by a rehabilitation facility. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. As it turns out, this nursing home provided the vaccine to only 84.97758 percent of its patients, which is quite a bit lower than we expected. On a more positive note, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed was short-term care, which was this nursing home's weakest category. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this area. In forming our short-term care grades, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Based on its poor rating in this category, we weren't shocked to learn this nursing home offers significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bedford Hills Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bedford Hills Center, 6.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who developed pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bedford Hills Center, 5.16% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bedford Hills Center, 2.81% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents that suffered from UTI's. While more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different nursing homes due to reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bedford Hills Center, 17.01% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bedford Hills Center, 16.61% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bedford Hills Center, 5.77% of Patients
This is the percent of residents showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bedford Hills Center, 95.49% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bedford Hills Center, 18.58% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bedford Hills Center, 22.17% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Bedford Hills Center, 1.27 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bedford Hills Center, 22.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bedford Hills Center, 12.13 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bedford Hills Center, 78.43% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's usually correlates with better rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Catholic Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.12 miles away100 Mcgregor Street Manchester New Hampshire 03102Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 668-3545
- Elliot HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.98 miles away1 Elliot Way Manchester New Hampshire 03103Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 669-5300
- Parkland Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.38 miles away1 Parkland Drive Derry New Hampshire 03038Proprietary(603) 421-2100
- Southern Nh Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.53 miles away8 Prospect Street Nashua New Hampshire 03060Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 577-2000
- St Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.88 miles away172 Kinsley St Nashua New Hampshire 03060Voluntary non-profit - Other(603) 882-3000
- New Hampshire Hosp-Psych UnitPsychiatric 16.33 miles away36 Clinton Street Concord New Hampshire 03301Government - State(603) 271-5300
- Concord HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.71 miles away250 Pleasant St Concord New Hampshire 03301Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 225-2711
Nearby Dialysis
- Bedford Dialysis Davita0.98 miles away15 Constitution Dr, Suite 1c Bedford New Hampshire 03110Dialysis Stations: 13 (603) 471-1904
- Davita Manchester Dialysis2.52 miles away903 Hanover Street Manchester New Hampshire 03104Dialysis Stations: 10 (603) 621-4903
- Manchester Kidney Center3.11 miles away1750 Elm Street Suite 100 Manchester New Hampshire 03103CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (603) 647-4042
- Fresenius Medical Care Londonderry6.8 miles away1f Common Drive Londonderry New Hampshire 03053Dialysis Stations: 13 (603) 434-4517
- Davita Derry Dialysis6.8 miles away1 Action Blvd suite2 Londonderry New Hampshire 03053Dialysis Stations: 13 (603) 421-9724
- Fresenius Medical Care Southern Nh Dialysis Center11.89 miles away586 Nashua St Unit #20 Milford New Hampshire 03055Dialysis Stations: 13 (603) 672-6678
- Bio-Medical Applications of New Hampshire, Inc.12.6 miles away20 Cotton Road Suite 200 Nashua New Hampshire 03063Dialysis Stations: 21 (603) 577-4547
- Davita Nashua Dialysis14.43 miles away38 Tyler Street Nashua New Hampshire 03061CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (603) 598-1665