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Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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Grade: A-minus
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74 Parkway South,
Brewer ME 04412

(207) 989-7300

90.54% estimated occupancy 1

Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation is in Brewer, Maine. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is one of our more impressive grades. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all facilities in the United States. The best part of this nursing home's impressive report card was its nursing score. Nursing grades are discussed in the next section

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

One of the reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. In this category, we gave this nursing home a grade of A. The nursing rating weighs quite a few components, most of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving a resident more frequently.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

We also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received a strong score of A- in our short-term care category. With our short-term care score, we strive to create a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze the nursing home's scope of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that 5.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The next area we graded is long-term care, in which this facility received a grade of B-. Even though this is its lowest category rating, this is nevertheless not a terrible score. Long-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of nursing care. This means a broad range of personal care services, ranging from assistance with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. Once we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated just 86.018234 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation, 5.46% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation, 2.43% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that experienced a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation, 4.1% of Patients had UTIs

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have experienced UTI's. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation, 27.63% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation, 18.53% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This gauges the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These medications are typically used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation, 17.9% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation, 91.03% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation, 13.64% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Some experts believe this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation, 13.79% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Some would argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation, 13.79% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation, 11.83% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Brewer Center for Health & Rehabilitation, 67.41% of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • St Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.45 miles away360 Broadway Bangor Maine 04401Voluntary non-profit - Church(207) 262-1000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Brewer Dialysis0.26 miles away403 Wilson Street Brewer Maine 04412Dialysis Stations: 13 (207) 989-0027
  • Davita Boyd Dialysis3.23 miles awayDialysis Unit 925 Union Street Suite 1 Bangor Maine 04401CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (207) 941-1298