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Cedar Healthcare Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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188 Jones Avenue,
Portsmouth NH 03801

(603) 431-2530

81.96% estimated occupancy 1

Cedar Healthcare Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This proved to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. You can certainly do much worse than this facility. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile was its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Individual
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Colostomy Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Lymphedema Care
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

To go along with its strong overall performance, we gave this facility an A- for the area of inspections. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively minor. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Nursing grades are mostly associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home received an impressive short-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that area with a grade of B+. Short-term care grades are vital for residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of residents who returned home from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The final category we assessed was long-term care. In this category, we gave this facility a grade of C. In the area of long-term care, we focus on the amount of services provided by a facility, as opposed to more medically-intensive services. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 95.74468 percent of its residents, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Cedar Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Cedar Healthcare Center, 2.21% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Cedar Healthcare Center, 4.96% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a fall resulting in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Cedar Healthcare Center, 4.41% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay residents which have suffered from UTI's. UTI's could be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Cedar Healthcare Center, 36.73% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Cedar Healthcare Center, 10.71% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Cedar Healthcare Center, 13.21% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Cedar Healthcare Center, 96.59% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Cedar Healthcare Center, 22.87% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Cedar Healthcare Center, 17.61% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Cedar Healthcare Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Cedar Healthcare Center, 17.61% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Cedar Healthcare Center, 11.32% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Cedar Healthcare Center, 66.96% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Portsmouth Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.46 miles away333 Borthwick Ave Portsmouth New Hampshire 03801Proprietary(603) 436-5110
  • York HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.94 miles away15 Hospital Drive York Maine 03909Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 363-4321
  • Exeter Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 10.37 miles away5 Alumni Drive Exeter New Hampshire 03833Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 778-7311
  • Wentworth-Douglass HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.04 miles away789 Central Ave Dover New Hampshire 03820Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 740-2580
  • Anna Jaques HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.55 miles away25 Highland Avenue Newburyport Massachusetts 01950Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 463-1000
  • Frisbie Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.32 miles away11 Whitehall Road Rochester New Hampshire 03867Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 332-5211

Nearby Dialysis

  • Seacoast Dialysis Center1.74 miles away155 Borthwick Ave Suite 100 Portsmouth New Hampshire 03801Dialysis Stations: 18 (603) 436-4567
  • Fmc Dialysis Services of Exeter10.01 miles away1 Hampton Road, Suite 109 Exeter New Hampshire 03833Dialysis Stations: 13 (603) 777-9931
  • Fresenius Medical Care of Cocheco River12.8 miles away343 Sixth Street Dover New Hampshire 03820Dialysis Stations: 13 (603) 742-9765
  • Fmc of Newburyport18.18 miles away260 Merrimac Street Towle Building Newburyport Massachusetts 01950CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (978) 465-7030