Clover Health Care is an average-sized nursing home located in Auburn, Maine. With an A overall grade, we ranked this facility in the top ten percent of all nursing homes in the nation. We simply can not say enough great things about this place. Keep reading to see this facility's category ratings, which are equally impressive. You just can't do much better than a straight A report card.
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Clover Health Care
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this place turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it earned an A+ inspection grade. This is just about as good as it gets in this category. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically have few severe deficiencies. This facility was assessed 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
This first-rate facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing grades are based largely on quality and quantity of nursing care. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving a resident at least once a day.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was elite in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a score of A. Very few nursing homes received a better grade in this category. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After considering the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 88.53755 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we rated was short-term care, where this facility was given an A-. This topped off a very strong report card. Only a select few facilities received an A- or higher in each of our categories. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Clover Health Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Clover Health Care, 2.83% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Clover Health Care, 3.56% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which suffered falls resulting in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Clover Health Care, 1.59% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who had UTI's. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Clover Health Care, 17.99% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Clover Health Care, 9.8% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Clover Health Care, 1.33% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Clover Health Care, 90.19% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Clover Health Care, 13.07% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Clover Health Care, 16.22% of Residents
This is the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Clover Health Care, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Clover Health Care, 16.22% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Clover Health Care, 18.25% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Clover Health Care, 85.32% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Central Maine Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.96 miles away300 Main Street Lewiston Maine 04240Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 795-0111
- St Mary's Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.64 miles away93 Campus Avenue - PO Box 291 Lewiston Maine 04243Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 777-8100
- Stephens Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 16.49 miles away181 Main Street Norway Maine 04268Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 743-5933
Nearby Dialysis
- Androscoggin Kidney Center1.5 miles away1100 Minot Avenue Auburn Maine 04210CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (207) 795-1315
- Lewiston Auburn Kidney Center3.47 miles away710 Main Street Lewiston Maine 04240CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (207) 784-2268