Coastal Manor

Coastal Manor is located in Yarmouth, Maine. The city has 8,349 people. With an overall grade of A, this facility is among the top nursing homes we found. Based on the data we reviewed, you can't go wrong with this facility. If you scroll down, you will see this nursing home's category scores, which are also strong.

On top of receiving an elite overall score, this facility received an A+ inspection score. This is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can pay to a facility. Inspection grades account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this area typically have few severe deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 9 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Contributing to its fine resume, this nursing home also was given a strong long-term care score, with a grade of A. Facilities that do well in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 98.6014 percent of its patients, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Our nursing grade is based on many factors, however, the main consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility Maine in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of moving a patient at least once a day.

Moving on to our fourth category, this nursing home was given a strong short-term care rating. While this wasn't as strong as several of its other grades, this is nevertheless one of the stronger scores a facility can receive. In our short-term care assessment, we seek to create a meaningful gauge for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. It doesn't look like this facility provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last metric we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.