Located in Rochester, New Hampshire, Colonial Hill Center is one of a mere two available facilities in this area. This nursing home received an overall rating of F. This nursing home is just about as bad as it gets. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.
Colonial Hill Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
Although this facility's overall grade was abysmal, it didn't perform terribly in short-term care. We gave it a B- for that category, which isn't bad. However, this was not enough to save its otherwise poor profile. In determining these short-term care scores, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to devise a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The tricky part is determining what effect this had on the quality of care. Finally, we looked at the number of residents that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.8 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below average.
Facility Inspections
This place actually performed well in the area of inspections also. In fact, we awarded it a B- for this category, which is a respectable grade. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively minor. This nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
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Nurse Quality
Unfortunately, this facility only received a grade of D for its nursing grade, which was actually one of its better category grades. We assessed the licensure of nurses working for the nursing home, as well as the number of hours those nurses were with residents, in calculating our rating in this category. This facility offered a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is not a very impressive figure. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the final category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of D for the area of long-term care. This was the facility's least impressive category score. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means the nursing home did not perform well in our quality measures relating to patient care. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 93.43434 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be slightly lower than we anticipated but still a respectable figure. Surprisingly, this facility actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Colonial Hill Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Colonial Hill Center, 6.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Colonial Hill Center, 5.16% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents who had falls leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Colonial Hill Center, 2.81% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint could be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Colonial Hill Center, 17.01% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Colonial Hill Center, 16.61% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Colonial Hill Center, 5.77% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Colonial Hill Center, 95.49% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Colonial Hill Center, 18.58% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Colonial Hill Center, 22.17% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Colonial Hill Center, 1.27 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Colonial Hill Center, 22.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Colonial Hill Center, 12.13 Percentage 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 gauge patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Colonial Hill Center, 78.43% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Frisbie Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.44 miles away11 Whitehall Road Rochester New Hampshire 03867Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 332-5211
- Wentworth-Douglass HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.88 miles away789 Central Ave Dover New Hampshire 03820Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 740-2580
- Portsmouth Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.98 miles away333 Borthwick Ave Portsmouth New Hampshire 03801Proprietary(603) 436-5110
- York HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.28 miles away15 Hospital Drive York Maine 03909Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 363-4321
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Strafford County Dialysis4.12 miles away27 Sterling Drive Rochester New Hampshire 03867Dialysis Stations: 19 (603) 330-0483
- Fresenius Medical Care of Cocheco River6.17 miles away343 Sixth Street Dover New Hampshire 03820Dialysis Stations: 13 (603) 742-9765
- Seacoast Dialysis Center17.99 miles away155 Borthwick Ave Suite 100 Portsmouth New Hampshire 03801Dialysis Stations: 18 (603) 436-4567