Located in Rochester, New Hampshire, Colonial Hill Center is one of a mere two available facilities in this area. This is a well below average facility, with an overall grade of D. This wasn't the worse nursing home we found, however, we'd still be very reluctant to recommend it. We would not blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.
Colonial Hill Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
This facility earned an impressive short-term care rating this year. We awarded it a B+ in this category. Our short-term care ratings are likely most important for those in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires more skilled nursing. This means not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, it does not look like this nursing home submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. Nursing turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this nursing home an B-. When calculating a facility's nursing score, we assess the amount of time nurses commit to patients as well as the level of skill of the nurses. This facility provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a somewhat uninspiring figure which is well below average. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually a good indicator that a nursing home has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a facility provides enough nurses aids to assist its patients.
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Facility Inspections
This facility earned slightly below average government inspections in recent years. We awarded them a C in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. This nursing home had 5 deficiencies on its government inspection report, but we were relieved to find that none were in any of the categories labeled G through L. This tells you this facility dodged the more significant categories of deficiencies. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we rated was long-term care, which ended up being this facility's worst area. We awarded this nursing home a D in that category. Nursing homes that do not fare well in this category often do not provide as much nursing care and also may be struggling in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 92.41706 percent of its patients, which is a bit lower than we expected. Surprisingly, this facility was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score 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 patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Colonial Hill Center, 5.18% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who suffered a fall resulting in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Colonial Hill Center, 3.06% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients who suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic can be skewed for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Colonial Hill Center, 16.95% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay residents who were administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Colonial Hill Center, 16.72% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Colonial Hill Center, 5.54% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Colonial Hill Center, 95.74% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Colonial Hill Center, 19.68% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Colonial Hill Center, 24.67% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who maintained mobility. Many would argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Colonial Hill Center, 1.18 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Colonial Hill Center, 24.67 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Colonial Hill Center, 11.85 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Colonial Hill Center, 77.92% 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