Cook Willow Convalescent Hospi is located in Plymouth, Connecticut. This city has a total of 2,376 people. This proved to be a grade A facility, which is a superb grade. We were impressed enough to rank this facility as one of the 50 best facilities in Connecticut. One of the major highlights of this facility's stellar report card is its inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Cook Willow Convalescent Hospi
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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Grade: A
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Meal Delivery
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
One of the many reasons this place turned out to be a great nursing home is that it earned an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this very important area. Arguably the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A
We also want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received a dominant grade of A in our long-term care area. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 97.95918 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Grade: A-minus
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A- in our nursing category. Our nursing score assesses a handful of datapoints, many of which are associated with nursing hours. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Connecticut in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving a patient more often.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
In the final category we analyzed, this facility was awarded an impressive grade grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this score, the facility completed a very strong profile. Short-term care scores are critical for patients requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cook Willow Convalescent Hospi Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A-plus
In Cook Willow Convalescent Hospi, 8.34% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term residents that suffer from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: C
In Cook Willow Convalescent Hospi, 3.61% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents which had a fall which caused serious injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: B
In Cook Willow Convalescent Hospi, 2.72% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by facilities with worst hygiene practices. Closer supervision can reduce the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: D
In Cook Willow Convalescent Hospi, 15.41% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A-minus
In Cook Willow Convalescent Hospi, 16.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B-plus
In Cook Willow Convalescent Hospi, 10.52% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could be a sign a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: C
In Cook Willow Convalescent Hospi, 87.7% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: D
In Cook Willow Convalescent Hospi, 15.48% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B-plus
In Cook Willow Convalescent Hospi, 15.42% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B-plus
In Cook Willow Convalescent Hospi, 2.09 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B-minus
In Cook Willow Convalescent Hospi, 15.42 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: A-plus
In Cook Willow Convalescent Hospi, 10.47 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: D
In Cook Willow Convalescent Hospi, 76.57% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
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