Coos County Nursing Home is located in Berlin, New Hampshire. With an overall rating of A+, this facility is ranked among the highest-graded facilities we looked at. In fact, this nursing home made our top 500 list of the top facilities in the nation, which is an impressive list. Headlining this nursing home's remarkable report card is its inspection rating, which we will address in the next section.
Coos County Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Government - County
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection scores are based on pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a score of A+ for its short-term care grade. In determining our short-term care scores, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to create a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who returned home from this facility. We found that 7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our third area, this top-shelf nursing home also performed well in the category of long-term care. In this area, we awarded it a A+. Few facilities fared better in this area. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
In the last category we looked at, this facility was awarded a very strong grade of A in our nursing category. With this grade, the facility topped off a straight A report card. Nursing grades are largely associated with a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics 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 nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a policy of moving residents at least once a day.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Coos County Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Coos County Nursing Home, 6.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Coos County Nursing Home, 5.16% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who sustained falls which resulted in major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Coos County Nursing Home, 2.81% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Coos County Nursing Home, 17.01% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Coos County Nursing Home, 16.61% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Coos County Nursing Home, 5.77% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Coos County Nursing Home, 95.49% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Coos County Nursing Home, 18.58% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate the decline of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Coos County Nursing Home, 22.17% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Coos County Nursing Home, 1.27 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Coos County Nursing Home, 22.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Coos County Nursing Home, 12.13 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Androscoggin Valley HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 1.51 miles away59 Page Hill Road Berlin New Hampshire 03570Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 752-2200
- Weeks Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 19.13 miles away173 Middle Street Lancaster New Hampshire 03584Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 788-4911
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care of Lancaster19.14 miles away173 Middle Street Lancaster New Hampshire 03584Dialysis Stations: 14 (603) 788-5222