Courtland Rehab & Living Center is a small nursing home located in Ellsworth, Maine. Featuring an overall score of B, this facility is a fine option. As far as we can see, this nursing home is a good fit for most people. This nursing home is stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of our major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Courtland Rehab & Living Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a quality facility overall, this facility excelled in the category of short-term care, where it earned an A+. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that returned home from this facility. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
This facility received high grades in the area of nursing as well. In fact, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. Our nursing rating is largely based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.6 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 the nation 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 by having a system of moving a patient more frequently.
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Facility Inspections
Turning to our inspection category, it appears this facility has earned respectable inspections in recent years as well. We gave it a grade of B- in this category. We believe that one of the most important factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially look at the severity of the deficiencies. This place received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This means that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed was long-term care. We awarded it a C in this area. This is basically a middle of the road grade in this category. For prospective patients seeking a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. One of the data points we considered after nursing hours is vaccines. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 85.8209 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Courtland Rehab & Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Courtland Rehab & Living Center, 5.88% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Courtland Rehab & Living Center, 9.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic measures the percent of long-term care patients that have had falls which caused major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Courtland Rehab & Living Center, 9.85% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Courtland Rehab & Living Center, 40.16% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term residents that are given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Courtland Rehab & Living Center, 13.82% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Courtland Rehab & Living Center, 14.88% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Courtland Rehab & Living Center, 91.38% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Courtland Rehab & Living Center, 24.39% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Courtland Rehab & Living Center, 23.29% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels. Many argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Courtland Rehab & Living Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Courtland Rehab & Living Center, 23.29% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Courtland Rehab & Living Center, 51.63% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Northern Light Maine Coast HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.94 miles away50 Union Street Ellsworth Maine 04605Voluntary non-profit - Other(207) 667-5311
- Northern Light Blue Hill Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 11.79 miles away57 Water Street Blue Hill Maine 04614Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 374-2836
- Mount Desert Island HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 15.42 miles away10 Wayman Lane, PO Box 8 Bar Harbor Maine 04609Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 288-5081
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Eastern Maine Dialysis0.65 miles awayEsrd Satellite Unit 11 Short Street Ellsworth Maine 04605CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (207) 667-9294