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Dexter Health Care

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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64 Park Street,
Dexter ME 04930

(207) 924-5516

72.83% estimated occupancy 1

Dexter Health Care is in Dexter, Maine. The city has 4,295 people. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the better facilities we looked at. A grade in this range requires first-rate marks across the board. Based on our assessment, this facility is just about as as good as it gets. This facility also received strong ratings in all four of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Partnership
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

One of the reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Inspection scores are based on items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe 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-minus

This facility also was superb in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a score of A-. Only a select group of nursing homes received a better grade in this category. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 91.40625 percent of its patients, which is slightly lower than we expected. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In addition, this facility also received favorable short-term care scores in our assessment. In fact, we awarded it one of our stronger grades in that category, with a grade of B+. Short-term care ratings are vital for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

The final category we analyzed was this nursing home's worst category. However, even its worst category would likely be a strength for many nursing homes. In fact, we gave it a favorable grade of B in nursing. In determining our nursing ratings, we factor in both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these data points as predictive measures of the caliber of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Dexter Health Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Dexter Health Care, 7.77% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Dexter Health Care, 7.81% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Dexter Health Care, 1.74% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients which experienced UTI's. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Dexter Health Care, 25% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Dexter Health Care, 9.84% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Dexter Health Care, 2.33% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Dexter Health Care, 92.18% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Dexter Health Care, 18.85% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom. Some experts would argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Dexter Health Care, 23.58% of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that retained mobility levels. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Dexter Health Care, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Dexter Health Care, 23.58% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Dexter Health Care, 35.76% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Dexter Health Care, 73.76% of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mayo Regional HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 11.45 miles away897 West Main Street Dover Foxcroft Maine 04426Government - Hospital District or Authority(207) 564-4251
  • Sebasticook Valley HealthCritical Access Hospitals 17.18 miles away447 North Main Street Pittsfield Maine 04967Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 487-5141