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Exeter Center

  • Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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Exeter Center's website

8 Hampton Road,
Exeter NH 03833

(603) 778-0531

81.23% estimated occupancy 1

Exeter Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Exeter, New Hampshire. With an overall grade of B+, this facility is one of the top 50 facilities in New Hampshire. Based on our assessment, this place ought to meet the needs of most people. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Colostomy Care

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

We also wanted to point out the fact that this facility has received near flawless inspections recently. We awarded them an A+ in this category. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home was given a strong short-term care grade as well. We gave it one of our better grades in that category with a grade of B+. In calculating our short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to devise a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 5.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. The nursing category weighs several components, many of which are based on nursing hours. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The next category we scored is long-term care, in which this nursing home received a grade of B-. This turned out to be this nursing home's weakest area. This is nevertheless not a terrible score. In determining our long-term care grades, we scrutinize the personal care received by the facility's residents. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is a very respectable statistic. Finally, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Exeter Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Exeter Center, 6.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Exeter Center, 5.16% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that have had a fall which caused severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Exeter Center, 2.81% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with facilities with worst hygiene practices. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Exeter Center, 17.01% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Exeter Center, 16.61% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Exeter Center, 5.77% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Exeter Center, 95.49% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Exeter Center, 18.58% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Exeter Center, 22.17% Percentage of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Exeter Center, 1.27 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Exeter Center, 22.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Exeter Center, 12.13 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Exeter Center, 78.43% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Exeter Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 1.05 miles away5 Alumni Drive Exeter New Hampshire 03833Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 778-7311
  • Portsmouth Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.87 miles away333 Borthwick Ave Portsmouth New Hampshire 03801Proprietary(603) 436-5110
  • Anna Jaques HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.45 miles away25 Highland Avenue Newburyport Massachusetts 01950Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 463-1000
  • Wentworth-Douglass HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.65 miles away789 Central Ave Dover New Hampshire 03820Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 740-2580
  • York HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.68 miles away15 Hospital Drive York Maine 03909Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 363-4321

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc Dialysis Services of Exeter0.22 miles away1 Hampton Road, Suite 109 Exeter New Hampshire 03833Dialysis Stations: 13 (603) 777-9931
  • Seacoast Dialysis Center8.55 miles away155 Borthwick Ave Suite 100 Portsmouth New Hampshire 03801Dialysis Stations: 18 (603) 436-4567
  • Fmc of Newburyport11.28 miles away260 Merrimac Street Towle Building Newburyport Massachusetts 01950CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (978) 465-7030
  • Fresenius Medical Care of Cocheco River16.5 miles away343 Sixth Street Dover New Hampshire 03820Dialysis Stations: 13 (603) 742-9765
  • Fresenius Medical Care of Methuen19.39 miles away421 Merrimack Street Methuen Massachusetts 01844Dialysis Stations: 21 (978) 975-3117

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=305064