Grafton County Nursing Home is a facility in North Haverhill, New Hampshire, which has a total of 1,966 people. With an overall score of A-, this facility is one of the better nursing homes we looked at. We ranked this nursing home in the 50 best facilities in New Hampshire. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which you can find in the next section.
Grafton County Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - City/county
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better grades in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we were able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to its fine assessment, this facility also was given an excellent long-term care grade, with a grade of A-. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. After we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly can be a dangerous illness for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't take any chances. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. When determining a nursing home's nursing grade, we weigh the number of hours nurses are caring for residents as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving residents even once per day.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed is short-term care. In this category, we gave this facility an acceptable grade of C. This proved to be this facility's worst area. Our short-term care grade is often used to judge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To offer high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 4.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Grafton County Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Grafton County Nursing Home, 6.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care patients which suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Grafton County Nursing Home, 5.16% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Grafton County Nursing Home, 2.81% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Grafton County Nursing Home, 17.01% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Grafton County Nursing Home, 16.61% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Grafton County Nursing Home, 5.77% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who are showing symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Grafton County Nursing Home, 95.49% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Grafton County Nursing Home, 18.58% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Grafton County Nursing Home, 22.17% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Grafton County Nursing Home, 1.27 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Grafton County Nursing Home, 22.17 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Nearby Hospitals
- Cottage HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 1.79 miles away90 Swiftwater Rd Woodsville New Hampshire 03785Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 747-9000
- Littleton Regional HealthcareCritical Access Hospitals 17.74 miles away600 St Johnsbury Road Littleton New Hampshire 03561Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 444-9000