Jefferson House
One John Stewart Dr, Newington CT 06111 · (860) 667-4453 · 95.67% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Newington, Connecticut, Jefferson House is the only option we identified in the area. After receiving an A+ overall grade, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the top 25 nursing homes in Connecticut. We couldn't find many bad things to say about this place. Its ratings are just impeccable. As you can see below, this place performed just as well in our category scores. We gave it a straight A report card!
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 104 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall score, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for its short-term care rating. In determining our short-term care grades, we size up the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This score is generally a useful assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Remarkably, this place provides approximately 50% more hours of services from registered nurses and physical therapists than most facilities we looked at. This is generally an encouraging sign. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the country with 70.6 percent of its patients returning home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also received an A+ inspection score, making it one of the few places to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. This is based on the nursing home's recent inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can pay to a facility. Our inspection scores account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category typically have few severe deficiencies. We were not able to track down deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. The nursing score analyzes many factors, but the most important consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.9 hours of nursing care per resident each day, of which a significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. On top of providing high levels of nursing care, this facility was also above average in several of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. By way of illustration, it performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are generally good measures of the quality of nursing care a facility offers.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our final area, this facility also performed admirably in our long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it an A for this area. This wrapped up truly elite report card. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of very favorable nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination records is top notch also. In fact, this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Jefferson House Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of quality of care.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic could be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better