Ledgewood Manor
200 Route 115, PO Box 760, Windham ME 04062 · (207) 892-2261 · 70.5% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Ledgewood Manor is a small nursing home in Windham, Maine. This nursing home turns out to be a highly rated facility, with an overall grade of B+. Based on our assessment, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of most people. As you can see below, this facility also performed just fine in our category scores. It's hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to note that this nursing home excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an A+ in this area. Nursing scores are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This place provides an incredible 4.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is far more care than what is offered by most nursing homes. Lastly, this place also excelled in the quality measures we looked at. For example, it fared as well as any facility Maine when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these metrics as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care provided.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections. We gave it a grade of B+ for that area, which is one of our highest grades. This is one of the few nursing homes with an overall grade in this range which earned multiple category grades this high. Inspection grades weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category generally have few severe deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple relatively minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given an impressive short-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that category with a score of B+. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This area is considered to be a useful measure of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Finally, we considered the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed is long-term care. This nursing home received a favorable long-term care rating in our assessment, with a B. This facility really doesn't have any weaknesses. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are kept in good health. Even though we determined this nursing home had an above average volume of nursing hours provided by aids and other nursing staff, we found its vaccination rate to be somewhat below average. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 74.21384 percent of its residents. This is a figure we'd love to see this nursing home bring up. This place was also able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had just 1.44 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ledgewood Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are showing depressive symptoms. Many argue this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better