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Madigan Estates

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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93 Military Street,
Houlton ME 04730

(207) 532-6593

91.21% estimated occupancy ¹

Madigan Estates is an average-sized facility located in Houlton, Maine. Featuring an overall rating of A-, this facility is one of the higher-rated facilities we assessed. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top third of all facilities in the United States. This nursing home's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which is addressed in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Secure Memory Care
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Awards

Top Nursing Home in Maine Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Houlton, Maine Awards 2020

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Facility Inspections

In addition to earning a great overall grade, this facility excelled in our inspections category, which is based on the facility's inspection reports. We gave it an A in that category. Our inspection grades are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor dings are not the end of the world.

Nurse Quality

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. Nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of A. Our nursing category is based on quite a few subcategories, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

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Short-term Care Quality

Turning the page to our third category, we gave this nursing home a score of A- for its short-term care grade. This is a dominant score. Our short-term care grade is often employed to grade a nursing home's rehabilitation services In order to provide highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally must provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We found that 4.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

The last category we analyzed is long-term care. In this category, we awarded this nursing home a decent grade of C. This was this nursing home's least impressive category. With our long-term care category, we weigh the sheer volume of services offered by a facility, as well as a few quality statistics. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to just 88.95522 percent of its patients. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Madigan Estates Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Madigan Estates, 7.43% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Madigan Estates, 2.09% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents that had falls which resulted in major injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Madigan Estates, 9.32% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic measures the percent of long-term care patients which sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric may be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Madigan Estates, 36.06% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who were administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Madigan Estates, 15.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Madigan Estates, 17.68% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression. Increased levels of depression could imply lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Madigan Estates, 93.61% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Madigan Estates, 18.21% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that needed increased 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

In Madigan Estates, 21.65% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Madigan Estates, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical health of residents.