With an address in Bangor, Maine, Maine Veterans Home - Bangor is one of six nursing homes in the city. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is one of our more impressive grades. As a matter of fact, this is actually one of the three best nursing homes in the city. The best part of this facility's strong report card was its inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph
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Maine Veterans Home - Bangor
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: A-minus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Aquatic Therapy
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
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 scores account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category tend to have few of these severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
This facility also received an impressive long-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded it an above average score of B+ in this category. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care scores. After considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 88.56209 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be somewhat less than we expected but still a decent percentage. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, at least this facility was 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.
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Nurse Quality
Grade: B-plus
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Nursing ratings are largely based on the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics 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.
Short-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
In our final area, this facility also was given a very strong short-term care score, with a grade of B+. This finished off a first-rate report card. Short-term care grades are important for individuals looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing. This means a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 3.4 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Maine Veterans Home - Bangor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: D
In Maine Veterans Home - Bangor, 11.9% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: D
In Maine Veterans Home - Bangor, 7.19% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who experienced a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: D
In Maine Veterans Home - Bangor, 3.95% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care residents which have sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: C
In Maine Veterans Home - Bangor, 20.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents that were administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A-minus
In Maine Veterans Home - Bangor, 12.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B-minus
In Maine Veterans Home - Bangor, 6.53% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: C
In Maine Veterans Home - Bangor, 89.56% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: B-minus
In Maine Veterans Home - Bangor, 16.6% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B-plus
In Maine Veterans Home - Bangor, 17.36% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: A-plus
In Maine Veterans Home - Bangor, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B-minus
In Maine Veterans Home - Bangor, 17.36% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: A-plus
In Maine Veterans Home - Bangor, 3.77% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: C
In Maine Veterans Home - Bangor, 68.53% of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Bangor, ME
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Bangor, Maine has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- St Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.6 miles away360 Broadway Bangor Maine 04401Voluntary non-profit - Church(207) 262-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Brewer Dialysis2.34 miles away403 Wilson Street Brewer Maine 04412Dialysis Stations: 13 (207) 989-0027
- Davita Boyd Dialysis3.08 miles awayDialysis Unit 925 Union Street Suite 1 Bangor Maine 04401CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (207) 941-1298
