Marshwood Center
33 Roger Street, Lewiston ME 04240 · (207) 784-0108 · 85.46% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Marshwood Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Lewiston, Maine. It looks like this facility is a subpar facility. A grade of this caliber indicates we found some red flags. If you are not happy with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Lewiston. The city has just three other nursing homes. The best thing we can really say about this place is that it didn't receive any F's in any of the categories we assessed. More information about these categories is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 108 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it a B- for inspections. This score is better than this place's overall grade. We believe that one of the most critical factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially look at the severity of those deficiencies. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this facility a grade of B- for our nursing rating. Nursing scores are mostly tied to a facility's nurse staffing. This facility provides an impressive 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Short-term Care Quality
The third area we analyzed is short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a solid grade of B-. Our short-term care grades are likely most important for individuals needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home is above average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients. Finally, we considered the number of residents that were able to return home from this facility. In addition to performing well in the area of physical therapy hours, we found that it also fared well in this area with 58.6 percent of its residents returning home. Most nursing homes are below 50 percent in this statistic.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded is long-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this area. This is a fair grade in this category. Long-term care grades are vital for people requiring personal care. One of the factors we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. Thankfully, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 96.5035 percent of its residents. This place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. While it had 1.84 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was better than the majority of nursing homes since it had more complicated patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Marshwood Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting 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. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates 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 datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better