Montowese Health & Rehabilitation Center
163 Quinnipiac Avenue, North Haven CT 06473 · (203) 624-3303 · 93% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Montowese Health & Rehabilitation Center is located in North Haven, Connecticut. This city has 24,388 people. This facility is a relatively poor facility. A grade of this caliber indicates we found a few red flags. This facility has very little going for it. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall score is not a highlight, it actually received a slightly more favorable score in the area of inspections. We awarded it a B- for this category, which is a decent score. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. On top of having severe deficiencies, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.
Nurse Quality
We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of B- in the area. Our nursing score is largely based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provides 3.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is better than average. In determining our nursing grades, we apply additional weight to hours performed by more highly trained nurses such as registered or licensed nurses. Finally, we also considered some quality-based assessments. This facility scored well in a few of the quality measures we looked at. In terms of the percentage of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility beat the national average.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's third most favorable category ended up being its short-term care score, where it was given a grade of B-. In determining our short-term care grades, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is frequently a reliable measure of the facility's rehabilitation services. This facility is above the national average in terms of its level of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it fared well in this area with 68.8 percent of its patients returning home. With most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our final category, this nursing home was given a grade of C in long-term care, which we consider to be a respectable score. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. This nursing home's vaccination data weren't as impressive as its nursing hours data. This nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to just 68.983955 percent of its patients. We'd love to see some improvement in this area in the future. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. This nursing home did not excel here either, with 2.77 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this number can be skewed for some nursing homes due to the preexisting medical conditions of patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Montowese Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents who had falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility. Many would argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better