Morrison Nursing Home

Morrison Nursing Home is the sole option located in Whitefield, New Hampshire. After receiving an A+ overall grade, this nursing home has the distinction of being one of the 25 best nursing homes in New Hampshire. This is really as good of a facility as you'll find. If you scroll down, you can see this nursing home's category grades, which appear to be just as impressive as its overall grade.

We also wanted to point out that this facility earned near flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A+ in this category. Inspection scores are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also awarded this facility a grade of A+ for its long-term care grade. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. In addition to offering very impressive levels of nurse staffing, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. This percentage is also much higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.4 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home.

To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. When calculating a facility's nursing rating, we assess the number of hours nurses are caring for residents as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This particular facility provided 4.8 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This was one of the more impressive figures we found. Furthermore, we found that a significant percentage of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. On top of offering high levels of care, this facility also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With less than 5 percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category.

In the final area, this facility also received a first-rate short-term care grade, with an A-. This finished off a very impressive report card. Our short-term care scores are arguably more critical for folks needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually mandates more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. The facility supplied about 50% more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than a typical nursing home. This is typically an excellent sign. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 39.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.