Narraguagus Bay Health Care Facility

Although this place's overall grade was not a highlight, it received a slightly more favorable grade in the category of inspections. We awarded it a B- for that category, which is not bad. Inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This facility received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.

We also ended up giving this facility a fairly respectable grade in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B-. Our nursing rating is mostly tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this nursing home performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.

The next area we graded is short-term care, where this nursing home was given a B- in this area. In determining our short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This grade is often a reliable assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We found that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. It supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. The last item we considered in this area is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below average.

Turning to the fourth category, this facility was awarded a grade of B- for long-term care, which is generally a respectable grade. Our long-term care grade assesses a facility's assistance with daily living rather than the highly skilled therapy or medical services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. One of the statistics we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccines. Fortunately, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 96.039604 percent of its patients. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.