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Newport Health Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Jul 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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148 Prouty Drive,
Newport VT 05855

(802) 334-7321

25.8% estimated occupancy ¹

Newport Health Care Center is a small nursing home located in Newport, Vermont. This facility is among the highest-rated facilities we found. This nursing home received one of the highest scores we offer. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top fifth of all facilities in the United States. Headlining this facility's exemplary profile is its nursing score, which is addressed in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation

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Nurse Quality

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. We assessed the levels of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses were with residents, in calculating our score in this category. This particular nursing home provided 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 place performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

This exemplary facility also excelled in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A+. Very few facilities performed better in this area. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care grades. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 78.899086 percent of its patients. This is somewhat less than we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Short-term Care Quality

Turning to our next area, this facility also earned a score of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this category. Short-term care ratings are meaningful for patients requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a vast range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

On top of its other impressive category grades, we gave this facility a B+ for its inspection grade. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively insignificant. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Newport Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Newport Health Care Center, 0% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Newport Health Care Center, 4.59% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a fall which resulted in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Newport Health Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Newport Health Care Center, 20.2% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used for treating several medical conditions, such as dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Newport Health Care Center, 8.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Newport Health Care Center, 10.38% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many would argue that this is a measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Newport Health Care Center, 88.3% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Newport Health Care Center, 15.09% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Newport Health Care Center, 24.19% of Residents

This is the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Newport Health Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Newport Health Care Center, 24.19% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Newport Health Care Center, 80.46% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with superior rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

North Country Hospital and Health CenterCritical Access Hospitals 0.07 miles away189 Prouty Drive Newport Vermont 05855Voluntary non-profit - Private(802) 334-7331