Orange Health Care Center

Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn

Historical Rating

225 Boston Post Rd,
Orange CT 06477

83.16% estimated occupancy ¹

Orange Health Care Center is a facility located in Orange, Connecticut. This city has a total of 13,956 people. This nursing home turns out to be an A rated facility. It received one of the top grades that we offer. A grade of this caliber requires first-rate marks across the board. In fact, this facility has the distinction of being one of the top 50 facilities in Connecticut. This also proved to be a very consistent facility with consistent scores in all four of our categories. More information about these categories is available below.

Quick Details

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

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Facility Inspections

On top of being an elite facility overall, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Very few facilities fared this well in this area. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

We also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was given a first-rate score of A in our short-term care category. In determining our short-term care grades, we scrutinize a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This grade is considered to be a useful assessment of the facility's rehabilitation. This nursing home provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is usually a favorable sign. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that returned home from the facility. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in Connecticut in this area with 61.4 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, at most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.

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Long-term Care Quality

Adding to its strong resume, this nursing home also was given a strong long-term care grade, with a score of A. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 94.475136 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. This place also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.04 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a significantly lower hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.

Nurse Quality

In the last area, we gave this facility an A+ for its nursing rating. This rounded out a very favorable profile. The nursing grade includes a variety of factors. The most important one is the quantity of hours nurses spent with patients. This facility provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these data points as good measures of the caliber of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Orange Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Orange Health Care Center, 6.31% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Orange Health Care Center, 3.94% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who suffered falls which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Orange Health Care Center, 1.79% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Orange Health Care Center, 14.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Orange Health Care Center, 17.25% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Orange Health Care Center, 5.92% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Orange Health Care Center, 90.83% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Orange Health Care Center, 17.44% Percentage of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Orange Health Care Center, 23.72% Percentage of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

In Orange Health Care Center, 1.33 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Orange Health Care Center, 23.72 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Orange Health Care Center, 9.54 Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Orange Health Care Center, 74.33% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

Yale-New Haven HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.11 miles away20 York St New Haven Connecticut 06504Voluntary non-profit - Private(203) 688-4242
Milford Hospital, IncAcute Care Hospitals 5.03 miles away300 Seaside Avenue Milford Connecticut 06460Voluntary non-profit - Private(203) 876-4000
Griffin HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.51 miles away130 Division St Derby Connecticut 06418Voluntary non-profit - Other(203) 732-7500
Bridgeport HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.39 miles away267 Grant Street Bridgeport Connecticut 06610Voluntary non-profit - Private(203) 384-3000
St Vincent's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.64 miles away2800 Main St Bridgeport Connecticut 06606Voluntary non-profit - Church(203) 576-5551

Nearby Dialysis

u.s.renal Care Orange Dialysis0.72 miles away240 Indian River Rd, Suite D Orange Connecticut 06477CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (203) 891-8992
New Haven Home Dialysis4 miles away136 Sherman Avenue Suite 206 New Haven Connecticut 06511Dialysis Stations: 7 (203) 773-0853
Davita New Haven Dialysis4.54 miles away15 Center Street New Haven Connecticut 06510CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (203) 859-7770
St. Raphael Dialysis Center - New Haven5.15 miles awayDialysis Unit 137 Water Street New Haven Connecticut 06511CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (203) 772-2421
Davita Shelton Dialysis6.54 miles away750 Bridgeport Avenue Shelton Connecticut 06484CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (203) 925-9520
Davita Milford Dialysis6.55 miles away470 Bridgeport Avenue Milford Connecticut 06460CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (203) 301-9040
Davita Branford Dialysis7.42 miles away249 West Main Street Branford Connecticut 06405Dialysis Stations: 13 (203) 481-8531
Hawley Lane - Davita8.14 miles away425 Hawley Ln Stratford Connecticut 06614Dialysis Stations: 25 (203) 375-5438