Orchard Grove Specialty Care Center
5 Richard Brown Drive, Uncasville CT 06382 · (860) 848-8466 · 84.38% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Orchard Grove Specialty Care Center is a large facility in Uncasville, Connecticut. Sporting an overall grade of C, this is likely a decent facility. Based on our analysis, this facility has some redeeming qualities. One of the highlights of this nursing home's profile is its impressive inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 130 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of having a decent overall score, we also wanted to point out that this place received favorable health inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a B+. This is a notably better grade than the facility's overall grade. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively insignificant. This particular nursing home received 9 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Short-term Care Quality
Additionally, we awarded this facility a grade of B in our short-term care category. This is one of our more favorable grades. In forming these short-term care grades, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. This place was respectable in this area with 48.2 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of B- in this category. The nursing category includes many subcategories, most of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, we also factored some quality-based metrics into our nursing ratings. This place was subpar in two of the major metrics we look at, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These areas are often good measures of the quality of nursing care available.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we scored is long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a C in this area. In determining our long-term care grades, we scrutinize the assistance with daily living received by the facility's residents. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination record. We were a bit alarmed this facility vaccinated only 84.057976 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. With 1.95 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility is also below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Orchard Grove Specialty Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that had UTI's. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility. Many believe that the ability to move around is critical to patients well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 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 thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better