Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare is a large nursing home located in Bedford, New Hampshire. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the higher-graded nursing homes we looked at. A grade of this caliber requires very strong marks across the board. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the country. If you scroll down, you can see this facility's category ratings, which are also strong.
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Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of being an elite nursing home overall, this nursing home also performed well in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Few places fared this well in this category. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this nursing home also was awarded an excellent short-term care score, with a score of A-. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last measure we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 5.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning our next category, we gave this nursing home a score of A- for its long-term care score. This is a very impressive rating. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 93.29609 percent of its patients. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
In our last area, we gave this facility a A+ for its nursing score. This rounded out a first-rate profile. We weighed the qualifications of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the number of hours those nurses worked with patients, in computing our rating in this area. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed better than average in this area. This is often a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare, 6.73% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of long-term care patients that developed pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare, 3.07% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients which experienced a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare, 1.16% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of long-term patients that sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's could be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare, 28.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percent of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare, 19.6% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare, 8.76% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare, 91.49% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare, 23.05% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare, 17.74% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is important for residents' mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare, 17.74% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare, 17.3% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Ridgewood Center, Genesis Healthcare, 75.19% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
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Nearby Dialysis
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