River Ridge Center
3 Brazier Lane, Kennebunk ME 04043 · (207) 985-3030 · 91.77% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
River Ridge Center is one of just a few available facilities in Kennebunk, Maine. We awarded this nursing home an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all facilities in the United States. You flat out can not do any better than this place. This facility's strong profile was highlighted by its short-term care score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicaid 1 : 62 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. In the category of short-term care, we strive to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. It performed as well as just about any nursing home in the country in this area with 61.2 percent of its residents returning home. Most nursing homes are below 50 percent in this area.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. There are quite a few datapoints within this grade. Most of these factors are tied to staffing levels. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 5.1 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, of which a significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to providing impressive levels of care, this place was also above average in several of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Facility Inspections
We awarded this facility an A for our inspections rating. Inspection grades weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this area usually have very few severe deficiencies. This nursing home was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to patient safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's weakest area was long-term care, which is the final category we assessed. We gave it an F for this area. In spite of multiple favorable grades in other categories, this grade is nevertheless somewhat concerning so we wanted to point it out. In the category of long-term care, we focus on the quantity of services offered by a facility, rather than more medically-intensive services. In addition to providing respectable levels of nurse staffing, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.481865 percent of its patients. These marks were clearly more respectable than a few of its other data points in this category. Surprisingly, this facility also keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.46 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
River Ridge Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better