Rockingham County Nursing Home is a facility located in Exeter, New Hampshire, which has a population of 20,955 people. This facility is among the best nursing homes we assessed. Receiving an A+ in our grading system requires first-rate scores across the board. We were so impressed with this facility that we rated it as one of the top 10 facilities in New Hampshire. One of the best aspects of this facility's exemplary report card is its inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Rockingham County Nursing Home
- 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
- Government - County
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Facility Inspections
We also wanted to point out that this facility earned near flawless inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are quite insignificant. 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.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. Nursing grades are mostly associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning the page to our next area, we awarded this facility a score of A for its short-term care grade. This is a dominant rating. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the next category, this nursing home also excelled in our long-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- for this category. This topped off truly elite report card. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are well cared for. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 95.27027 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Rockingham County Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Rockingham County Nursing Home, 6.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Rockingham County Nursing Home, 6.98% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Rockingham County Nursing Home, 3.26% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Rockingham County Nursing Home, 22.99% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term residents who were given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Rockingham County Nursing Home, 30.53% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Rockingham County Nursing Home, 2.08% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Rockingham County Nursing Home, 97.22% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Rockingham County Nursing Home, 16.76% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Rockingham County Nursing Home, 19.11% of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Rockingham County Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Rockingham County Nursing Home, 19.11% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Rockingham County Nursing Home, 15.02% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Rockingham County Nursing Home, 79.04% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Exeter Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 6.22 miles away5 Alumni Drive Exeter New Hampshire 03833Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 778-7311
- Portsmouth Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.78 miles away333 Borthwick Ave Portsmouth New Hampshire 03801Proprietary(603) 436-5110
- Anna Jaques HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.93 miles away25 Highland Avenue Newburyport Massachusetts 01950Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 463-1000
- Parkland Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.39 miles away1 Parkland Drive Derry New Hampshire 03038Proprietary(603) 421-2100
- Wentworth-Douglass HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.76 miles away789 Central Ave Dover New Hampshire 03820Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 740-2580
- Elliot HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.2 miles away1 Elliot Way Manchester New Hampshire 03103Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 669-5300
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Dialysis Services of Exeter7.07 miles away1 Hampton Road, Suite 109 Exeter New Hampshire 03833Dialysis Stations: 13 (603) 777-9931
- Seacoast Dialysis Center13.46 miles away155 Borthwick Ave Suite 100 Portsmouth New Hampshire 03801Dialysis Stations: 18 (603) 436-4567
- Fmc of Newburyport15.97 miles away260 Merrimac Street Towle Building Newburyport Massachusetts 01950CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (978) 465-7030
- Fresenius Medical Care of Cocheco River15.97 miles away343 Sixth Street Dover New Hampshire 03820Dialysis Stations: 13 (603) 742-9765
- Fresenius Medical Care of Methuen18.9 miles away421 Merrimack Street Methuen Massachusetts 01844Dialysis Stations: 21 (978) 975-3117
- Versailles Dialysis LLC19.31 miles away18 Pelham Road Salem New Hampshire 03079Dialysis Stations: 10 (603) 870-9487
- Bio-Medical Applications of New Hampshire Inc19.55 miles away19 Keewadin Drive Suite 1 Salem New Hampshire 03079Dialysis Stations: 1 (603) 870-0969
- Fresenius Medical Care Merrimack Valley19.7 miles away100 Milk Street Methuen Massachusetts 01844CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (978) 686-9900