Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center is a small facility in Lewiston, Maine. This facility received an overall grade of B, which is favorable score. Based on the data we reviewed, you can do much worse than this nursing home. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which is addressed in the next section.
Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
158-178 Russell St,
Lewiston ME 04240
73.06% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall rating, this facility fared even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the facility's recent government inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that area, which is one of our highest grades. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a score of A for our short-term care grade. In the category of short-term care, we try to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. It outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the nation with 65.8 percent of its patients returning home.
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Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. Nursing grades are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.5 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 typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we scored is long-term care, which turned out to be this facility's weakest category. We gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is certainly a bit of a disappointment. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it typically means the facility didn't perform well in our quality measures relating to patient care. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. Frankly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated 78.04878 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is several points less than what we expected. To our surprise, this facility actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center, 5.98% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who suffer from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center, 3.69% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center, 3.28% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare between facilities due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center, 20.45% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center, 16.59% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center, 8.28% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression may imply a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center, 94.82% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center, 14.76% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center, 27.36% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center, 0.93 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center, 27.36 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center, 14.33 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Russell Park Rehabilitation & Living Center, 74.02% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living typically correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Scores for Lewiston, ME
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Lewiston, Maine has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- St Mary's Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.3 miles away93 Campus Avenue - PO Box 291 Lewiston Maine 04243Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 777-8100
- Central Maine Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.98 miles away300 Main Street Lewiston Maine 04240Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 795-0111
- Stephens Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.92 miles away181 Main Street Norway Maine 04268Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 743-5933
Nearby Dialysis
- Lewiston Auburn Kidney Center1.26 miles away710 Main Street Lewiston Maine 04240CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (207) 784-2268
- Androscoggin Kidney Center4.3 miles away1100 Minot Avenue Auburn Maine 04210CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (207) 795-1315