St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Center is in Berlin, New Hampshire, a city with a population of 10,051 people. With an overall rating of B, this is a good nursing home. Based on our ratings, this facility looks like a good fit for most people. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong profile is its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph
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St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this place excelled in our inspections category, where it earned an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to be an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's quality category scores came in the area of long-term care. We gave them one of our better scores in that area, with a score of B. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 94.39655 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. When calculating a nursing home's nursing rating, we consider the number of hours nurses are seeing residents as well as the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home New Hampshire in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving patients more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed is short-term care. In this category, we gave this nursing home a B-. Our short-term care ratings are probably more important for people needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. We weren't able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this place. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.3 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Center, 6.25% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Center, 7.76% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who have had a fall resulting in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Center, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who have experienced urinary tract infections. While more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Center, 4.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Center, 17.75% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Center, 95.17% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Center, 13.55% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Center, 8.95% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Center, 8.95% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Center, 12.18% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Androscoggin Valley HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 0.71 miles away59 Page Hill Road Berlin New Hampshire 03570Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 752-2200
- Weeks Medical CenterCritical Access Hospitals 18.84 miles away173 Middle Street Lancaster New Hampshire 03584Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 788-4911
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care of Lancaster18.85 miles away173 Middle Street Lancaster New Hampshire 03584Dialysis Stations: 14 (603) 788-5222