Seal Rock Health Care is an average-sized nursing home located in Saco, Maine. We awarded this facility an B+ overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all nursing homes in the country. Based on our ratings, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of most people. If you look further down this page, you will see this facility's category grades, which are also strong.
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Seal Rock Health Care
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a strong overall score, this facility performed well in short-term care. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that category, which is one of our best grades. With our short-term care score, we attempt to craft a valuable barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at a nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also excelled in inspections. We gave it an A- for that area. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that CMS did not deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
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Nurse Quality
This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. Our nursing score is based on numerous factors. The most heavily weighted one is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 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 frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The last area we assessed is long-term care, in which this nursing home was given a B. This nursing home didn't turn out to have any weak categories. If you are seeking services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 88.679245 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is a bit less than we expected but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, we were pleased to find nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Seal Rock Health Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Seal Rock Health Care, 8.65% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care residents who developed pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Seal Rock Health Care, 4.53% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents which have had a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Seal Rock Health Care, 11.62% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Seal Rock Health Care, 16.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Seal Rock Health Care, 25% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients that are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Seal Rock Health Care, 1.39% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Higher levels of depression may imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Seal Rock Health Care, 92.47% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Seal Rock Health Care, 16% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Seal Rock Health Care, 14.36% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Seal Rock Health Care, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Seal Rock Health Care, 14.36% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Seal Rock Health Care, 13.99% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Seal Rock Health Care, 41.85% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Southern Maine Health CareAcute Care Hospitals 3.71 miles away1 Medical Center Drive Biddeford Maine 04005Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 283-7000
- Spring Harbor HospitalPsychiatric 11.92 miles away123 Andover Road Westbrook Maine 04092Government - Federal(207) 761-2200
- Maine Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.29 miles away22 Bramhall St Portland Maine 04102Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 662-0111
- Northern Light HealthAcute Care Hospitals 13.57 miles away144 State Street Portland Maine 04101Voluntary non-profit - Church(207) 879-3000
Nearby Dialysis
- York County Dialysis Center3.52 miles away29 Barra Road Biddeford Maine 04005CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (207) 282-3908
- Southern Maine Dialysis Facility12.95 miles away1600b Congress Street Portland Maine 04102CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (207) 774-5985
- Casco Bay Dialysis Facility14.01 miles away1 Chabot Street Westbrook Maine 04092CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (207) 854-9822