St Andre Health Care Facility is one of only two nursing homes in Biddeford, Maine. This facility is ranked among the highest-rated facilities we assessed. A grade in this range requires superb marks across the board. We were impressed enough to rate this nursing home as one of the top 50 facilities in Maine. Scroll down to find this nursing home's category grades, which also impressed us. You really can't do much better than a straight A profile.
St Andre Health Care Facility
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its first-rate resume, this nursing home also excelled in our short-term care area. In fact, we gave it a score of A- for that area. Short-term care grades are generally employed to gauge a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. In order to have highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature better levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we considered in this area is the number of patients who eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
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Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Our nursing category includes quite a few factors, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This particular nursing home provided 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
Moving on to the final area, this nursing home was given a very strong long-term care rating. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- in that category, giving this facility straight A's. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 89.92248 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St Andre Health Care Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In St Andre Health Care Facility, 6.03% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In St Andre Health Care Facility, 3.91% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients who sustained falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In St Andre Health Care Facility, 3.22% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. More frequent bathing can minimize the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In St Andre Health Care Facility, 20.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In St Andre Health Care Facility, 16.44% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In St Andre Health Care Facility, 8.43% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could indicate a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In St Andre Health Care Facility, 94.03% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In St Andre Health Care Facility, 14.38% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Some argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In St Andre Health Care Facility, 24.84% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In St Andre Health Care Facility, 1.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In St Andre Health Care Facility, 24.84 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In St Andre Health Care Facility, 14.74 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In St Andre Health Care Facility, 73.12% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Southern Maine Health CareAcute Care Hospitals 3.73 miles away1 Medical Center Drive Biddeford Maine 04005Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 283-7000
- Spring Harbor HospitalPsychiatric 13.05 miles away123 Andover Road Westbrook Maine 04092Government - Federal(207) 761-2200
- Maine Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.27 miles away22 Bramhall St Portland Maine 04102Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 662-0111
- Northern Light HealthAcute Care Hospitals 14.51 miles away144 State Street Portland Maine 04101Voluntary non-profit - Church(207) 879-3000
Nearby Dialysis
- York County Dialysis Center3.61 miles away29 Barra Road Biddeford Maine 04005CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (207) 282-3908
- Southern Maine Dialysis Facility14.01 miles away1600b Congress Street Portland Maine 04102CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (207) 774-5985
- Casco Bay Dialysis Facility15.16 miles away1 Chabot Street Westbrook Maine 04092CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (207) 854-9822