St Clare Home
309 Spring Street, Newport RI 02840 · (401) 849-3204 · 91.33% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
St Clare Home is a small non-profit nursing home located in Newport, Rhode Island. It looks like this nursing home is among the highest-rated facilities we assessed. Being awarded an A+ in our rating system requires first-rate marks across the board. We can not find many bad things to say about this facility. Its ratings are just impeccable. Headlining this nursing home's remarkable profile is its long-term care score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 60 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ in the area of long-term care. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 91.78744 percent of its patients, which is slightly below what we were hoping for. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.62 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Facility Inspections
This facility also earned an A+ inspection score, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. This score is based on the place's recent inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the biggest complements we can pay to a nursing home. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. 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
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. There are several factors within this grade. Many of these datapoints relate to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides an incredible 6.2 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Out of this total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to offering impressive levels of care, this place also fared well in several of the quality measures we assessed. For example, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this place outpaced the national average. This is often a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented with better nursing care and having a policy of regularly turning patients to prevent bed sores.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the next category, this facility also excelled in the short-term care category. In fact, we gave it an A- in this category. This wrapped up truly elite profile. Short-term care grades are vital for residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing services. This means a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. One of this place's strengths is it offers more than an hour of care per day from registered nurses per resident. This is the gold standard in this metric, as it's roughly 50% higher than a typical place's level of registered nurse staffing. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. It outperformed most facilities in the nation with 50.9 percent of its residents returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St Clare Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term patients which suffered a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have experienced UTI's. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may be an indicator lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better