St Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence is located in Portland, Maine, a city with a total of 65,261 people. After receiving an A overall grade, this facility has the distinction of being one of the 50 best facilities in Maine. Based on our assessment, this place is a great choice for most people. Keep reading to see this facility's category grades, which are equally impressive. You just can't do any better than a straight A report card.
St Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a strong overall grade, this facility also earned an A+ inspection score. This grade is based on the facility's recent government inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can pay to a facility. Our inspection scores account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this area tend to have very few severe deficiencies. While this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. A couple relatively minor dings are not necessarily the end of the world.
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 grade is mostly tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 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 facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning our next category, we awarded this facility a grade of A- for its short-term care score. This is a superb score. Short-term care grades are meaningful for residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional skilled nursing services. This means a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the number of residents that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our last category, this nursing home also excelled in our long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it an A- for that area. This topped off a straight A profile. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 95.01385 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In St Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence, 6.03% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In St Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence, 3.91% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In St Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence, 3.22% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. More frequent bathing reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In St Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence, 20.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In St Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence, 16.44% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In St Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence, 8.43% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In St Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence, 94.03% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In St Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence, 14.38% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In St Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence, 24.84% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In St Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence, 1.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In St Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence, 24.84 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In St Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence, 14.74 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In St Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence, 73.12% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts believe this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Portland, ME
- Overall Rating has a grade of A
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Portland, Maine has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Maine Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.85 miles away22 Bramhall St Portland Maine 04102Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 662-0111
- Northern Light HealthAcute Care Hospitals 2.95 miles away144 State Street Portland Maine 04101Voluntary non-profit - Church(207) 879-3000
- Spring Harbor HospitalPsychiatric 3.95 miles away123 Andover Road Westbrook Maine 04092Government - Federal(207) 761-2200
- Southern Maine Health CareAcute Care Hospitals 18.4 miles away1 Medical Center Drive Biddeford Maine 04005Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 283-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Casco Bay Dialysis Facility2.62 miles away1 Chabot Street Westbrook Maine 04092CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (207) 854-9822
- Southern Maine Dialysis Facility2.65 miles away1600b Congress Street Portland Maine 04102CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (207) 774-5985
- York County Dialysis Center18.16 miles away29 Barra Road Biddeford Maine 04005CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (207) 282-3908