Stillwater Health Care is a small nursing home located in Bangor, Maine. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is one of the top scores that we offer. A grade in this range requires excellent scores across the board. This grade is even better than the city grade of A- in Bangor, which is also an impressive grade. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its short-term care grade, which we will address in the next section.
Stillwater Health Care
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
One of the reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it earned an A+ short-term care grade. In the area of short-term care, we try to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 7 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home has earned near flawless inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some end up being quite insignificant. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor made us feel better about this inspection report.
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Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Our nursing score is based on a number of subcategories. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home averages 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 facility 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 often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we scored is long-term care, in which this facility was given a grade of B-. This turned out to be this facility's least impressive category. This is still not a bad grade. For prospective patients looking for a permanent residence as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Thankfully, this facility administered the vaccine to 94.79769 percent of its residents, which is a very solid statistic. This place also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Stillwater Health Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Stillwater Health Care, 5.93% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which suffer from pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Stillwater Health Care, 3.79% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are routinely linked to lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Stillwater Health Care, 3.3% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Stillwater Health Care, 20.55% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for several conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Stillwater Health Care, 16.72% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are typically given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Stillwater Health Care, 8.37% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Stillwater Health Care, 94.73% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Stillwater Health Care, 14.81% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Stillwater Health Care, 27.47% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels. Many would argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Stillwater Health Care, 0.94 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Stillwater Health Care, 27.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Stillwater Health Care, 14.29 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Stillwater Health Care, 74.15% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Scores for Bangor, ME
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- 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
Looking for more options? Bangor, Maine has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- St Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.78 miles away360 Broadway Bangor Maine 04401Voluntary non-profit - Church(207) 262-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Boyd Dialysis2.1 miles awayDialysis Unit 925 Union Street Suite 1 Bangor Maine 04401CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (207) 941-1298
- Davita Brewer Dialysis2.69 miles away403 Wilson Street Brewer Maine 04412Dialysis Stations: 13 (207) 989-0027