Strafford Care Center

We want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home really outperformed its overall score in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless government inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our best grades in that category with an A. Our inspection scores are based on datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Another one of this facility's higher category grades was in the category of short-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. It actually outperformed most facilities in this category. Short-term care ratings are critical for patients looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more skilled nursing. This includes a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. It does not appear that this nursing home submitted data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last item we assessed in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 6.5 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

This facility was awarded its next highest category score in the category of long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a C in this category, which is an acceptable grade. If you are looking for services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care grades. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this facility vaccinated just 52.671757 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Nevertheless, this place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Moving on to the fourth area, we gave this nursing home a D for the area of nursing. This was the nursing home's least impressive category grade. Of course, this category pulled down the facility's overall grade to some degree. Our nursing score weighs quite a few subcategories, however, the most important consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averaged a meager 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This statistic is far below the national average. On top of its weak nursing hour totals, this place received suboptimal marks in many of the quality-based measures we considered in determining our nursing scores. We found that more of this facility's patients sustained falls leading to serious injury. We believe that many falls could be prevented with better nursing care. This statistic contributed to this place receiving a poor nursing grade.