The Newton Center for Rehab & Nur is in Sanford, Maine. The city has a total of 16,189 people. Featuring an overall score of A, this is without a doubt a superb nursing home. Based on our analysis, this nursing home is just about as as good as it gets. Scroll down to see this nursing home's category grades, which are also impressive. It is hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
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The Newton Center for Rehab & Nur
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
- Aquatic Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
One of the reasons this proved to be a great nursing home is that it earned a very impressive long-term care score. This turned out to be its best grade. In this area, we awarded this nursing home an A. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 99.4012 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. Our nursing score is mostly associated with a nursing home's 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third area we looked at was short-term care. Adding to its strong profile, this facility also performed well in this category. In fact, we awarded it a of A in the category. Short-term care ratings are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also earned top notch government inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our better grades in that area, with a grade of B+. Our inspection scores are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Newton Center for Rehab & Nur Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Newton Center for Rehab & Nur, 6.11% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents which developed pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Newton Center for Rehab & Nur, 4.18% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Newton Center for Rehab & Nur, 3.5% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric can be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Newton Center for Rehab & Nur, 18.39% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Newton Center for Rehab & Nur, 15.41% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are typically prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Newton Center for Rehab & Nur, 8.02% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Newton Center for Rehab & Nur, 92.15% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Newton Center for Rehab & Nur, 14.01% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the erosion of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Newton Center for Rehab & Nur, 19.04% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels. Some experts believe that the ability to move around is vital to patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In The Newton Center for Rehab & Nur, 1 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Newton Center for Rehab & Nur, 19.04 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Newton Center for Rehab & Nur, 12.58 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Newton Center for Rehab & Nur, 70.88% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Southern Maine Health CareAcute Care Hospitals 13.7 miles away1 Medical Center Drive Biddeford Maine 04005Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 283-7000
- Frisbie Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.4 miles away11 Whitehall Road Rochester New Hampshire 03867Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 332-5211
- Wentworth-Douglass HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.45 miles away789 Central Ave Dover New Hampshire 03820Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 740-2580
Nearby Dialysis
- York County Dialysis Center13.86 miles away29 Barra Road Biddeford Maine 04005CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (207) 282-3908
- Fmc Strafford County Dialysis14.46 miles away27 Sterling Drive Rochester New Hampshire 03867Dialysis Stations: 19 (603) 330-0483
- Fresenius Medical Care of Cocheco River18.02 miles away343 Sixth Street Dover New Hampshire 03820Dialysis Stations: 13 (603) 742-9765