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West River Rehab Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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245 Orange Avenue,
Milford CT 06460

(203) 876-5123

87.41% estimated occupancy 1

West River Rehab Center is in Milford, Connecticut, a city with 52,759 people. We gave this facility an overall grade of B. A grade of this caliber requires respectable marks in most areas. Based on our assessment, this facility ought to meet the needs of most people. This nursing home was also given phenomenal ratings in all four of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Connecticut Awards 2019

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

One of the reasons this place is a strong facility is that it earned a very impressive inspection score. Inspections is its best category. In this category, we gave it an A-. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Additionally, this nursing home also received favorable long-term care grades this year. Indeed, we gave it one of our stronger grades in that area, with a score of B+. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 73.84196 percent of its residents. This is slightly below what we were hoping for. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of time those nurses were with patients, in calculating our score in this area. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of turning a resident at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The last area we assessed was short-term care. We awarded this nursing home one of our more favorable scores in that category, with a grade of B. This facility ended up being strong in all areas we analyzed. Our short-term care grades are probably most critical for patients in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more highly-skilled nursing services. This means not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. 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 this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients that returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

West River Rehab Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In West River Rehab Center, 8.15% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In West River Rehab Center, 2.72% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents that sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In West River Rehab Center, 6.76% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates 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 an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In West River Rehab Center, 14.57% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In West River Rehab Center, 7.35% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In West River Rehab Center, 2.84% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression could reveal worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In West River Rehab Center, 85.32% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In West River Rehab Center, 25% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Many would argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In West River Rehab Center, 26.45% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In West River Rehab Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In West River Rehab Center, 26.45% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In West River Rehab Center, 7.32% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In West River Rehab Center, 70.95% of Resident

Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Milford Hospital, IncAcute Care Hospitals 1.62 miles away300 Seaside Avenue Milford Connecticut 06460Voluntary non-profit - Private(203) 876-4000
  • Bridgeport HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.92 miles away267 Grant Street Bridgeport Connecticut 06610Voluntary non-profit - Private(203) 384-3000
  • Griffin HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.11 miles away130 Division St Derby Connecticut 06418Voluntary non-profit - Other(203) 732-7500
  • Yale-New Haven HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.61 miles away20 York St New Haven Connecticut 06504Voluntary non-profit - Private(203) 688-4242
  • St Vincent's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.3 miles away2800 Main St Bridgeport Connecticut 06606Voluntary non-profit - Church(203) 576-5551

Nearby Dialysis

  • u.s.renal Care Orange Dialysis2.93 miles away240 Indian River Rd, Suite D Orange Connecticut 06477CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (203) 891-8992
  • Davita Milford Dialysis3.06 miles away470 Bridgeport Avenue Milford Connecticut 06460CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (203) 301-9040
  • Davita Shelton Dialysis4.52 miles away750 Bridgeport Avenue Shelton Connecticut 06484CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (203) 925-9520
  • Hawley Lane - Davita5.06 miles away425 Hawley Ln Stratford Connecticut 06614Dialysis Stations: 25 (203) 375-5438
  • New Haven Home Dialysis7.49 miles away136 Sherman Avenue Suite 206 New Haven Connecticut 06511Dialysis Stations: 7 (203) 773-0853
  • Davita New Haven Dialysis8.03 miles away15 Center Street New Haven Connecticut 06510CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (203) 859-7770
  • Davita Bridgeport Dialysis8.61 miles away900 Madison Avenue Bridgeport Connecticut 06606CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 51 (203) 335-0191
  • St. Raphael Dialysis Center - New Haven8.64 miles awayDialysis Unit 137 Water Street New Haven Connecticut 06511CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (203) 772-2421