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Windward Gardens

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  • Assisted Living

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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105 Mechanic St,
Camden ME 04843

(207) 236-4197

104.31% estimated occupancy 1

Windward Gardens is one of only two available nursing homes in Camden, Maine. We awarded this facility an B+ overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all nursing homes in the nation. Based on the data we reviewed, you could do much worse than this facility. This place's impressive profile was highlighted by its short-term care rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.

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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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Colostomy Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Maine Awards 2020

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Top Nursing Home in Maine Awards 2021

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home received high marks for short-term care as well. As a result, it received our highest score in that category with a score of A+. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 6.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility really excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. The nursing grade weighs numerous subcategories. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Moving on to another of this nursing home's strengths, it also received a very impressive inspection rating. Inspections turned out to be one of its best category grades. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively insignificant. While this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

This nursing home's worst category is long-term care, which is the last area we scored. For this area, we gave this nursing home an D. We would like to to draw your attention to this potential area of weakness, but you shouldn't over-emphasize one area either. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means the nursing home did not perform well in our quality measures relating to resident care. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. Unfortunately, this facility vaccinated only 86.48649 percent of its patients against pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Windward Gardens Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Windward Gardens, 7.02% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Windward Gardens, 2.7% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Falls resulting in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Windward Gardens, 0.72% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing limits the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Windward Gardens, 19.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Windward Gardens, 11.63% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Windward Gardens, 8.15% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Windward Gardens, 89.58% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Windward Gardens, 12.4% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate erosion of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Windward Gardens, 17.03% of Residents

This is the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Windward Gardens, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Windward Gardens, 17.03% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Windward Gardens, 15.3% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Windward Gardens, 79.05% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Penobscot Bay Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.53 miles away6 Glen Cove Drive Rockport Maine 04856Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 921-8000
  • Waldo County General HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 14.97 miles away118 Northport Ave Belfast Maine 04915Voluntary non-profit - Private(207) 338-2500

Nearby Dialysis

  • Dialysis Clinic Inc. - Belfast14.45 miles away125 Northport Ave, Suite 101 Belfast Maine 04915Dialysis Stations: 12 (207) 338-1170