Woodlawn Care Center

Woodlawn Care Center is located in Newport, New Hampshire. It looks like this is a good nursing home. We gave it an overall grade of B, which is a favorable score. Based on our analysis, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of most people. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which we will address in the next section.

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home performed even better in the area of inspections which is based on the nursing home's recent inspection reports. We gave it a grade of A+ for that area, which is one of our highest scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively insignificant. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This facility performed well in the area of long-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which happens to be one of our most impressive scores. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 86.63102 percent of its patients, which is a bit less than we expected. Fortunately, this place keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.29 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a much lower hospitalization rate than the majority of nursing homes.

The next highest grade we gave this nursing home came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. This wasn't quite as good as some of its other scores, but a grade in this range is not the end of the world. Our nursing score weighs many subcategories, but the main consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided 3.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed well in this metric. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving residents more often.

The next category we scored was short-term care, ended up being this nursing home's least impressive category. We gave this nursing home a D in this area. This is one of just a few dings of a very solid profile. In the area of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The final measure we assessed in this category is the number of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area, with just 27.7 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below the national average.