Aroostook Health Center

Clinical Quality Measures

• Long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

  5.9%

  national median 0.9%

  worse than the national median

• Long-stay residents experiencing falls with major injury

  4.0%

  national median 2.8%

  worse than the national median

• Long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened

  24.6%

  national median 12.5%

  worse than the national median

• Long-stay residents with pressure ulcers

  6.9%

  national median 4.2%

  worse than the national median

• Long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

  16.8%

  national median 13.4%

  worse than the national median

Source: CMS MDS quality measures (four-quarter average).

Nurse Staffing

Nurse staffing per resident per day

5.0 hours

ME average: 4.3 hours · National: 3.9 hours

All nursing staff combined: RNs, LPNs/LVNs, and nurse aides.

Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day

0.9 hours

ME average: 1.1 hours · National: 0.7 hours

RN hours only — the most highly trained nursing staff.

Weekend nurse staffing per resident per day

4.4 hours

ME average: 3.9 hours · National: 3.4 hours

Total nurse staffing on Saturdays and Sundays, when staffing typically dips.

Reported by facilities through CMS's Payroll-Based Journal system. Facility values and the state/national averages are shown exactly as CMS publishes them. More staffing hours are generally better; lower turnover is generally better.

Ownership

Ownership type

For profit - Limited Liability company