Knox Center For Long Term Care in Rockland, ME

Knox Center For Long Term Care is a medicare and medicaid certified nursing home in Rockland, Maine. It is located in Knox county at 6 White Street, Rockland, Maine 04841. You can reach out to the office of Knox Center For Long Term Care via phone at (207) 301-6810. This skilled nursing facility has 84 federally certified beds with average occupancy rate of 59.64%. Its legal business name is Mainehealth and has the following ownership type - Non Profit - Corporation.

Knox Center For Long Term Care (Medicare CCN 205124) is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in both medicare and medicaid program. This means if you are part of medicare or medicaid program, you may consider this nursing facility for your medical needs. It was first certified by CMS in 1993 (31 years certified) and the last quality survey was conducted in August, 2019.

Name	Knox Center For Long Term Care
Location	6 White Street, Rockland, Maine
Certified By	Medicare and Medicaid
No. of Certified Beds	84
Occupancy Rate	59.64%
Medicare ID (CCN)	205124
Legal Business Name	Mainehealth
Ownership Type	Non Profit - Corporation

Nursing Homes may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Knox Center For Long Term Care from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1740760529
Organization Name	MAINEHEALTH
Doing Business As	KNOX CENTER FOR LONG TERM CARE
Address	6 White St, Rockland, ME 04841
Phone Number	207-594-6800

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NPI Number	1962496877
Organization Name	MAINEHEALTH
Doing Business As	THE KNOX CENTER
Address	6 White St, Rockland, ME 04841
Phone Number	207-594-6800

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Nursing homes vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their residents. The below quality ratings for Knox Center For Long Term Care are calculated from three sources - health inspection results, staffing data, and quality measure data. This information gives you an indication of the care Knox Center For Long Term Care give to their patients.

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Number of Facility Reported Incidents	0
Number of Substantiated Complaints	0
Number of Fines	0
Total Amount of Fines in Dollars	$0
Number of Payment Denials	0
Total Number of Penalties	0

The resident survey data of Knox Center For Long Term Care is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased	13.94	14.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight	10	5.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder	68.66	48.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	3.25	1.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection	2.42	2.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms	19.34	5.05
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained	0	0.23
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury	7.48	3.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	88.32	93.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication	38.68	14.2
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	77.05	83.88
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication	1.23	1.79
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened	16.99	17.09
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication	30.54	19.7
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers	5.03	7.32
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	98.21	95.98
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function	82.81	67.99
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	72.03	82.93

Nursing Homes in Rockland, ME

Knox Center For Long Term Care Location: 6 White Street, Rockland, Maine 04841 Phone: (207) 301-6810

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