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Benchmark Senior Living at The Commons in Lincoln

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
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3 Harvest Circle,
Lincoln MA 01773

(781) 430-6000

83.12% estimated occupancy 1

Please note our records indicate that Benchmark Senior Living at The Commons in Lincoln has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.

Benchmark Senior Living at The Commons in Lincoln is a nursing home located in Lincoln, Massachusetts. This city has a population of 5,112 people. It looks like this nursing home is one of the highest-rated facilities we assessed. In fact, it received the absolute highest grade. We were impressed enough to rate this facility as one of the top 50 nursing homes in Massachusetts. If you look further down this page, you can see this nursing home's category grades, which appear to be just as impressive as its overall grade.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Audiology
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Massachusetts Awards 2019

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Top Nursing Home in Massachusetts Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite minor. 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.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

This nursing home also was given an A+ for its short-term care grade. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. In calculating a facility's nursing grade, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses commit to patients and the level of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at 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 Massachusetts in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving a resident more frequently.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Moving on to the final area, this nursing home also performed admirably in the long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it an A- in this category. This wrapped up truly elite report card. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 93.75 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Benchmark Senior Living at The Commons in Lincoln Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Benchmark Senior Living at The Commons in Lincoln, 13.64% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents that suffer from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Benchmark Senior Living at The Commons in Lincoln, 9.38% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term care patients which experienced a fall which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In Benchmark Senior Living at The Commons in Lincoln, 8.33% of Patients had UTIs

This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents that have sustained UTI's. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Benchmark Senior Living at The Commons in Lincoln, 12.5% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Benchmark Senior Living at The Commons in Lincoln, 15.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Benchmark Senior Living at The Commons in Lincoln, 0% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Benchmark Senior Living at The Commons in Lincoln, 87.78% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Benchmark Senior Living at The Commons in Lincoln, 11.14% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Benchmark Senior Living at The Commons in Lincoln, 59.16% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Emerson Hospital -Acute Care Hospitals 3.01 miles away133 Old Road to 9 Acre Corner Concord Massachusetts 01742Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 369-1400
  • Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonAcute Care Hospitals 6.29 miles away41 & 45 Mall Road Burlington Massachusetts 01803Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 744-5100
  • Newton-Wellesley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.79 miles away2014 Washington Street Newton Lower Falls Massachusetts 02462Voluntary non-profit - Other(617) 243-6000
  • Winchester HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.96 miles away41 Highland Avenue Winchester Massachusetts 01890Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 729-9000
  • Mount Auburn HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.47 miles away330 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 492-3500
  • St Elizabeth's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.85 miles away736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Proprietary(617) 789-3000
  • Cambridge Health AllianceAcute Care Hospitals 11.82 miles away1493 Cambridge Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Government - Local(617) 665-2300
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamAcute Care Hospitals 12.53 miles away148 Chestnut Street Needham Heights Massachusetts 02494Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 453-3002

Nearby Dialysis

  • Dci Walden Pond4.01 miles away56 B Winthrop Street Concord Massachusetts 01742Dialysis Stations: 13 (978) 369-1683
  • The Dialysis Center at Waltham6.87 miles away135 Beaver Street, Suite 111 Waltham Massachusetts 02452Dialysis Stations: 14 (781) 642-0331
  • Davita Burlington Regional Dialysis7.37 miles away31 Mall Road-Dialysis Suite 1b Burlington Massachusetts 01803CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 270-3580
  • Davita Woburn Dialysis8.5 miles away23 Warren Avenue Woburn Massachusetts 01801Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 935-7700
  • Davita Northeast Cambridge Dialysis8.95 miles away799 Concord Avenue Cambridge Massachusetts 02138CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (617) 547-7700
  • Wellesley Dialysis9.85 miles away195 Worcester Street Lower Level Wellesley Hills Massachusetts 02481Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 431-1414
  • Fresenius Medical Care Chelmsford10.29 miles away27 Industrial Ave Chelmsford Massachusetts 01824Dialysis Stations: 16 (978) 250-0981
  • Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston10.46 miles awayDialysis Unit - Ccp 7 736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Dialysis Stations: 17 (617) 789-2592