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Berkshire Place

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  • Independent Living
  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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290 South Street,
Pittsfield MA 01201

(413) 445-4056

82.96% estimated occupancy 1

Berkshire Place is one of four available facilities located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. We gave this facility an overall grade of A, resulting in it being the number one rated facility in the city. We really can not say enough great things about this place. Headlining this place's remarkable report card is its nursing rating, which you can find in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • No Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Massachusetts badge

Top Nursing Home in Massachusetts Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Pittsfield, Massachusetts badge

Best Nursing Home in Pittsfield, Massachusetts Awards 2019

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Top Nursing Home in Massachusetts Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Pittsfield, Massachusetts badge

Best Nursing Home in Pittsfield, Massachusetts Awards 2020

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Best Nursing Home in Pittsfield, Massachusetts Awards 2021

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A. We assessed the skill-level of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses were with patients, in calculating our grade in this category. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

Adding to its top-shelf profile, this facility also performed well in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a score of A for that category. Our short-term care grades are arguably more critical for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

We gave this nursing home an A for inspections. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to be an imminent risk to resident safety or health. We should note that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The next category we looked at was long-term care, where this facility received a grade of B. Even though this wound up being its lowest category rating, this is nevertheless an above average grade. For residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 90.666664 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be a few points lower than we were hoping for but still a respectable percentage. 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 less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Berkshire Place Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Berkshire Place, 3.97% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Berkshire Place, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Berkshire Place, 0.68% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Berkshire Place, 6.67% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents that are prescribed antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Berkshire Place, 20.15% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Berkshire Place, 2.7% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Berkshire Place, 94.7% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Berkshire Place, 14.63% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Berkshire Place, 24% of Residents

This is the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Berkshire Place, 0.17 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Berkshire Place, 24% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Berkshire Place, 21.4% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Berkshire Place, 88.05% of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a measure of rehabilitation services.

Scores for Pittsfield, MA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

Looking for more options? Pittsfield, Massachusetts has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Berkshire Medical Center Inc - 1Acute Care Hospitals 1.35 miles away725 North Street Pittsfield Massachusetts 01201Voluntary non-profit - Other(413) 447-2000
  • Fairview HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 18.42 miles away29 Lewis Avenue Great Barrington Massachusetts 01230Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 528-0790

Nearby Dialysis

  • Berkshire Medical Center0.89 miles awayDialysis Unit 8 Conte Drive Pittsfield Massachusetts 01201CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (413) 447-3066
  • South Berkshire County Dialysis Center17.98 miles away10 Maple Avenue, Suite 200 Great Barrington Massachusetts 01230Dialysis Stations: 7 (413) 854-9910