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Care One at Northampton

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  • Assisted Living

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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Care One at Northampton's website

548 Elm Street,
Northampton MA 01060

(413) 586-3150

80.4% estimated occupancy 1

Care One at Northampton is the lone nursing home we identified in Northampton, Massachusetts. With an A overall grade, we rated this nursing home in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the country. We simply can not say enough great things about this facility. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's stellar profile is its inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Optometry
  • Oncology Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

To go along with a great overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for inspections. Our inspection scores are tied to many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility also was awarded a first-rate short-term care grade. In fact, this turned out to be this nursing home's second strongest category score. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. In determining our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This category is typically a reliable measure of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

We also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this facility was awarded a dominant grade of A- in our long-term care category. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 99.65987 percent of its residents. This is a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the senior population. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

In the final category we scored, this nursing home received an impressive grade grade of A- in our nursing category. With this grade, the nursing home finished off a straight A profile. The nursing rating includes a handful of factors, many of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Care One at Northampton Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Care One at Northampton, 6.25% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term care residents that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Care One at Northampton, 1.7% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents that sustained falls which caused serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Care One at Northampton, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that have suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric can also be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Care One at Northampton, 16.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Care One at Northampton, 16.97% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Care One at Northampton, 6.5% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Care One at Northampton, 98.61% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Care One at Northampton, 11.23% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Care One at Northampton, 12.07% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Care One at Northampton, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Care One at Northampton, 12.07% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Care One at Northampton, 14.67% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Care One at Northampton, 67.77% of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc,TheAcute Care Hospitals 0.34 miles away30 Locust Street Northampton Massachusetts 01060Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 582-2000
  • Holyoke Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.08 miles away575 Beech Street Holyoke Massachusetts 01040Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 534-2500
  • Baystate Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.62 miles away759 Chestnut Street Springfield Massachusetts 01199Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 794-0000
  • Mercy Medical CtrAcute Care Hospitals 15.11 miles away271 Carew Street Springfield Massachusetts 01104Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 748-9000
  • Baystate Noble HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.68 miles away115 West Silver Street Westfield Massachusetts 01085Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 568-2811
  • Baystate Franklin Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.08 miles away164 High Street Greenfield Massachusetts 01301Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 773-0211
  • Baystate Wing Hospital and Medical CentersAcute Care Hospitals 19.33 miles away40 Wright Street Palmer Massachusetts 01069Voluntary non-profit - Other(413) 283-7651

Nearby Dialysis

  • Hampshire County Dialysis Center1.82 miles away84 Conz Street Northampton Massachusetts 01060Dialysis Stations: 13 (413) 586-7989
  • Ara-Holyoke Dialysis LLC11.14 miles away36 Lower Westfield Rd Unit C-153 Holyoke Massachusetts 01040Dialysis Stations: 20 (413) 533-3128
  • Dialysis Center of Western Massachusetts11.49 miles away601 Memorial Drive, Suite H Chicopee Massachusetts 01020Dialysis Stations: 15 (413) 593-3078
  • Chicopee Dialysis Center12.5 miles awayI 391 Industrial Park 317 Meadow Street Chicopee Massachusetts 01013Dialysis Stations: 17 (413) 535-2529
  • Pioneer Valley Dialysis Center13.14 miles away208 Ashley Avenue West Springfield Massachusetts 01089CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (413) 750-3400
  • Ara-Ludlow Dialysis, LLC14.76 miles away14 Chestnut Place, Suite B Ludlow Massachusetts 01056CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (413) 583-7983
  • East Springfield Dialysis (Bma of Massachusetts)15.42 miles away1515 State Street Springfield Massachusetts 01109CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (413) 732-1586
  • Western Mass. Kidney Center (Bma Springfield)15.69 miles away2000 Main Street Springfield Massachusetts 01103CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (413) 739-4751