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The Ellis Nursing Home

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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135 Ellis Avenue,
Norwood MA 02062

(781) 762-6880

63.19% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Norwood, Massachusetts, The Ellis Nursing Home is one of four facilities in the city. This nursing home received an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average score. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top quarter of all nursing homes in the nation. This facility was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

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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 Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Oncology Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this nursing home really excelled in nursing, where it received an A. Few facilities performed better in this area. We looked at the qualifications of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of hours those nurses worked with patients, in computing our rating in this area. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding 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

Among this nursing home's other strengths is its top-shelf short-term care grade. We gave them one of our best scores in that category, with a score of A. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

The third category we analyzed is long-term care. We gave them one of our more favorable scores in that category, with a grade of A-. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 95.13889 percent of its residents, which is better than most nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

Moving on to our inspection category, it appears this nursing home has received quality government inspections in recent years as well. We gave it a B- in this area. Our inspection grades account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

The Ellis Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In The Ellis Nursing Home, 5.43% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In The Ellis Nursing Home, 2.55% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall which resulted in severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In The Ellis Nursing Home, 2.49% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In The Ellis Nursing Home, 13.06% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In The Ellis Nursing Home, 11.82% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were administered antianxiety medication. These medications are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In The Ellis Nursing Home, 0.47% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In The Ellis Nursing Home, 95.99% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In The Ellis Nursing Home, 13.18% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the erosion of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In The Ellis Nursing Home, 15.37% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In The Ellis Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In The Ellis Nursing Home, 15.37% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In The Ellis Nursing Home, 12.02% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In The Ellis Nursing Home, 83.95% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for Norwood, MA

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

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

Nearby Hospitals

  • Norwood HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.51 miles away800 Washington Street Norwood Massachusetts 02062Proprietary(781) 769-4000
  • Westwood Pembroke Health SystemsPsychiatric 1.93 miles away45 Clapboardtree Street Westwood Massachusetts 02090Proprietary(617) 762-7764
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamAcute Care Hospitals 5.5 miles away148 Chestnut Street Needham Heights Massachusetts 02494Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 453-3002
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton IncAcute Care Hospitals 6.49 miles away199 Reedsdale Road Milton Massachusetts 02186Government - Federal(617) 696-4600
  • Brigham and Women's Faulkner HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.25 miles away1153 Centre Street Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 983-7000
  • Carney HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.9 miles away2100 Dorchester Avenue Dorchester Center Massachusetts 02124Proprietary(617) 506-2000
  • Newton-Wellesley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.21 miles away2014 Washington Street Newton Lower Falls Massachusetts 02462Voluntary non-profit - Other(617) 243-6000
  • Good Samaritan Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.76 miles away235 North Pearl Street Brockton Massachusetts 02301Proprietary(508) 427-3000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Westwood Dialysis Center (Bma Westwood)0.49 miles away90 Glacier Drive Westwood Massachusetts 02090CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 326-9985
  • Pure Life Renal of Stoughton, LLC7.09 miles awayMed. Office Bldg Suite m107 907 Sumner Street Stoughton Massachusetts 02072CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 341-8550
  • Boston Dialysis Center (Bma Boston)7.93 miles away2100 Dorchester Avenue 1 South Dorchester Center Massachusetts 02124CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 298-2475
  • Dci Brigham/Faulkner8.08 miles awayDci Brigham/Faulkner 1153 Centre Street, Belkin House Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 983-4470
  • Wellesley Dialysis8.13 miles away195 Worcester Street Lower Level Wellesley Hills Massachusetts 02481Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 431-1414
  • Mary Eliza Mahoney Dialysis Center (Bma of Massachusetts)9.34 miles away416 Warren Street Roxbury Massachusetts 02119CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (617) 445-9989
  • Davita Brookline Dialysis9.5 miles away322 Washington Street Brookline Massachusetts 02445CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (617) 734-7794
  • Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston9.83 miles awayDialysis Unit - Ccp 7 736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Dialysis Stations: 17 (617) 789-2592