60 West
60 West Street, Rocky Hill CT 06067 · (860) 529-0880 · 92.21% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
60 West is an average-sized nursing home located in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. This facility was awarded an A- overall, which is among the top scores that we offer. A grade of this caliber requires superb scores across the board. We can not find many bad things to say about this facility. Its scores are as good as they get. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing rating, which you can find in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 95 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
We also want to note that this nursing home excelled in our nursing rating. We gave them an A+ in this category. Our nursing score analyzes several subcategories, but the primary one is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This particular nursing home provided 4.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Finally, this facility also excelled in the quality measures we looked at. It performed as well as any nursing home the nation in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Facility Inspections
This facility also earned an A+ inspection score, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. This score is based on the place's recent inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the biggest complements we can pay to a nursing home. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. A few relatively minor dings aren't necessarily something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our next area, this facility also earned a score of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is an above average score in this area. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to this nursing home's impressive nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the elderly. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we graded was short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of C. This actually turned out to be this facility's weakest category. This is nevertheless not a terrible score. In computing our short-term care scores, we look at a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This rating is often a fair assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 21.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
60 West Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term patients which suffered a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have experienced UTI's. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients showing depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression may be an indicator lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better