Agawam Healthcare
1200 Suffield Street, Agawam MA 01001 · (413) 789-2200 · 49.26% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Agawam Healthcare is a large nursing home located in Agawam, Massachusetts. With an overall rating of B-, this looks like a solid facility. You could certainly do worse than this place. The best part of this place's report card was is its short-term care grade. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 176 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home really excelled in our short-term care category. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. This salvaged its profile. In the area of short-term care, we try to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. One of this nursing home's strengths is physical therapy hours. We found that it offers at least 50% more hours with physical therapists to its residents than most other facilities. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities with 57.2 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we gave this facility an B+. In determining our nursing scores, we look at both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of those nurses. This facility provided 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a system of moving a patient at least once a day.
Facility Inspections
It should also be noted that this facility's inspection score was strong as well. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B for its government inspection reports, which is one of our better scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively insignificant. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate threat to resident health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we assessed was long-term care. For this category, we gave this facility a C. For residents in need of a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 61.46497 percent of its patients. This is significantly lower than what we were hoping for. The last datapoint we assessed was the facility's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this place had 1.74 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is also below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Agawam Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who have had falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression. Increased levels of depression may reveal lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better