Alliance Health at Baldwinville is a facility located in Baldwinville, Massachusetts, a city with 3,336 people. This facility is among the highest-rated nursing homes we assessed. A score in this range requires superb marks across the board. We were impressed enough to rank this nursing home as one of the top 50 nursing homes in Massachusetts. This nursing home was also given impressive grades in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Alliance Health at Baldwinville
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
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Facility Inspections
On top of being a great nursing home overall, it also received A+ inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This means CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
On the list of its many dominant grades, this facility was awarded first-rate long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A in that category. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and indicates that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 96.36364 percent of its patients, which is higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Our nursing rating is mostly based on the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility 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
In the final category we graded, this facility was awarded a very favorable grade of A- in our short-term care category. With this score, the facility topped off a straight A profile. Our short-term care grade is generally used to judge a facility's rehabilitation services. In order to offer highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must provide better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Alliance Health at Baldwinville Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Alliance Health at Baldwinville, 3.66% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Alliance Health at Baldwinville, 4.36% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Alliance Health at Baldwinville, 1.92% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Alliance Health at Baldwinville, 16.73% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Alliance Health at Baldwinville, 28.18% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Alliance Health at Baldwinville, 0.38% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Alliance Health at Baldwinville, 97.48% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Alliance Health at Baldwinville, 13.82% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Alliance Health at Baldwinville, 25.26% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Alliance Health at Baldwinville, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Alliance Health at Baldwinville, 25.26% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Alliance Health at Baldwinville, 19.92% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Alliance Health at Baldwinville, 88.74% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Heywood Hospital -Acute Care Hospitals 4.12 miles away242 Green Street Gardner Massachusetts 01440Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 632-3420
- Athol Memorial HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 7.61 miles away2033 Main Street Athol Massachusetts 01331Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 249-3511
- Health Alliance - Clinton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.68 miles away60 Hospital Road Leominster Massachusetts 01453Voluntary non-profit - Other(978) 466-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Pdi Fitchburg12.62 miles away551 Electric Avenue Fitchburg Massachusetts 01420CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (978) 343-4100