Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is located in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, a city with 35,401 people. Featuring an overall grade of A-, this is clearly a very strong facility. You flat out can't do any better than this facility. As you will see below, this nursing home performed just as well in our category ratings. We gave it a straight A report card!
Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
One of the many reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. In this area, we gave this nursing home a grade of A-. There are a variety of subcategories within this area. Many of the factors reflect nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 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 place the nation 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 protocol of turning patients even once per day.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category scores, this nursing home also excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned a grade of A-. Not many nursing homes performed better in this area. Our inspection grades are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was elite in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a score of A-. Only a select group of facilities received a better grade in this category. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 98.75777 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
In our last area, this facility also was awarded a first-rate short-term care grade, with a grade of A-. This rounded out a straight A report card. Our short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents who have experienced falls which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 2.42% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Better hygiene protocols limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 19.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term care patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.93% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents showing signs of depression. Some experts would argue this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 91.44% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 15.15% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of erosion of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 17.66% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 17.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 10.93 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 71.35% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Brigham and Women's Faulkner HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.66 miles away1153 Centre Street Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 983-7000
- Brigham and Women's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.25 miles away75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 732-5500
- Boston Children's HospitalChildrens 2.43 miles away300 Longwood Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 735-6000
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.58 miles away330 Brookline Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 667-7000
- St Elizabeth's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.91 miles away736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Proprietary(617) 789-3000
- Boston Medical Center Corporation-Acute Care Hospitals 3.44 miles away1 Boston Medical Center Place Boston Massachusetts 02118Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 638-8000
- Carney HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.95 miles away2100 Dorchester Avenue Dorchester Center Massachusetts 02124Proprietary(617) 506-2000
- Tufts Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.49 miles away800 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts 02111Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 636-5000
Nearby Dialysis
- Dci Brigham/Faulkner0.87 miles awayDci Brigham/Faulkner 1153 Centre Street, Belkin House Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 983-4470
- Davita Brookline Dialysis1.79 miles away322 Washington Street Brookline Massachusetts 02445CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (617) 734-7794
- Mary Eliza Mahoney Dialysis Center (Bma of Massachusetts)2.56 miles away416 Warren Street Roxbury Massachusetts 02119CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (617) 445-9989
- Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston2.97 miles awayDialysis Unit - Ccp 7 736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Dialysis Stations: 17 (617) 789-2592
- Brigham and Women's Hospital3.04 miles awayDialysis Unit 75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Dialysis Stations: 7 (617) 732-6130
- Children's Hospital Boston3.04 miles awayDialysis Unit, Farley Four 300 Longwood Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115Dialysis Stations: 7 (617) 355-7631
- Kidney Center3.06 miles away888 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 739-3000
- Davita Boston Dialysis3.72 miles awayDialysis Unit 660 Harrison Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02118CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 37 (617) 859-7000