Attleboro Healthcare is a senior living facility located in Attleboro, Massachusetts, which has a population of 43,593 people. This nursing home was given an overall grade of C, which is a decent rating. In our view, this facility would be a solid choice for quite a few people. The best part of this place's report card is is its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
Attleboro Healthcare
- 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
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's best category score came in nursing. In this area, we awarded this nursing home a B. It actually outperformed most facilities in this area. There are quite a few criteria included in this category. Many of the factors relate to staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given a favorable score in our short-term care category. We gave this nursing home a better than average grade of B in that category. In computing our short-term care ratings, we size up a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This grade is more often than not a fair assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's third highest category came in the area of long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B-. Long-term care grades focus on a nursing home's personal care instead of the skilled therapy or medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Fortunately, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 95.47739 percent of its residents. This nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
In our final category of inspections, this facility received an F here. This grade was detrimental to this facility's overall score. For nursing homes with bad inspection ratings, you should really focus on any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This facility had a deficiency by government inspectors. Fortunately, it was not in one of the categories that suggest that it posed a threat to patient safety or health. Lastly, we need to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received large government fines recently totaling more than $100,000. This generally suggests that a facility's poor performance has been an issue for multiple years.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Attleboro Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Attleboro Healthcare, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Attleboro Healthcare, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a fall leading to major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Attleboro Healthcare, 2.42% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Attleboro Healthcare, 19.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for treating a variety of medical conditions, including dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Attleboro Healthcare, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Attleboro Healthcare, 1.93% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some experts argue this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Attleboro Healthcare, 91.44% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Attleboro Healthcare, 15.15% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Many in the industry would argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Attleboro Healthcare, 17.66% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Attleboro Healthcare, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Attleboro Healthcare, 17.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Attleboro Healthcare, 10.93 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Attleboro Healthcare, 71.35% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Sturdy Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.21 miles away211 Park Street Attleboro Massachusetts 02703Voluntary non-profit - Other(508) 222-5200
- The Miriam HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.97 miles away164 Summit Avenue Providence Rhode Island 02906Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 793-2500
- Morton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.31 miles away88 Washington Street Taunton Massachusetts 02780Proprietary(508) 828-7000
- Roger Williams Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.21 miles away825 Chalkstone Avenue Providence Rhode Island 02908Proprietary(401) 456-2025
- Our Lady of Fatima HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.25 miles away200 High Service Avenue Providence Rhode Island 02904Proprietary(401) 456-3000
- Rhode Island HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.4 miles away593 Eddy Street Providence Rhode Island 02903Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 444-4000
- Emma Pendleton Bradley HospitalPsychiatric 11.48 miles away1011 Veterans Memorial Parkway Riverside Rhode Island 02915Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 432-1000
- Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode IslandAcute Care Hospitals 11.64 miles away101 Dudley Street Providence Rhode Island 02905Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 274-1100
Nearby Dialysis
- Attleboro Dialysis Center0.59 miles away111 Pleasant St Attleboro Massachusetts 02703Dialysis Stations: 13 (508) 226-0218
- Dialysis Center of Attleboro LLC0.74 miles away217 South Main Street Store 7 Attleboro Massachusetts 02703Dialysis Stations: 18 (508) 236-6041
- Dialysis Center of Pawtucket6.52 miles away201 Armistice Boulevard Pawtucket Rhode Island 02860CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 722-3313
- Nna - Pawtucket7.34 miles away79 Division Street Pawtucket Rhode Island 02860CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (401) 723-9995
- Taunton Regional Dialysis Center7.74 miles awayMill River Place 1 Washington St, Suite 9 Taunton Massachusetts 02780CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (508) 828-5986
- Dialysis Center of East Providence9.76 miles away318 Waterman Avenue East Providence Rhode Island 02914CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 435-5200
- Nna of Providence9.94 miles away125 Corliss Street Providence Rhode Island 02904CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (401) 521-9300
- The Dialysis Center of Rhode Island Hospital10.01 miles away22 Baker Street Providence Rhode Island 02905Dialysis Stations: 18 (401) 444-4440