Attleboro Nursing and Rehab Ce

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This place was hit with 7 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

This facility is also strong in the category of short-term care, where it received a score of B+. It performed better than most nursing homes in this area. In calculating these short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to formulate a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. 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. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the number of patients who eventually returned home from the nursing home. This place fared better than most nursing homes in this area with 51.7 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, at most facilities, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.

This facility was given a strong long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher scores in that area with a score of B. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 93.65482 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be somewhat lower than we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.04 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes.

Switching gears to our next category, this facility was given a decent nursing grade. Even though this wasn't quite as good as several of its other category grades, this is truly not a poor grade. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, we look at quality-based metrics, such as the percentage of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. These data points are decent measures of the quality of nursing care.