Bannister Center is a large facility in Providence, Rhode Island. Sporting an overall score of C, this is likely a middle of the pack nursing home. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Providence, which admittedly is admittedly a little below average nationally. This place didn't meet our expectations in all of our categories, but it didn't receive any rock-bottom grades either. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Bannister Center
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- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's short-term care score is notably more impressive than its overall grade. It received a strong grades in that category with a B+. In calculating our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is considered to be a fair assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we considered in this area is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it earned a grade of B. In computing a nursing home's nursing rating, we weigh the number of hours nurses are with residents and the skill levels of those nurses. This facility provided 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 nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Long-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this facility's next best category is long-term care. However, with a D in this category, it still fared relatively poorly. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it generally means the nursing home did not perform well in our measures relating to patient care. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this facility vaccinated a relatively low 89.83517 percent of its patients for pneumonia. To our surprise, this place was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best feature in this category.
Facility Inspections
Unfortunately, this nursing home did not receive a favorable inspection grade. We gave it just a just D in this category. Inspection grades relate to a facility's government inspection reports. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. This particular nursing home had a category G through L deficiency, which rank among the more serious categories of deficiencies. This generally indicates that the deficiencies identified by CMS had potential to cause actual harm to patients. Finally, we want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received significant government fines recently totaling more than $100,000. This typically signifies that a facility's bad track record spanned several years.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bannister Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bannister Center, 10.19% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffered from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bannister Center, 1.65% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bannister Center, 1.67% of Patients had UTIs
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents who have experienced a UTI. UTI's may be a sign of poor nursing care. However, this metric may be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bannister Center, 15.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for treating several conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bannister Center, 13.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term residents that are administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bannister Center, 3.72% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bannister Center, 94.92% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bannister Center, 17.12% 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 activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bannister Center, 15.11% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry believe that mobility is critical to patients physical and mental well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bannister Center, 15.11% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bannister Center, 16.12% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bannister Center, 70.18% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Providence, RI
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-minus
Looking for more options? Providence, Rhode Island has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode IslandAcute Care Hospitals 0.72 miles away101 Dudley Street Providence Rhode Island 02905Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 274-1100
- Rhode Island HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.92 miles away593 Eddy Street Providence Rhode Island 02903Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 444-4000
- Roger Williams Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.48 miles away825 Chalkstone Avenue Providence Rhode Island 02908Proprietary(401) 456-2025
- The Miriam HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.01 miles away164 Summit Avenue Providence Rhode Island 02906Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 793-2500
- Emma Pendleton Bradley HospitalPsychiatric 3.33 miles away1011 Veterans Memorial Parkway Riverside Rhode Island 02915Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 432-1000
- Our Lady of Fatima HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.36 miles away200 High Service Avenue Providence Rhode Island 02904Proprietary(401) 456-3000
- Kent County Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.17 miles away455 Toll Gate Rd Warwick Rhode Island 02886Proprietary(401) 737-7010
- Sturdy Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.91 miles away211 Park Street Attleboro Massachusetts 02703Voluntary non-profit - Other(508) 222-5200
Nearby Dialysis
- Dialysis Center of Providence0.51 miles away9 Plenty Street Providence Rhode Island 02907Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 273-4898
- Nna of Providence2.15 miles away125 Corliss Street Providence Rhode Island 02904CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (401) 521-9300
- The Dialysis Center of Rhode Island Hospital2.89 miles away22 Baker Street Providence Rhode Island 02905Dialysis Stations: 18 (401) 444-4440
- Dialysis Center of Rhode Island Hospital3.3 miles away950 Warren Avenue Suite 101 East Providence Rhode Island 02914Dialysis Stations: 12 (401) 606-1002
- Dialysis Center of East Providence3.66 miles away318 Waterman Avenue East Providence Rhode Island 02914CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 435-5200
- Davita North Providence Renal Center3.77 miles away1635 Mineral Spring Ave. Providence Rhode Island 02904Dialysis Stations: 18 (401) 354-5340
- Dialysis Center of Johnston4.04 miles away1526 Atwood Avenue Johnston Rhode Island 02919CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 521-0400
- Nna - Pawtucket4.73 miles away79 Division Street Pawtucket Rhode Island 02860CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (401) 723-9995