Bayberry Commons

With an address in Pascoag, Rhode Island, Bayberry Commons is one of just three available facilities in this area. We gave this facility an overall grade of B. A grade in this range requires solid scores in most areas. Based on our assessment, this nursing home is a solid choice for most people. This nursing home is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

In addition to earning a great overall rating, this facility fared even better in our inspections category which is based on the facility's recent government inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A+ for this area, which is one of our best scores. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Another one of this facility's impressive category scores came in the area of short-term care. We awarded them one of our more positive grades in that category, with a grade of B+. With our short-term care category, we strive to craft a fair measure for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at the facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. The final measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. It was above average in this area with 50.3 percent of its residents returning home.

In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Nursing grades are primarily associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed better than average in this area. This is often a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

The final area we scored is long-term care. This nursing home received a grade of C for the area. In crafting these long-term care grades, we quantify the facility's personal care services. One of the criteria we considered on top of nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Fortunately, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 98.52941 percent of its residents. This place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.85 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.