Baypointe Rehab Center

In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in our short-term care rating, where it received an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Our short-term care grades are probably most critical for those in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Adding to its impressive category grades, this facility also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this area generally have very few severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor dings aren't the end of the world.

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with quality and quantity of nursing care. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Massachusetts in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving a resident more frequently.

The final category we rated is long-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B-. While this is its weakest category grade, this is still nothing to be ashamed of. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 98.59813 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.