Located in Naugatuck, Connecticut, Beacon Brook Health Center is the only nursing home we found there. This nursing home was given an overall grade of C, which is a decent score. Based on our analysis, this nursing home has some redeeming qualities. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's report card is its remarkable inspection reports, which we will address in the next section.
Beacon Brook Health Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Blood Administration
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
- Radiation Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
This nursing home received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to emphasize its excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A in this category. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category typically have few severe deficiencies. 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. Based on this, we had a generally favorable view of this nursing home's inspections.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a respectable grade in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. In our short-term care grade, we seek to create a valuable measure for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess a facility's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the average facility. The last metric we assessed in this area is the number of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C, which is a decent grade. The nursing grade is based on a handful of subcategories, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, although this nursing home got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of our quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed well in this metric.
Long-term Care Quality
Our next area is long-term care, in which we gave this nursing home a C in that category. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary goal is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 92.30769 percent of its residents, which is a few points lower than we expected. Nevertheless, this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Beacon Brook Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Beacon Brook Health Center, 6.31% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Beacon Brook Health Center, 3.94% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who have suffered a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Beacon Brook Health Center, 1.79% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care residents which have experienced urinary tract infections. While more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Beacon Brook Health Center, 14.56% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term residents that were administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Beacon Brook Health Center, 17.25% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Beacon Brook Health Center, 5.92% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Beacon Brook Health Center, 90.83% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Beacon Brook Health Center, 17.44% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Beacon Brook Health Center, 23.72% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients health.
Hospitalizations
In Beacon Brook Health Center, 1.33 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Beacon Brook Health Center, 23.72 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Beacon Brook Health Center, 9.54 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Beacon Brook Health Center, 74.33% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Waterbury HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.47 miles away64 Robbins St Waterbury Connecticut 06721Proprietary(203) 573-6000
- Griffin HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.64 miles away130 Division St Derby Connecticut 06418Voluntary non-profit - Other(203) 732-7500
- Yale-New Haven HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.38 miles away20 York St New Haven Connecticut 06504Voluntary non-profit - Private(203) 688-4242
- Midstate Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.22 miles away435 Lewis Avenue Meriden Connecticut 06450Voluntary non-profit - Private(203) 694-8200
- Milford Hospital, IncAcute Care Hospitals 17.57 miles away300 Seaside Avenue Milford Connecticut 06460Voluntary non-profit - Private(203) 876-4000
- Hospital of Central Connecticut, TheAcute Care Hospitals 18.72 miles away100 Grand Street New Britain Connecticut 06050Voluntary non-profit - Other(860) 224-5011
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- Wallingford Dialysis Care LLC11.48 miles away720 N Main Street Ext Suite 3 Wallingford Connecticut 06492Dialysis Stations: 13 (203) 265-0667
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