Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Westborough is in Westborough, Massachusetts. This facility appears to be one of the more impressive facilities we assessed. A score of this caliber requires high-end marks across the board. This grade is even higher than the city grade of A- in Westborough, which is also an impressive grade. Keep reading to find this nursing home's category scores, which are also impressive. It's hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Westborough
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the category of short-term care, where it received an A. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This score is considered to be a useful assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who returned home from this facility. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Few nursing homes performed as well in this area. Our inspection scores weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this area generally have few of these 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
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Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. When computing a facility's nursing score, we look at the amount of time nurses are with patients and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 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 place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
In the last area, we awarded this facility an A for our long-term care grade. This finished off a very impressive report card. For patients seeking a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 82.61851 percent of its patients. This is a few points below what we expected. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Westborough Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Westborough, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Westborough, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Westborough, 2.42% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which experienced a UTI. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Westborough, 19.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents which are administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to having more residents with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Westborough, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Westborough, 1.93% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Westborough, 91.44% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Westborough, 15.15% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Westborough, 17.66% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Westborough, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Westborough, 17.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Westborough, 10.93 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at Westborough, 71.35% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Marlborough HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.8 miles away157 Union Street Marlborough Massachusetts 01752Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 481-5000
- Umass Memorial Medical Center IncAcute Care Hospitals 7.75 miles away55 Lake Avenue North Worcester Massachusetts 01655Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 334-1000
- Metrowest Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.38 miles away115 Lincoln Street Framingham Massachusetts 01701Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 383-1000
- St Vincent HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.66 miles away123 Summer Street Worcester Massachusetts 01608Proprietary(508) 363-5000
- Milford Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.01 miles away14 Prospect Street Milford Massachusetts 01757Voluntary non-profit - Other(508) 473-1190
- Emerson Hospital -Acute Care Hospitals 16.79 miles away133 Old Road to 9 Acre Corner Concord Massachusetts 01742Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 369-1400
- Newton-Wellesley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.52 miles away2014 Washington Street Newton Lower Falls Massachusetts 02462Voluntary non-profit - Other(617) 243-6000
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamAcute Care Hospitals 18.57 miles away148 Chestnut Street Needham Heights Massachusetts 02494Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 453-3002
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care of Marlborough2.77 miles away360 Cedar Hill Street Suite 3 Marlborough Massachusetts 01752CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (508) 460-9250
- University Dialysis Center (Bma of Shrewsbury)6.93 miles away239-243 Boston Turnpike Road Shrewsbury Massachusetts 01545Dialysis Stations: 16 (508) 753-0886
- U-Mass Memorial Health Care Systems7.77 miles awayDialysis Unit 55 Lake Avenue North Rm h7-331 Worcester Massachusetts 01655Dialysis Stations: 13 (774) 442-3814
- Freedom Center of Worcester8.13 miles away1 Innovation Drive Suite 110 Worcester Massachusetts 01605Dialysis Stations: 6 (508) 767-3950
- Bio-Medical Applications of Massachusetts Inc8.15 miles away867 Grafton Street Worcester Massachusetts 01604Dialysis Stations: 16 (203) 387-9332
- Fresenius Medical Care Framingham8.74 miles away110 Mt. Wayte Ave. Framingham Massachusetts 01702CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (508) 628-3801
- Davita Shrewsbury Street Dialysis8.92 miles away267 Shrewsbury Street Worcester Massachusetts 01604Dialysis Stations: 16 (774) 530-6353
- Saint Vincent's Hospital10.05 miles awayHemodialysis Unit 123 Summer St, Suite 380 Worcester Massachusetts 01608Dialysis Stations: 12 (508) 363-9460