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Benjamin Healthcare Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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120 Fisher Avenue,
Roxbury Crossing MA 02120

(617) 738-1500

39.41% estimated occupancy 1

Benjamin Healthcare Center is a very-large non-profit facility located in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts. With an overall grade of A, this is clearly a phenomenal nursing home. Based on our ratings, this nursing home is just about as as good as it gets. If you look further down this page, you can see this place's category ratings, which are equally impressive as its overall score.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

One of the many reasons this place received a great overall grade is that it earned a very strong nursing grade. This turned out to be its best category. In this category, we awarded this facility an A. In determining our nursing scores, we look at both nursing hours and the skill levels of those nurses. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

This nursing home also was strong in the category of long-term care, where we gave it a score of A. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 99.69041 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a life threatening health condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Racking up another strong category grade, this nursing home also excelled in inspections, where it earned a score of A-. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Turning to our last category, this nursing home also excelled in the short-term care category. We gave it an A- for this category. This wrapped up truly elite profile. In determining our short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This area is typically a meaningful assessment of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last metric we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Benjamin Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 2.26% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term patients that suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 1.24% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric indicates the percent of long-term residents who have experienced a fall which caused severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 0.94% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 11.2% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 7.89% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 99.85% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 16.25% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 14.43% of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 14.43% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Brigham and Women's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.57 miles away75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 732-5500
  • Boston Children's HospitalChildrens 0.68 miles away300 Longwood Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 735-6000
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.89 miles away330 Brookline Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 667-7000
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation-Acute Care Hospitals 1.62 miles away1 Boston Medical Center Place Boston Massachusetts 02118Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 638-8000
  • Brigham and Women's Faulkner HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.22 miles away1153 Centre Street Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 983-7000
  • Tufts Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.6 miles away800 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts 02111Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 636-5000
  • St Elizabeth's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.63 miles away736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Proprietary(617) 789-3000
  • Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -Acute Care Hospitals 3.03 miles away243 Charles Street Boston Massachusetts 02114Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 523-7900

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Brookline Dialysis0.84 miles away322 Washington Street Brookline Massachusetts 02445CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (617) 734-7794
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital1.15 miles awayDialysis Unit 75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Dialysis Stations: 7 (617) 732-6130
  • Children's Hospital Boston1.15 miles awayDialysis Unit, Farley Four 300 Longwood Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115Dialysis Stations: 7 (617) 355-7631
  • Mary Eliza Mahoney Dialysis Center (Bma of Massachusetts)1.37 miles away416 Warren Street Roxbury Massachusetts 02119CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (617) 445-9989
  • Dci Brigham/Faulkner1.38 miles awayDci Brigham/Faulkner 1153 Centre Street, Belkin House Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 983-4470
  • Kidney Center1.63 miles away888 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 739-3000
  • Davita Boston Dialysis1.88 miles awayDialysis Unit 660 Harrison Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02118CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 37 (617) 859-7000
  • Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (Dci Boston)2.71 miles away35 Kneeland Street 5th Floor Boston Massachusetts 02111CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 636-6389

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=225654