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Benjamin Healthcare Center

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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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

(617) 738-1500

40.48% estimated occupancy 1

Benjamin Healthcare Center is in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts. With an overall grade of A-, this is clearly a very impressive 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 also strong.

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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

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. Nursing grades are mostly based on the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Contributing to its profile, this nursing home also received a grade of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this category. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 99.69041 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

Adding to its impressive category grades, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+ for our inspections rating. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 6 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In our last area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+ for its short-term care grade. This completed an elite profile. Our short-term care scores are thought to be most meaningful for people in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing. This means not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last item we considered in this category is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Benjamin Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 6.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay patients that suffered from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-plus

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 3.77% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients who suffered from a fall leading to severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 2.05% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric can also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 19.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 18.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 2.48% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 91.39% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 16.21% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 15.75% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is critical to patients mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 1.68 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Benjamin Healthcare Center, 15.75 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

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