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Berkshire Place

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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455 Douglas Avenue,
Providence RI 02908

(401) 553-8600

86.86% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Berkshire Place has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Berkshire Place turns out to be one of a host of nursing home options to decide among in Providence, Rhode Island. This facility was given an overall rating of F. This is one of the three worst nursing homes in Providence. With so many other facilities in the city, you should be able to do better. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is nursing, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: C

Even though we graded this facility extremely poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable nursing score this year. We gave it a grade of C in this category. Our nursing rating assesses the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In fact, it performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home also didn't rate poorly in the category of long-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of C for that category, which ended up being another one of its more respectable scores. Long-term care grades focus on a nursing home's personal care instead of the highly skilled nursing and medical services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. We were a bit worried that this facility vaccinated 43.97163 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be quite a few points below what we expected. Nevertheless, this place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Unfortunately, this nursing home's third highest score was short-term care. Nevertheless, with a D in this category, it still performed relatively badly. In crafting our short-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to formulate a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. With its score in this category, we weren't stunned to find that this nursing home was well below average in terms of its number of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who returned home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

Turning to our final category of inspections, this facility received a grade that's as bad as it gets. We weight this category more heavily than our other categories. When a place has this poor of an inspection rating, you should expect some severe deficiencies on its inspection report. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. It does not appear that we were able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We would not recommend this facility under any circumstance.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Berkshire Place Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Berkshire Place, 7.56% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Berkshire Place, 1.42% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a fall resulting in serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-plus

In Berkshire Place, 0.14% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are routinely caused by a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric may also be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Berkshire Place, 44.38% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Berkshire Place, 11.62% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Berkshire Place, 3.09% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Berkshire Place, 68.29% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Berkshire Place, 36.22% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Berkshire Place, 14.59% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Berkshire Place, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Berkshire Place, 14.59% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Berkshire Place, 21.51% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Berkshire Place, 83.9% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with superior rehabilitation.

Scores for Providence, RI

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B

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Nearby Dialysis

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  • Dialysis Center of Johnston3.96 miles away1526 Atwood Avenue Johnston Rhode Island 02919CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 521-0400
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  • Dialysis Center of Pawtucket4.02 miles away201 Armistice Boulevard Pawtucket Rhode Island 02860CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 722-3313