Bethany Home of Rhode Island is located in Providence, Rhode Island. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the highest-rated facilities we found. A grade of this caliber requires first-rate marks across the board. You simply can not do much better than this nursing home. Scroll down to see this facility's category grades, which are also strong. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.
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Bethany Home of Rhode Island
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this ended up being a quality nursing home is it received an impressive grade in inspections. Inspections ended up being its best category. In this area, we gave this nursing home an A. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category tend to have very 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its top-shelf assessment, this nursing home also was awarded an excellent long-term care score, with a score of A. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 98.611115 percent of its patients, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning our next area, this nursing home received a strong short-term care score. In fact, it received a grade of A in this area. In calculating our short-term care grades, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to devise a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
In the last category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our nursing grade. This finished off a very strong report card. The nursing rating analyzes many factors, but the paramount one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these statistics as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bethany Home of Rhode Island Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bethany Home of Rhode Island, 11.32% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bethany Home of Rhode Island, 5.56% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bethany Home of Rhode Island, 7.46% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bethany Home of Rhode Island, 11.27% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bethany Home of Rhode Island, 10% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bethany Home of Rhode Island, 1.41% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression could imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bethany Home of Rhode Island, 99.31% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bethany Home of Rhode Island, 17.46% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bethany Home of Rhode Island, 20.78% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bethany Home of Rhode Island, 20.78% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bethany Home of Rhode Island, 11.19% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bethany Home of Rhode Island, 90.95% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
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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