1044 Park Street, Stoughton MA 02072 · (781) 344-7300 · 92.06% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Blue Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Stoughton, Massachusetts. We gave this facility an overall grade of D. A score of this caliber typically suggests a few concerning datapoints. Stoughton received a city grade of B, so there are some other options in the city worth looking at. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, you can continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Please note our records indicate that Blue Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 92 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Facility Inspections
B+
Historical
While this place's overall grade was not a highlight, it did receive a very good grade in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ for that area, which is one of our better grades. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
B-
Historical
We also awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. In a long-term care environment, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. As it turns out, this nursing home gave the vaccine to only 82.7044 percent of its patients, which is somewhat concerning. Nevertheless, this facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.34 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
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Nurse Quality
B-
Historical
This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is not a bad score. When calculating our nursing ratings, we assess both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided just 2.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, while this facility got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of our quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this subcategory.
Short-term Care Quality
F
Historical
The final area we rated was short-term care, where this facility was given a bottom of the barrel score in this area also. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is definitely a major disappointment. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to grade a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To have high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have higher levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. With its grade in this area, we weren't stunned to discover that this facility was well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its residents based on the data we assessed. Honestly, this was what we expected here. The last item we considered in this area is the percentage of patients that returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 22.8 percent of its patients returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aug 20
Provider:
D
State:
B+
National:
B
Overall Rating
Nurse Rating
Long-Term Rating
Short-Term Rating
Inspection Rating
Blue Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term care patients who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.
Provider
A+
0.69%
State
B+
5.75%
National
B
7.32%
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Provider
C
4.4%
State
B
3.35%
National
B
3.36%
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure measures the percent of long-term patients who experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Provider
C
3.81%
State
B
2.46%
National
B
2.65%
Percent of Patients with UTIs Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Provider
F
31.99%
State
B-
17.92%
National
B
14.18%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Provider
B+
16.23%
State
B+
18.77%
National
B
19.68%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some experts argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Provider
B+
0.69%
State
B+
1.73%
National
B+
5.07%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Provider
D
88.57%
State
B-
90.87%
National
B
92.05%
Percent of Patients Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and eating.
Provider
A-
11.56%
State
B
14.82%
National
B
14.45%
Percentage of Patients Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels.
Provider
C
11.44%
State
B
16.96%
National
B
17.08%
Percentage of Residents Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Provider
B
1.34
State
B+
1.45
National
B
1.70
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Provider
A-
11.44
State
B
16.96
National
B
17.08
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Provider
F
36.31%
State
B-
63.24%
National
B
68.03%
Percentage of Resident Higher is Better
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