Brandon Woods of New Bedford
397 County Street, New Bedford MA 02740 · (508) 997-9396 · 92.07% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Brandon Woods of New Bedford is a senior living facility located in New Bedford, Massachusetts. This city has a population of 94,905 people. This is a lower end nursing home, with an overall grade of D. We found this to be one of the five worst rated nursing homes in New Bedford based on the data we assessed. With plenty of other nursing homes in the city, you may simply want to look elsewhere. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 135 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we were not high on this facility overall, we awarded it a grade of B- for inspections. This score is more respectable than this facility's overall score. Inspection scores are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a threat to resident safety. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Nurse Quality
We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of B- in the area. Our nursing grade is mostly based on the facility's nurse staffing. Based on the CMS data, this nursing home offers 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home was above average in several of the major areas we assessed, with good scores for minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are typically reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we graded is short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a solid grade of B-. With our short-term care grade, we seek to craft a valuable measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than a typical facility. The hope is that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. Finally, we looked at the number of patients that ultimately returned home from this facility and found that this facility performed better here. In fact, this nursing home performed better than most facilities in the nation in this area with 53.5 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to the fourth area, this facility was awarded a respectable long-term care score of B-. Long-term care grades assess a facility's personal care instead of the highly skilled nursing and healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We discovered that this nursing home vaccinated just 88.36689 percent of its residents, which is somewhat concerning. The last statistic we looked at is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this nursing home had 1.8 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is also slightly below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brandon Woods of New Bedford Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients that suffered a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this statistic could also be skewed for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percent of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better