Briarcliffe Manor
49 Old Pocasset Road, Johnston RI 02919 · (401) 944-2450 · 91.06% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Briarcliffe Manor is located in Johnston, Rhode Island. The city has 28,790 people. Sporting an overall score of A, this facility is one of the most impressive nursing homes we assessed. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top fifth of all facilities in the country. Headlining this nursing home's remarkable profile is its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 122 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this place turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it earned an A+ inspection grade. This is as good as it gets in this critical category. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. It doesn't look like we have deficiency counts for this nursing home. Without having access to complete deficiency data for this nursing home, it was a challenge to fully assess it in the inspections category.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded an A+ short-term care grade, rendering it one of the few facilities to be given several A+ category grades. Short-term care grades are vital for patients looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes a broad scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home is above average in terms of both its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its patients. The final measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in Rhode Island in this area with 65.9 percent of its patients returning home. At most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. In computing our nursing grades, we look at both staffing levels and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides an incredible 4.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Out of this total, many of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering impressive levels of nursing care, this facility was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. It performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed was long-term care. We gave this nursing home an acceptable grade in that category, with a grade of B-. While this isn't on par with many of this nursing home's other scores, it is nevertheless nothing to be ashamed of. Long-term care grades are commonly used to assess a facility's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services offered by a rehabilitation facility. In addition to looking at the very solid volume of care provided by nurses and other staff at this nursing home, we also were happy with the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is above average. This combination proved to be effective as this facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.34 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Briarcliffe Manor Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric can be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better