Briarwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center is one of a mere two nursing homes located in Needham, Massachusetts. Sporting an overall grade of A, this is undoubtedly a first-rate nursing home. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top fifth of all facilities in the country. As you will see below, this facility performed just as well in our category ratings. We gave it a straight A report card!
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Briarwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
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
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to faring well in its overall grade, this facility received high marks in the area of short-term care as well. As a result, it received our highest score in that category with an A+. With our short-term care grade, we seek to create a valuable measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 7.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing rating is primarily based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to its high-end profile, this facility also was awarded a superb long-term care score, with a score of A-. When facilities receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 98.56322 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is far higher than the average nursing home. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
Lastly, this nursing home also received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a grade of A-. With this impressive grade, this place is one of the few facilities in Massachusetts to earn straight A's. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Briarwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Briarwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 7.47% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Briarwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 1.44% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents who sustained falls leading to severe injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Briarwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Briarwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 21.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Briarwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 9.09% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Briarwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 2.1% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Briarwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 95.9% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Briarwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 7.66% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Briarwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 8.08% of Residents
This is the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Briarwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized 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
In Briarwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 8.08% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Briarwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 9.46% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Briarwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, 86.77% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamAcute Care Hospitals 0.18 miles away148 Chestnut Street Needham Heights Massachusetts 02494Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 453-3002
- Newton-Wellesley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.04 miles away2014 Washington Street Newton Lower Falls Massachusetts 02462Voluntary non-profit - Other(617) 243-6000
- Westwood Pembroke Health SystemsPsychiatric 4.69 miles away45 Clapboardtree Street Westwood Massachusetts 02090Proprietary(617) 762-7764
- Brigham and Women's Faulkner HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.83 miles away1153 Centre Street Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 983-7000
- Norwood HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.2 miles away800 Washington Street Norwood Massachusetts 02062Proprietary(781) 769-4000
- St Elizabeth's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.94 miles away736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Proprietary(617) 789-3000
- Brigham and Women's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.84 miles away75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 732-5500
- Boston Children's HospitalChildrens 8.03 miles away300 Longwood Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 735-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Wellesley Dialysis2.91 miles away195 Worcester Street Lower Level Wellesley Hills Massachusetts 02481Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 431-1414
- Westwood Dialysis Center (Bma Westwood)4.95 miles away90 Glacier Drive Westwood Massachusetts 02090CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 326-9985
- Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston6.29 miles awayDialysis Unit - Ccp 7 736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Dialysis Stations: 17 (617) 789-2592
- Dci Brigham/Faulkner6.63 miles awayDci Brigham/Faulkner 1153 Centre Street, Belkin House Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 983-4470
- Davita Brookline Dialysis7.21 miles away322 Washington Street Brookline Massachusetts 02445CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (617) 734-7794
- The Dialysis Center at Waltham7.75 miles away135 Beaver Street, Suite 111 Waltham Massachusetts 02452Dialysis Stations: 14 (781) 642-0331
- Kidney Center8.25 miles away888 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 739-3000
- Mary Eliza Mahoney Dialysis Center (Bma of Massachusetts)8.33 miles away416 Warren Street Roxbury Massachusetts 02119CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (617) 445-9989