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Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center

Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center's website

77 High Street,
Newburyport MA 01950

(978) 462-4221

86.71% estimated occupancy ¹

Located in Newburyport, Massachusetts, Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center is one of just three available facilities in this area. This facility was awarded an overall grade of B+, which is a strong score. This facility truly has plenty working in its favor. This facility also received consistently good ratings in each of the major categories we assessed. More information about its category grades can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Facility Inspections

One of the reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an impressive inspection rating. Inspections turned out to be its best category grade. In this category, we awarded it an A. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Among its many impressive grades, this facility earned an excellent nursing rating. In fact, we gave it a grade of B+ in that area. There are several factors included in this grade. Most of the subcategories relate to nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms 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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Short-term Care Quality

This facility also received a favorable short-term care score. Indeed, we gave it an above average score of B+ in this area. In our short-term care grade, we attempt to forge a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at the facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

The final area we looked at is long-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of B. This facility turned out to be very solid in each category we looked at. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for resident care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 97.58454 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint is is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great measure of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.42% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center, 19.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic measures the percent of long-term patients that were given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to having more patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.93% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center, 91.44% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center, 15.15% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center, 17.66% Percentage of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center, 17.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center, 10.93 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center, 71.35% Percentage of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

Anna Jaques HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.16 miles away25 Highland Avenue Newburyport Massachusetts 01950Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 463-1000
Exeter Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 12.78 miles away5 Alumni Drive Exeter New Hampshire 03833Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 778-7311
Holy Family HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.12 miles away70 East Street Methuen Massachusetts 01844Proprietary(978) 687-0156
Beverly Hospital CorporationAcute Care Hospitals 16.71 miles away85 Herrick Street Beverly Massachusetts 01915Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 922-3000
Portsmouth Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.62 miles away333 Borthwick Ave Portsmouth New Hampshire 03801Proprietary(603) 436-5110

Nearby Dialysis

Fmc of Newburyport0.98 miles away260 Merrimac Street Towle Building Newburyport Massachusetts 01950CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (978) 465-7030
Fmc Dialysis Services of Exeter12.17 miles away1 Hampton Road, Suite 109 Exeter New Hampshire 03833Dialysis Stations: 13 (603) 777-9931
Fresenius Medical Care of Methuen13.57 miles away421 Merrimack Street Methuen Massachusetts 01844Dialysis Stations: 21 (978) 975-3117
Davita North Andover Renal at Home14.97 miles away201 Sutton Street North Andover Massachusetts 01845CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (978) 975-1119
Fresenius Medical Care Merrimack Valley15.08 miles away100 Milk Street Methuen Massachusetts 01844CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (978) 686-9900
North Shore Regional Dialysis Center16.26 miles away133 Brimbal Ave Unit E Beverly Massachusetts 01915CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (978) 921-2052
Fresenius Medical Care Danvers17.92 miles away75 Newbury Street Danvers Massachusetts 01923Dialysis Stations: 13 (978) 774-0350
Seacoast Dialysis Center18.41 miles away155 Borthwick Ave Suite 100 Portsmouth New Hampshire 03801Dialysis Stations: 18 (603) 436-4567