Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center
77 High Street, Newburyport MA 01950 · (978) 462-4221 · 83.59% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center is a small facility in Newburyport, Massachusetts. With an overall score of B+, this nursing home should work for most prospective residents. Impressively, the nursing homes in Newburyport received high scores across the board, making this one of the best places in Massachusetts to find a nursing home. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was long-term care, which is discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 64 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an A+ long-term care grade. Facilities that do well in long-term care tend to provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a deadly illness for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not take any chances. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 2.55 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Facility Inspections
The next category we looked at was inspections, where this facility also received an A+ grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Our inspection grades are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of C in this category is by no means a bad score. In computing our nursing grades, we look at both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provides 1.9 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a lower figure than we were hoping for. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home excelled in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. It scored well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we analyzed was short-term care, in which this facility received a C. This actually turned out to be this facility's worst category. This is nevertheless not a bad grade. Short-term care scores are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it performed decently in this area, with 46.6 percent of its residents returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brigham Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could indicate a lower level of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better