Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center is in Brighton, Massachusetts, a city with 42,780 people. Featuring an overall grade of B, this is a very respectable facility. Based on the data we reviewed, you could do much worse than this facility. Fortunately, this facility did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
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Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall performance, we gave this place an A for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. This place was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility was given an impressive long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher grades in that category with a grade of B+. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 27.403847 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be a bit lower than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, we were pleased to find facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next category we analyzed is short-term care, where this facility was given a grade of B- in this category. Our short-term care grade is generally used to score a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation To offer highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally must provide better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Nurse Quality
Our last category is nursing, in which we gave this nursing home a grade of C in this category. Our nursing grade includes many data points. The most heavily weighted factor is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This figure is significantly below average. Finally, although this nursing home got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of our quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared well in this area.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 11.79% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 7.21% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic measures the percent of long-term care residents who have suffered falls which resulted in major injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 4.85% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who have sustained a UTI. UTI's may be an indication of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint may also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 22.22% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term stay patients that were given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to having more patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 9.03% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 1.1% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 63.7% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 16.3% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many would argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 17.81% of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 17.81% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 17.1% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Brighton House Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 68.79% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- St Elizabeth's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.63 miles away736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Proprietary(617) 789-3000
- Brigham and Women's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.68 miles away75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 732-5500
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.73 miles away330 Brookline Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 667-7000
- Boston Children's HospitalChildrens 1.79 miles away300 Longwood Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 735-6000
- Mount Auburn HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.26 miles away330 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 492-3500
- Cambridge Health AllianceAcute Care Hospitals 2.84 miles away1493 Cambridge Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Government - Local(617) 665-2300
- Brigham and Women's Faulkner HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3 miles away1153 Centre Street Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 983-7000
- Boston Medical Center Corporation-Acute Care Hospitals 3.32 miles away1 Boston Medical Center Place Boston Massachusetts 02118Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 638-8000
Nearby Dialysis
- Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston1.18 miles awayDialysis Unit - Ccp 7 736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Dialysis Stations: 17 (617) 789-2592
- Davita Brookline Dialysis1.18 miles away322 Washington Street Brookline Massachusetts 02445CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (617) 734-7794
- Kidney Center1.46 miles away888 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 739-3000
- Brigham and Women's Hospital2.51 miles awayDialysis Unit 75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Dialysis Stations: 7 (617) 732-6130
- Children's Hospital Boston2.51 miles awayDialysis Unit, Farley Four 300 Longwood Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115Dialysis Stations: 7 (617) 355-7631
- Dci Brigham/Faulkner2.62 miles awayDci Brigham/Faulkner 1153 Centre Street, Belkin House Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 983-4470
- Mary Eliza Mahoney Dialysis Center (Bma of Massachusetts)3.39 miles away416 Warren Street Roxbury Massachusetts 02119CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (617) 445-9989
- Davita Northeast Cambridge Dialysis3.45 miles away799 Concord Avenue Cambridge Massachusetts 02138CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (617) 547-7700