Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is one of only three available nursing homes located in Webster, Massachusetts. This is a good facility with a B overall. This was right in line with the city grade in Webster. In our view, this place is a solid choice for most people. This place was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.
Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn
11 Pontiac Avenue,
Webster MA 01570
67.53% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
In addition to earning a great overall grade, this nursing home performed even better in the area of inspections which is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. We gave it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our best grades. Inspection grades are tied to several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple relatively minor deficiencies aren't necessarily something to panic about.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its profile, this nursing home also received a grade of B for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this area. In determining our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This proved to be a real strength for this facility. It outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes with 57.4 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most nursing homes.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility also received a strong long-term care score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 78.65168 percent of its patients. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, at least this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.7 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Nurse Quality
Turning to our last category, this nursing home was awarded a decent nursing grade of B-. We scrutinized the qualifications of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses worked with patients, in determining our grade in this area. This nursing home provides 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also factored a few quality measures into our nursing grades. This facility was relatively weak in some of the areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are often good indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 6.42% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 3.57% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 2.4% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who have experienced UTI's. UTI's may be an indication of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic can be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 19.12% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients which were given antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. However, some facilities need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 19% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 1.96% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients showing signs of depression. Increased levels of depression may be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 91.59% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 15.22% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some experts would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 19.05% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Many argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 19.05 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 10.96 Percentage of Patients
Measures 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 Brookside Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 70.74% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
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Nearby Dialysis
- South County Dialysis Center2.57 miles away336 Thompson Road Suite 1 Webster Massachusetts 01570CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (508) 943-3998
- Auburn Health LLC9.77 miles away771 South Bridge Street Suite 1 Auburn Massachusetts 01501Dialysis Stations: 16 (508) 832-3604
- Bio-Medical Applications of Massachusetts Inc14.27 miles away867 Grafton Street Worcester Massachusetts 01604Dialysis Stations: 16 (203) 387-9332
- Saint Vincent's Hospital14.39 miles awayHemodialysis Unit 123 Summer St, Suite 380 Worcester Massachusetts 01608Dialysis Stations: 12 (508) 363-9460
- Davita Shrewsbury Street Dialysis15.13 miles away267 Shrewsbury Street Worcester Massachusetts 01604Dialysis Stations: 16 (774) 530-6353
- U-Mass Memorial Health Care Systems15.79 miles awayDialysis Unit 55 Lake Avenue North Rm h7-331 Worcester Massachusetts 01655Dialysis Stations: 13 (774) 442-3814
- Davita Pdi Worcester15.97 miles away19 Glennie Street Suite A Worcester Massachusetts 01605CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (508) 421-9539
- Freedom Center of Worcester16 miles away1 Innovation Drive Suite 110 Worcester Massachusetts 01605Dialysis Stations: 6 (508) 767-3950