Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center is a nursing home in Greenfield, Massachusetts. The city has a population of 17,700 people. After receiving an overall grade of A, this facility is among the highest-rated facilities we looked at. You really can't do much better than this place. If you scroll down, you can see this nursing home's category grades, which are equally strong as its overall grade.
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Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Our inspection scores account for several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category typically have few severe deficiencies. This place received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to pose an imminent threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to its impressive profile, this facility also performed well in our long-term care area. In fact, we gave it a score of A- in the category. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 87.09677 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is a few points below what we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A- in our nursing category. Our nursing score is largely tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final category we scored, this nursing home was given an impressive grade grade of A- in our short-term care category. With this score, the nursing home rounded out a straight A report card. In our short-term care rating, we strive to create a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze a nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this nursing home provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that returned home from the facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 7.74% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 1.61% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 0.44% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who suffered from UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this metric could be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 15.19% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for many conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 13.15% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 90.05% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 13.33% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Many in the industry would argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 12.38% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 12.38% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 14.73% of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 80.75% of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Baystate Franklin Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.64 miles away164 High Street Greenfield Massachusetts 01301Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 773-0211
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc,TheAcute Care Hospitals 17.62 miles away30 Locust Street Northampton Massachusetts 01060Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 582-2000
- Brattleboro Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.46 miles away17 Belmont Ave Brattleboro Vermont 05301Voluntary non-profit - Private(802) 257-0341
Nearby Dialysis
- Yankee Family Dialysis Center2.58 miles away115 Wildwood Avenue Greenfield Massachusetts 01301Dialysis Stations: 13 (413) 773-0001
- Hampshire County Dialysis Center18.76 miles away84 Conz Street Northampton Massachusetts 01060Dialysis Stations: 13 (413) 586-7989