Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center is a nursing home in Greenfield, Massachusetts. The city has a population of 17,700 people. Sporting an overall grade of B+, this facility should work for most people. You can certainly do much worse than this nursing home. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Please note our records indicate that Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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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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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Our inspection grades are tied to many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility performed well in the area of long-term care. As a result, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest grades. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 93.49593 percent of its patients. This is a bit less than we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this nursing home also was given favorable short-term care grades in our assessment. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. In forming our short-term care grades, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The last statistic we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
The final area we looked at is nursing, in which this nursing home was awarded a B-. Although this ended up being its lowest category score, this is still not the end of the world. Our nursing score features many data points. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this place actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a reliable indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place.
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, 7.95% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who are suffering from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 3.25% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often the result of poor nursing care. More supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This figure gauges the percent of long-term care residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 10% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 14.22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure gauges the percent of long-term residents which were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 0.44% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 92.75% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 10.9% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 15.02% of Residents
This is the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 15.02% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 11.43% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Buckley-Greenfield Healthcare Center, 73.7% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
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