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Care One at New Bedford

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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221 Fitzgerald Drive,
New Bedford MA 02745

(508) 996-4600

91.81% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Care One at New Bedford is one of seven facilities in the city. This nursing home was awarded an A- overall, which is one of the most impressive scores we offer. A score in this range requires first-rate marks across the board. Based on our ratings, this facility is simply as good as it gets. As you can find below, this facility also performed well in our category scores. It's hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Awards

Best Nursing Home in New Bedford, Massachusetts badge

Best Nursing Home in New Bedford, Massachusetts Awards 2020

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home an impressive grade of A for our short-term care rating. In computing our short-term care scores, we look at a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This score is frequently a useful assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home also excelled in inspections. In fact, we awarded it an B+ for that category, which is one of our best scores. This is one of the few nursing homes with an overall score in this range which received multiple category grades this high. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection grades. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively minor. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility received an impressive long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 96.47356 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

Switching gears to the fourth category, this facility also performed well in the nursing category. In fact, we gave it a B+ for this area. This rounded out a very strong report card. In determining a nursing home's nursing rating, we weigh the number of hours nurses are with patients and the skill levels of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Care One at New Bedford Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Care One at New Bedford, 6.76% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Care One at New Bedford, 2.02% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often associated with poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Care One at New Bedford, 1.07% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Care One at New Bedford, 20.79% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In Care One at New Bedford, 19.23% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Care One at New Bedford, 0.54% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Care One at New Bedford, 94.53% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Care One at New Bedford, 9.2% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Care One at New Bedford, 11.37% of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who maintained mobility. Many argue that mobility is important for patients health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Care One at New Bedford, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to preserving the physical health of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Care One at New Bedford, 11.37% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Care One at New Bedford, 9.13% of Patients

This datapoint 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

Grade: B

In Care One at New Bedford, 78.77% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's generally correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Scores for New Bedford, MA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B

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Nearby Dialysis

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  • Davita New Bedford Dialysis5.35 miles away237-B State Road North Dartmouth Massachusetts 02747CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (508) 992-0629
  • Fall River Kidney Center LLC10.94 miles away48 Weaver Street Fall River Massachusetts 02720CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (508) 677-4911
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