Care One at Newton is a facility located in Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts, a city with 1,554 people. This turns out to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B+. Based on our ratings, this place ought to meet the needs of most people. You also may want to review this facility's category grades below. short-term care grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Care One at Newton
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Optometry
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a quality facility overall, this facility really excelled in our short-term care rating, where it earned a grade of A-. Few facilities fared better in this area. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
We also want to emphasize this nursing home's nearly flawless government inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining these inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively insignificant. This nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered severe. This means that CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies an immediate threat to patient health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received a strong long-term care score. Indeed, we gave it an above average score of B+ in this category. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 73.75 percent of its residents. This is a bit lower than we were hoping for. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to our last area, this nursing home was awarded a respectable nursing grade. Even though this wasn't quite as dominant as a few of its other grades, this is really not a major area of concern. In computing our nursing grades, we assess both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This facility provides only 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is a somewhat uninspiring figure which is well below average. Lastly, although this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of our quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it did very well in this metric.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Care One at Newton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Care One at Newton, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who have pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Care One at Newton, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Care One at Newton, 2.42% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Care One at Newton, 19.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Care One at Newton, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Care One at Newton, 1.93% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing symptoms of depression. Many in the industry would argue this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Care One at Newton, 91.44% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Care One at Newton, 15.15% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Care One at Newton, 17.66% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Care One at Newton, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Care One at Newton, 17.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Care One at Newton, 10.93 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Care One at Newton, 71.35% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Newton-Wellesley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.25 miles away2014 Washington Street Newton Lower Falls Massachusetts 02462Voluntary non-profit - Other(617) 243-6000
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamAcute Care Hospitals 3.69 miles away148 Chestnut Street Needham Heights Massachusetts 02494Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 453-3002
- St Elizabeth's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.34 miles away736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Proprietary(617) 789-3000
- Brigham and Women's Faulkner HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.46 miles away1153 Centre Street Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 983-7000
- Mount Auburn HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.68 miles away330 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 492-3500
- Brigham and Women's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.18 miles away75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 732-5500
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.32 miles away330 Brookline Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 667-7000
- Boston Children's HospitalChildrens 7.33 miles away300 Longwood Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 735-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Wellesley Dialysis0.96 miles away195 Worcester Street Lower Level Wellesley Hills Massachusetts 02481Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 431-1414
- The Dialysis Center at Waltham4.28 miles away135 Beaver Street, Suite 111 Waltham Massachusetts 02452Dialysis Stations: 14 (781) 642-0331
- Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston4.56 miles awayDialysis Unit - Ccp 7 736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Dialysis Stations: 17 (617) 789-2592
- Davita Northeast Cambridge Dialysis6.41 miles away799 Concord Avenue Cambridge Massachusetts 02138CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (617) 547-7700
- Davita Brookline Dialysis6.54 miles away322 Washington Street Brookline Massachusetts 02445CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (617) 734-7794
- Dci Brigham/Faulkner6.9 miles awayDci Brigham/Faulkner 1153 Centre Street, Belkin House Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 983-4470
- Kidney Center7.07 miles away888 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 739-3000
- Brigham and Women's Hospital8.1 miles awayDialysis Unit 75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Dialysis Stations: 7 (617) 732-6130