Care One at Weymouth
64 Performance Drive, East Weymouth MA 02189 · (781) 340-9800 · 90.25% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Care One at Weymouth is located in East Weymouth, Massachusetts. We gave this facility an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all facilities in the country. We can not find many bad things to say about this facility. Its grades are impeccable. As you will see below, this nursing home also performed well in our category scores. It is hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 154 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a fine short-term care grade. This actually ended up being this facility's second strongest category score. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. This nursing home provides a decent amount of services from physical therapists and registered nurses based on our assessment. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This place outperformed the vast majority of facilities with 57.8 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most facilities.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on our third area, this facility received first-rate long-term care grade. In fact, it received a grade of A- in that area. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 74.28571 percent of its residents, which is a few points less than we were hoping for. This nursing home also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.68 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
The final category we scored is nursing, in which this nursing home received a B. While this turned out to be its poorest category rating, this is still a favorable grade. Nursing ratings are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This particular nursing home provided 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed better than average in this area. This is often a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Care One at Weymouth Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients who had a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percentage of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better