Carlyle House

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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342 Winter Street,
Framingham MA 01701

(508) 879-6100

93.63% estimated occupancy ¹

Carlyle House is in Framingham, Massachusetts. This city has 68,423 people. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B. A grade of this caliber requires quality marks in most areas. Based on our assessment, this place looks like a good fit for quite a few people. Fortunately, this facility did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Optometry
Audiology
Colostomy Care

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Facility Inspections

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A. Inspection ratings are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this area have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this place had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

Nurse Quality

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Nursing ratings are largely based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

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Long-term Care Quality

This facility's third best area was long-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a B-. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination data. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 94.94382 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Our last category is short-term care, in which we gave this nursing home a grade of C in that category. Short-term care grades are typically used to gauge a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In order to have good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature better levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that just 4.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Carlyle House Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Carlyle House, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Carlyle House, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that have sustained a fall which resulted in major injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Carlyle House, 2.42% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Carlyle House, 19.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Carlyle House, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Carlyle House, 1.93% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Carlyle House, 91.44% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Carlyle House, 15.15% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some would argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Carlyle House, 17.66% Percentage of Residents

This is the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Carlyle House, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Carlyle House, 17.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Carlyle House, 10.93 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Carlyle House, 71.35% Percentage of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for Framingham, MA

Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
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 A

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