Katzman Family Center for Living is one of just three facilities located in Chelsea, Massachusetts. This is a very good nursing home. We gave this it an overall grade of B+, which is a well above average rating. You could certainly do much worse than this facility. Scroll down to see this facility's category scores, which are also quite good. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.
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Katzman Family Center for Living
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home earned a strong overall grade as mentioned above, but we especially wanted to point out its excellent long-term care rating. We awarded them an A- in this category. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 99.757866 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also excelled in inspections, where it received an B+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
The third category we looked at was short-term care. This facility was awarded a favorable short-term care score, with a B+ in the area. Our short-term care grades are presumably more critical for people requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to our last category, this nursing home was given a very strong nursing grade. We gave it a B+ in that category, finishing off one of our better report cards. When calculating our nursing grades, we look at both nursing hours and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home Massachusetts in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning patients even once per day.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Katzman Family Center for Living Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Katzman Family Center for Living, 6.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Katzman Family Center for Living, 3.77% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Katzman Family Center for Living, 2.05% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Katzman Family Center for Living, 19.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Katzman Family Center for Living, 18.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Katzman Family Center for Living, 2.48% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms. High levels of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Katzman Family Center for Living, 91.39% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Katzman Family Center for Living, 16.21% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Katzman Family Center for Living, 15.75% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Katzman Family Center for Living, 1.68 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Katzman Family Center for Living, 15.75 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Katzman Family Center for Living, 11.2 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Katzman Family Center for Living, 71.52% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some would argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Massachusetts General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.29 miles away55 Fruit Street Boston Massachusetts 02114Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 726-2000
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -Acute Care Hospitals 3.32 miles away243 Charles Street Boston Massachusetts 02114Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 523-7900
- Tufts Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.94 miles away800 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts 02111Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 636-5000
- Cambridge Health AllianceAcute Care Hospitals 4.16 miles away1493 Cambridge Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Government - Local(617) 665-2300
- Melrosewakefield HealthcareAcute Care Hospitals 4.48 miles away585 Lebanon Street Melrose Massachusetts 02176Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 979-3000
- Boston Medical Center Corporation-Acute Care Hospitals 5.11 miles away1 Boston Medical Center Place Boston Massachusetts 02118Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 638-8000
- Mount Auburn HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.53 miles away330 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 492-3500
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.67 miles away330 Brookline Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 667-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Massachusetts General Hospital3 miles awayDialysis Unit 55 Fruit St, Bigelow 10 Boston Massachusetts 02114Dialysis Stations: 11 (617) 726-3700
- Medford Dialysis Center (Bma Medford)3.37 miles away305 Mystic Avenue Medford Massachusetts 02155CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (781) 396-9282
- Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (Dci Boston)3.84 miles away35 Kneeland Street 5th Floor Boston Massachusetts 02111CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 636-6389
- Davita Wellington Circle Dialysis Center3.99 miles away10 Cabot Road Suite 103b Medford Massachusetts 02155CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 306-9740
- Dci Ball Square4 miles away643 Broadway Somerville Massachusetts 02145CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (617) 616-3600
- Davita Boston Dialysis4.84 miles awayDialysis Unit 660 Harrison Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02118CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 37 (617) 859-7000
- North Suburban Dialysis Center (Bma Essex County)4.86 miles awayAugustine Plaza 124 Broadway, Route 1n Saugus Massachusetts 01906CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (781) 233-2877
- Brigham and Women's Hospital5.21 miles awayDialysis Unit 75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Dialysis Stations: 7 (617) 732-6130