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Katzman Family Center for Living

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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17 Lafayette Avenue,
Chelsea MA 02150

(617) 884-6766

93.41% estimated occupancy 1

Katzman Family Center for Living is one of four nursing homes in Chelsea, Massachusetts. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the more impressive nursing homes we assessed. A score of this caliber requires first-rate marks across the board. This facility proved to be one of the better facilities in Chelsea, which boasts a decent selection of facilities. Scroll down to see this nursing home's category grades, which are also quite good. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.

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Quick Details

  • 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

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Massachusetts Awards 2020

Registered Staff Hours

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this facility also received an excellent long-term care score, with a grade of A. Facilities that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. One of the criteria we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 99.54955 percent of its residents. This is a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths for the elderly population. 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

Grade: A-minus

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. When calculating our nursing ratings, we weigh both staffing levels and the training levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The last category we rated is short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility an above average grade of B. In computing our short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to formulate a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we looked at in this area is the number of residents who returned home from the nursing home. We found that 4.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Katzman Family Center for Living Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Katzman Family Center for Living, 10% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents which developed pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Katzman Family Center for Living, 2.03% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who sustained a fall leading to serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Katzman Family Center for Living, 0.93% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who have sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's could be a sign of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic may be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Katzman Family Center for Living, 17.07% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for several conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Katzman Family Center for Living, 11.5% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Katzman Family Center for Living, 2.1% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Katzman Family Center for Living, 99.77% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Katzman Family Center for Living, 12.42% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Katzman Family Center for Living, 14.7% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Katzman Family Center for Living, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Katzman Family Center for Living, 14.7% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Katzman Family Center for Living, 7.21% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Katzman Family Center for Living, 78.5% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for Chelsea, MA

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

Looking for more options? Chelsea, Massachusetts has 3 other nursing homes

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