With an address in Swansea, Massachusetts, Country Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center is the only facility we were able to find in the city. This nursing home turns out to be a very solid facility, with an overall grade of B. Based on our assessment, this place is a solid choice for most people. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection reports, which is addressed in the next section.
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Country Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we gave this place a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Inspection scores are tied to many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a strong short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. In the area of short-term care, we seek to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Nursing ratings are tied to nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this place 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 the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of turning a resident at least once a day.
Long-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the final category, this facility was given a grade of B- in long-term care, which is a respectable grade. Our long-term care grades are more critical for folks requiring more traditional services associated with personal care. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. Candidly, we were a bit concerned this facility vaccinated 89.07563 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be quite a bit less than average. Nevertheless, this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Country Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Country Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center, 6.21% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Country Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center, 3.78% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care. More supervision minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Country Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center, 3.51% of Patients had UTIs
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents which sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic could be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Country Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center, 12.04% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents who are prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Country Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center, 20.1% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Country Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center, 1.79% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Country Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center, 92.38% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Country Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center, 16.94% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Country Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center, 11.09% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Country Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Country Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center, 11.09% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Country Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center, 11.31% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Country Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center, 86.31% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Emma Pendleton Bradley HospitalPsychiatric 5.94 miles away1011 Veterans Memorial Parkway Riverside Rhode Island 02915Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 432-1000
- Southcoast Hospital Group, IncAcute Care Hospitals 6.58 miles away363 Highland Avenue Fall River Massachusetts 02720Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 679-3131
- Saint Anne's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.67 miles away795 Middle Street Fall River Massachusetts 02721Proprietary(508) 674-5600
- Rhode Island HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.37 miles away593 Eddy Street Providence Rhode Island 02903Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 444-4000
- Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode IslandAcute Care Hospitals 8.54 miles away101 Dudley Street Providence Rhode Island 02905Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 274-1100
- The Miriam HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.44 miles away164 Summit Avenue Providence Rhode Island 02906Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 793-2500
- Roger Williams Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.29 miles away825 Chalkstone Avenue Providence Rhode Island 02908Proprietary(401) 456-2025
- Our Lady of Fatima HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.09 miles away200 High Service Avenue Providence Rhode Island 02904Proprietary(401) 456-3000
Nearby Dialysis
- Dialysis Center of East Providence6.1 miles away318 Waterman Avenue East Providence Rhode Island 02914CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 435-5200
- Fall River Kidney Center LLC6.25 miles away48 Weaver Street Fall River Massachusetts 02720CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (508) 677-4911
- Dialysis Center of Rhode Island Hospital6.26 miles away950 Warren Avenue Suite 101 East Providence Rhode Island 02914Dialysis Stations: 12 (401) 606-1002
- The Dialysis Center of Rhode Island Hospital6.81 miles away22 Baker Street Providence Rhode Island 02905Dialysis Stations: 18 (401) 444-4440
- Dialysis Center of Tiverton8.7 miles away22 Hurst Lane Tiverton Rhode Island 02878Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 624-4403
- Dialysis Center of Providence8.89 miles away9 Plenty Street Providence Rhode Island 02907Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 273-4898
- Nna of Providence9.65 miles away125 Corliss Street Providence Rhode Island 02904CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (401) 521-9300
- Dialysis Center of Pawtucket9.91 miles away201 Armistice Boulevard Pawtucket Rhode Island 02860CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 722-3313