Countryside Health Care of Milford is located in Milford, Massachusetts, a city with 28,061 people. This facility was given an overall grade of B, which is a quality rating. Based on our analysis, this nursing home looks like a good fit for most people. We also gave this facility phenomenal ratings in all of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Countryside Health Care of Milford
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - City
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Stroke Recovery
- Occupational Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Short-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we gave this nursing home an A- for short-term care. With our short-term care assessment, we strive to forge a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 6.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive scores, this nursing home earned an excellent nursing score. We gave it a grade of B in that category. Nursing grades are primarily associated with the nursing home'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 measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding 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
Turning to another strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our higher grades in our long-term care category as well, with a B. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 89.902275 percent of its patients. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, we were pleased to find facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Facility Inspections
In the last category we assessed, this facility earned a good grade in inspections as well. We awarded it a B for that category. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Countryside Health Care of Milford Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 6.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term residents that have pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 3.77% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents which sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 2.05% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 19.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents who were given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to having more patients suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 18.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 2.48% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 91.39% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 16.21% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 15.75% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 1.68 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 15.75 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 11.2 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 71.52% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Milford Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.95 miles away14 Prospect Street Milford Massachusetts 01757Voluntary non-profit - Other(508) 473-1190
- Landmark Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.79 miles away115 Cass Avenue Woonsocket Rhode Island 02895Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 769-4100
- Metrowest Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.44 miles away115 Lincoln Street Framingham Massachusetts 01701Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 383-1000
- Umass Memorial Medical Center IncAcute Care Hospitals 13.39 miles away55 Lake Avenue North Worcester Massachusetts 01655Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 334-1000
- Marlborough HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14 miles away157 Union Street Marlborough Massachusetts 01752Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 481-5000
- St Vincent HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.36 miles away123 Summer Street Worcester Massachusetts 01608Proprietary(508) 363-5000
- Westwood Pembroke Health SystemsPsychiatric 17.13 miles away45 Clapboardtree Street Westwood Massachusetts 02090Proprietary(617) 762-7764
- Norwood HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.97 miles away800 Washington Street Norwood Massachusetts 02062Proprietary(781) 769-4000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Dialysis Services of Blackstone Valley2.56 miles away42 Cape Road Milford Massachusetts 01757CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (508) 634-4331
- Dialysis Center of Woonsocket10.62 miles away2100 Diamond Hill Road Woonsocket Rhode Island 02895CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (401) 765-4995
- Fresenius Medical Care Framingham11.23 miles away110 Mt. Wayte Ave. Framingham Massachusetts 01702CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (508) 628-3801
- Fresenius Medical Care of Marlborough11.71 miles away360 Cedar Hill Street Suite 3 Marlborough Massachusetts 01752CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (508) 460-9250
- Bio-Medical Applications of Massachusetts Inc12.21 miles away867 Grafton Street Worcester Massachusetts 01604Dialysis Stations: 16 (203) 387-9332
- University Dialysis Center (Bma of Shrewsbury)12.64 miles away239-243 Boston Turnpike Road Shrewsbury Massachusetts 01545Dialysis Stations: 16 (508) 753-0886
- U-Mass Memorial Health Care Systems13.09 miles awayDialysis Unit 55 Lake Avenue North Rm h7-331 Worcester Massachusetts 01655Dialysis Stations: 13 (774) 442-3814
- Freedom Center of Worcester13.61 miles away1 Innovation Drive Suite 110 Worcester Massachusetts 01605Dialysis Stations: 6 (508) 767-3950