Countryside Health Care of Milford is located in Milford, Massachusetts, a city with 28,061 people. We think highly of this nursing home, which we gave a B+ overall. We were also impressed with the city grade of facilities in Milford, making this one of the best places to find a nursing home. Based on our analysis, this nursing home looks like a good fit for most people. This facility also received phenomenal ratings in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Countryside Health Care of Milford
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 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
In addition to being a quality facility overall, this nursing home really excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received an A-. Few facilities fared better in this category. Short-term care grades are generally employed to measure a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to offer highly scored rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must offer better levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this nursing home submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to return home from the facility. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize this nursing home's nearly flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of B+ in this area. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this category 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.
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Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. When computing a nursing home's nursing rating, we consider the quantity of hours nurses are seeing patients as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This particular nursing home 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 facility 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.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we scored was long-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of B. This facility ended up being strong across the board. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 87.66234 percent of its residents, which is slightly less than we expected. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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, 4.22% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 6.49% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 4.79% of Patients had UTIs
This figure indicates the percent of long-term stay patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint could also be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 16.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 13.36% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 1.7% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Countryside Health Care of Milford, 92.6% 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, 12.3% 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, 12.16% 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, 0.01 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, 12.16% 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, 17.79% 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, 71.88% 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