Courtyard Nursing Care Center is one of just three facilities in Medford, Massachusetts. This is a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. We actually rated it as the best facility in Medford. This facility's strong report card was highlighted by its nursing grade, which you can find in the next section.
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Courtyard Nursing Care Center
- 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
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Nurse Quality
One of the reasons this facility performed well overall is that it excelled in nursing, with a B+ in that area. It outpaced many facilities in this area. We assessed the qualifications of nurses at the facility, in addition to the quantity of hours those nurses spent with residents, in computing our score in this area. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
Another quality feature for this nursing home is that it was given an impressive short-term care score. Indeed, this ended up being its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B+. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 4.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our third area, this nursing home also earned a score of B for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 96.14792 percent of its residents, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
Turning the final category of inspections, we gave this nursing home a C for this category. Inspection scores are tied to many data points found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these inspections. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to resident safety. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we have deficiency counts for this nursing home. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Courtyard Nursing Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Courtyard Nursing Care Center, 7.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents which developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Courtyard Nursing Care Center, 5.08% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who suffered falls resulting in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Courtyard Nursing Care Center, 2.89% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. Better hygiene protocols can reduce the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Courtyard Nursing Care Center, 24.55% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term patients that are given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Courtyard Nursing Care Center, 14.12% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure measures the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Courtyard Nursing Care Center, 4.23% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Courtyard Nursing Care Center, 96.27% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Courtyard Nursing Care Center, 11.48% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Courtyard Nursing Care Center, 19.04% of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Courtyard Nursing Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Courtyard Nursing Care Center, 19.04% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Courtyard Nursing Care Center, 7.67% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Courtyard Nursing Care Center, 70.71% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
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- Massachusetts General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.97 miles away55 Fruit Street Boston Massachusetts 02114Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 726-2000
- St Elizabeth's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.79 miles away736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Proprietary(617) 789-3000
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