Carvalho Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home located in Fall River, Massachusetts. The city has a population of 88,252 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A score in this range requires some decent marks. The facilities in Fall River received quality scores across the board with a city grade of a B. The best part of this nursing home's report card is its remarkable inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section.
Carvalho Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this facility received a decent overall score is its excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that category, with an A. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but not in the elite range. Arguably the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also fared well in the area of long-term care. Indeed, we gave it a score of A- for that area, which happens to be one of our best grades. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 77.59197 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be slightly less than we anticipated but still a decent percentage. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, at least this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Nurse Quality
One of this facility's better category grades was in the area of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B-. Nursing ratings are mostly based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, while this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in some of our quality measures. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed well in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we scored was short-term care, which ended up being this facility's least impressive area. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this area, which is certainly concerning. In determining our short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. In this place's case, we found that it provided less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than the average facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 5.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Carvalho Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Carvalho Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric is is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are suffering from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Carvalho Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls leading to injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Carvalho Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.42% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents which have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Carvalho Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center, 19.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for a variety of conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Carvalho Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term patients which are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Carvalho Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.93% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Carvalho Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center, 91.44% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Carvalho Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center, 15.15% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Carvalho Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center, 17.66% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Carvalho Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to preserving the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Carvalho Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center, 17.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Carvalho Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center, 10.93 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Carvalho Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center, 71.35% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Fall River, MA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
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- Morton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.45 miles away88 Washington Street Taunton Massachusetts 02780Proprietary(508) 828-7000
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- Newport HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.95 miles away11 Friendship Street Newport Rhode Island 02840Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 846-6400
Nearby Dialysis
- Fall River Kidney Center LLC1.86 miles away48 Weaver Street Fall River Massachusetts 02720CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (508) 677-4911
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- Davita New Bedford Dialysis8.5 miles away237-B State Road North Dartmouth Massachusetts 02747CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (508) 992-0629
- Fresenius Medical Care of Fairhaven13.48 miles away216 Huttleson Avenue Fairhaven Massachusetts 02719Dialysis Stations: 19 (508) 996-0364
- Dialysis Center of East Providence13.57 miles away318 Waterman Avenue East Providence Rhode Island 02914CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 435-5200
- Dialysis Center of Rhode Island Hospital13.73 miles away950 Warren Avenue Suite 101 East Providence Rhode Island 02914Dialysis Stations: 12 (401) 606-1002
- The Dialysis Center of Rhode Island Hospital14.28 miles away22 Baker Street Providence Rhode Island 02905Dialysis Stations: 18 (401) 444-4440