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Dexter House Healthcare

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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Dexter House Healthcare's website

120 Main Street,
Malden MA 02148

(781) 324-5600

69.53% estimated occupancy 1

Dexter House Healthcare is a large nursing home located in Malden, Massachusetts. This is a well above average facility, with an overall grade of B+. As far as we can see, this place looks like a solid choice for most people. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Malden, Massachusetts badge

Best Nursing Home in Malden, Massachusetts Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

One of the reasons this ended up being a strong nursing home is that it earned an impressive inspection grade. In fact, inspections is its best category grade. In that area, we gave this facility an A. Our inspection grades are based on several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility is also strong in the area of long-term care, where it received a grade of B+. It performed better than most nursing homes in this category. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. After we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 91.21622 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. The nursing score includes a host of subcategories. The most heavily weighted factor is the number of hours nurses spend with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The final category we scored was short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a solid grade in this area, with a B-. Although this wasn't as favorable as many of its other grades, it is still not the end of the world. In the area of short-term care, we try to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 3.7 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Dexter House Healthcare Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Dexter House Healthcare, 10.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is an indication of the percent of long-term residents which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a great measure of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Dexter House Healthcare, 3.72% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered falls leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Dexter House Healthcare, 0.69% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Dexter House Healthcare, 10.65% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs 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 an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Dexter House Healthcare, 8.62% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This measures the percentage of long-term residents that are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Dexter House Healthcare, 0% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Dexter House Healthcare, 94.96% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Dexter House Healthcare, 27.86% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Dexter House Healthcare, 36.02% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is important for patients mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Dexter House Healthcare, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Dexter House Healthcare, 36.02% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A+

In Dexter House Healthcare, 0% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Dexter House Healthcare, 71.4% of Resident

This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

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  • Cambridge Health AllianceAcute Care Hospitals 3.74 miles away1493 Cambridge Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Government - Local(617) 665-2300
  • Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -Acute Care Hospitals 3.97 miles away243 Charles Street Boston Massachusetts 02114Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 523-7900
  • Massachusetts General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.99 miles away55 Fruit Street Boston Massachusetts 02114Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 726-2000
  • Winchester HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.24 miles away41 Highland Avenue Winchester Massachusetts 01890Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 729-9000
  • Mount Auburn HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.68 miles away330 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 492-3500
  • Tufts Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.89 miles away800 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts 02111Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 636-5000
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.9 miles away330 Brookline Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 667-7000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Wellington Circle Dialysis Center2.04 miles away10 Cabot Road Suite 103b Medford Massachusetts 02155CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 306-9740
  • Medford Dialysis Center (Bma Medford)2.04 miles away305 Mystic Avenue Medford Massachusetts 02155CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (781) 396-9282
  • Dci Ball Square2.65 miles away643 Broadway Somerville Massachusetts 02145CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (617) 616-3600
  • Massachusetts General Hospital3.78 miles awayDialysis Unit 55 Fruit St, Bigelow 10 Boston Massachusetts 02114Dialysis Stations: 11 (617) 726-3700
  • North Suburban Dialysis Center (Bma Essex County)4.34 miles awayAugustine Plaza 124 Broadway, Route 1n Saugus Massachusetts 01906CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (781) 233-2877
  • Dialysis Clinic, Inc. (Dci Boston)4.82 miles away35 Kneeland Street 5th Floor Boston Massachusetts 02111CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 636-6389
  • Davita Northeast Cambridge Dialysis5.03 miles away799 Concord Avenue Cambridge Massachusetts 02138CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (617) 547-7700
  • Kidney Center5.4 miles away888 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 739-3000

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