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+. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top third of all facilities nationally. This facility's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which is addressed in the next section.
Dexter House Healthcare
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies an imminent risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Adding to this nursing home's list of strengths, it also received an excellent nursing grade. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Our nursing grade is mostly tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms 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
This facility received a strong long-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that area with a grade of B+. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care grades. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 89.38776 percent of its patients, which is somewhat lower than we anticipated. 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 less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we rated was short-term care, in which this facility received a C. This actually ended up being this facility's worst area. This is still nothing to be ashamed of. Our short-term care scores are thought to be most critical for those needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. This means not just nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, 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 residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Dexter House Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Dexter House Healthcare, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Dexter House Healthcare, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Falls are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Dexter House Healthcare, 2.42% 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
In Dexter House Healthcare, 19.05% 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
In Dexter House Healthcare, 18.65% 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
In Dexter House Healthcare, 1.93% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Dexter House Healthcare, 91.44% 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
In Dexter House Healthcare, 15.15% Percentage 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
In Dexter House Healthcare, 17.66% Percentage 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
In Dexter House Healthcare, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Dexter House Healthcare, 17.66 Percentage 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
In Dexter House Healthcare, 10.93 Percentage 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
In Dexter House Healthcare, 71.35% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
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