Dighton Care and Rehabilitation Center

On top of being a strong facility overall, it also earned A+ inspections in recent years. Its inspections are virtually perfect. Our inspection scores account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

An additional quality feature for this nursing home is that it received a very positive long-term care score. Indeed, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+. For patients in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is an important category. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 80.58253 percent of its residents, which is somewhat lower than we were hoping for. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Nursing scores are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Switching gears to our final area, this nursing home was awarded a highly favorable short-term care rating. We awarded it a grade of B+ in this category, rounding out one of our more impressive report cards. Our short-term care scores are thought to be most important for residents in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. We weren't able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The last measure we considered in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.