Dwyer Home is a small non-profit nursing home located in South Weymouth, Massachusetts. This nursing home is an A rated facility. This nursing home was given one of the best scores that we offer. A grade of this caliber requires excellent scores across the board. We ranked this nursing home in the top 100 nursing homes in Massachusetts, which is a distinguished list. This place also received very consistent grades in each of the major categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
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Dwyer Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Short-term Care Quality
On top of earning a great overall score, this nursing home also received an A+ short-term care grade. In computing these short-term care grades, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to formulate a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 6.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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.
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Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. Our nursing score is based on several datapoints, many of which are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 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 nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
In our final category, we gave this facility a grade of A for our long-term care grade. This topped off an elite profile. Facilities that receive this type of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are kept in good health. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 89.47369 percent of its residents. This is slightly lower than we expected but still a respectable percentage. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Dwyer Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Dwyer Home, 6.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents which suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Dwyer Home, 3.77% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall which resulted in serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Dwyer Home, 2.05% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indicator of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Dwyer Home, 19.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Dwyer Home, 18.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Dwyer Home, 2.48% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some believe this is a reliable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Dwyer Home, 91.39% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Dwyer Home, 16.21% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Dwyer Home, 15.75% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that mobility is vital to residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Dwyer Home, 1.68 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Dwyer Home, 15.75 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Dwyer Home, 11.2 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Dwyer Home, 71.52% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- South Shore HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.16 miles away55 Fogg Road South Weymouth Massachusetts 02190Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 340-8000
- Signature Healthcare Brockton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.55 miles away680 Center Street Brockton Massachusetts 02302Voluntary non-profit - Other(508) 941-7000
- Good Samaritan Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.39 miles away235 North Pearl Street Brockton Massachusetts 02301Proprietary(508) 427-3000
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton IncAcute Care Hospitals 9.08 miles away199 Reedsdale Road Milton Massachusetts 02186Government - Federal(617) 696-4600
- Carney HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.18 miles away2100 Dorchester Avenue Dorchester Center Massachusetts 02124Proprietary(617) 506-2000
- Norwood HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.97 miles away800 Washington Street Norwood Massachusetts 02062Proprietary(781) 769-4000
- Brigham and Women's Faulkner HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.31 miles away1153 Centre Street Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 983-7000
- Boston Medical Center Corporation-Acute Care Hospitals 13.78 miles away1 Boston Medical Center Place Boston Massachusetts 02118Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 638-8000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Weymouth Dialysis2.3 miles away330 Libbey Industrial Parkway Suite 900 East Weymouth Massachusetts 02189CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (781) 331-7700
- Us Renal Care Weymouth Dialysis3.29 miles away587 Washington Street Weymouth Massachusetts 02188Dialysis Stations: 24 (781) 340-3938
- Quality Care Dialysis Center4.05 miles awayUnit 1 Stetson West 2 West Street Unit 1 South Weymouth Massachusetts 02190CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (781) 331-4100
- Brockton Regional Kidney Center6.74 miles away76 Campanelli Industrial Drive Brockton Massachusetts 02301CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (508) 427-5329
- South Suburban Dialysis Facility6.89 miles away(Bma Quincy) 241 Parkingway Quincy Massachusetts 02169Dialysis Stations: 20 (617) 847-1700
- Brockton Dialysis Center, LLC6.96 miles away375 Westgate Drive Brockton Massachusetts 02301Dialysis Stations: 19 (508) 586-2791
- Pure Life Renal of Stoughton, LLC8.19 miles awayMed. Office Bldg Suite m107 907 Sumner Street Stoughton Massachusetts 02072CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 341-8550
- Boston Dialysis Center (Bma Boston)10.21 miles away2100 Dorchester Avenue 1 South Dorchester Center Massachusetts 02124CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 298-2475