Elizabeth Seton is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. With an overall grade of A+, this nursing home is ranked among the most elite facilities we looked at. In fact, we ranked this nursing home number 121 in the nation. This puts it in the top one percentile of all facilities. One of the best aspects of this facility's stellar profile is its nursing grade. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph.
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Elizabeth Seton
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Meal Delivery
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility excelled in our nursing rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Nursing ratings are based largely on quality and quantity of nursing care. This facility provided 0.5 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 frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
This facility also earned an A+ inspection grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. Inspection grades are based on items found on the a nursing home's recent inspections. Places that score well in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ for its short-term care score. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our final area, this nursing home also excelled in the long-term care category. We gave it an A for this category. This finalized truly elite profile. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 99.58159 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. 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 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Elizabeth Seton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Elizabeth Seton, 1.43% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Elizabeth Seton, 1.67% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Elizabeth Seton, 0.86% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by poor nursing care. However, this datapoint could also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Elizabeth Seton, 12.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Elizabeth Seton, 4.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care patients who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Elizabeth Seton, 1.27% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients showing signs of depression. Some argue this is a measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Elizabeth Seton, 99.79% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Elizabeth Seton, 8.98% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Elizabeth Seton, 15.52% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Elizabeth Seton, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Elizabeth Seton, 15.52% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Elizabeth Seton, 13.3% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Elizabeth Seton, 90.14% of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Newton-Wellesley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.8 miles away2014 Washington Street Newton Lower Falls Massachusetts 02462Voluntary non-profit - Other(617) 243-6000
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamAcute Care Hospitals 2.53 miles away148 Chestnut Street Needham Heights Massachusetts 02494Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 453-3002
- St Elizabeth's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.45 miles away736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Proprietary(617) 789-3000
- Brigham and Women's Faulkner HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.81 miles away1153 Centre Street Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 983-7000
- Westwood Pembroke Health SystemsPsychiatric 7.28 miles away45 Clapboardtree Street Westwood Massachusetts 02090Proprietary(617) 762-7764
- Mount Auburn HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.99 miles away330 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 492-3500
- Brigham and Women's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.04 miles away75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 732-5500
- Metrowest Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.17 miles away115 Lincoln Street Framingham Massachusetts 01701Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 383-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Wellesley Dialysis0.99 miles away195 Worcester Street Lower Level Wellesley Hills Massachusetts 02481Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 431-1414
- Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston5.68 miles awayDialysis Unit - Ccp 7 736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Dialysis Stations: 17 (617) 789-2592
- The Dialysis Center at Waltham5.84 miles away135 Beaver Street, Suite 111 Waltham Massachusetts 02452Dialysis Stations: 14 (781) 642-0331
- Davita Brookline Dialysis7.38 miles away322 Washington Street Brookline Massachusetts 02445CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (617) 734-7794
- Dci Brigham/Faulkner7.41 miles awayDci Brigham/Faulkner 1153 Centre Street, Belkin House Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 983-4470
- Westwood Dialysis Center (Bma Westwood)7.65 miles away90 Glacier Drive Westwood Massachusetts 02090CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 326-9985
- Davita Northeast Cambridge Dialysis7.87 miles away799 Concord Avenue Cambridge Massachusetts 02138CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (617) 547-7700
- Kidney Center8.1 miles away888 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 739-3000