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Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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Christian Hill Road,
Great Barrington MA 01230

(413) 341-1475

75.41% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is one of a mere two available facilities in the city. We gave this facility an overall grade of B-. A score of this caliber requires some decent marks. This place seems to have a few things going for it. We were also pleased to discover that this facility received consistently decent grades in each of the major categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • 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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

One of the reasons this is a decent facility is that it received a favorable inspection score. In this category, we gave this nursing home a B+. Inspection grades are tied to pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Additionally, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+ in our long-term care category. This is one of our higher scores. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.72222 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a life or death ailment for nursing home patients so we like it when a nursing home does not take any chances. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

This nursing home also was given a positive score in our short-term care category. We awarded this facility an above average grade of B in that area. Short-term care grades are crucial for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a vast range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

The next area we looked at is nursing. We gave it a grade of C in this area. This is a decent grade in this category. When computing a nursing home's nursing score, we consider the amount of time nurses are seeing patients as well as the level of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a somewhat uninspiring figure as it is well below the national average. Lastly, we like to look at quality-based statistics, such as the percent of patients who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. These data points are decent indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 7.65% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents which suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 3.33% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients which suffered a fall which resulted in major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 2.37% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint may also be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 10.31% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 10.4% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 2.65% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 94.39% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 19.21% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 12.73% of Residents

Measures the percent of long-term care residents that retained mobility levels. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' physical and mental health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 12.73% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 16.94% of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A

In Fairview Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 88.23% of Resident

This is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Fairview HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 1.5 miles away29 Lewis Avenue Great Barrington Massachusetts 01230Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 528-0790
  • Berkshire Medical Center Inc - 1Acute Care Hospitals 18.28 miles away725 North Street Pittsfield Massachusetts 01201Voluntary non-profit - Other(413) 447-2000

Nearby Dialysis

  • South Berkshire County Dialysis Center1.23 miles away10 Maple Avenue, Suite 200 Great Barrington Massachusetts 01230Dialysis Stations: 7 (413) 854-9910
  • Berkshire Medical Center17.78 miles awayDialysis Unit 8 Conte Drive Pittsfield Massachusetts 01201CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (413) 447-3066
  • Columbia Greene Dialysis Centers17.82 miles away2 Sherman Potts Dr Ghent New York 12075Dialysis Stations: 25 (518) 828-0717