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Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center's website

94 Summer Street,
Fitchburg MA 01420

(978) 343-3530

73.79% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is one of just a few facilities in this city. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of D. A score in this range generally indicates some red flags. Keep in mind that Fitchburg received a city grade of B-, so should look at some other options in the city as well. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong inspection score. You can continue reading to learn more about inspections and other category scores

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

Although we did not rate this facility favorably overall, we want to point out its relatively favorable government inspections in recent years. We gave it a B+ in this category, which is much better than its overall score. Inspection grades account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid facilities with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

One of this nursing home's more favorable category grades came in the category of long-term care. This wound up being its second most favorable category. In that category, we gave this facility a B-. Our long-term care grade focuses on a nursing home's assistance with daily living instead of the skilled nursing or medical services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 98.91304 percent of its patients, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. This facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Unfortunately, we gave this facility an F for its short-term care score. In computing our short-term care ratings, we assess a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This rating is considered to be a meaningful assessment of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Given its score in this category, we were not stunned to discover that this facility was well below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its patients based on the measures we assessed. Frankly, this was about what we expected here. The final measure we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.4 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below the national average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

The final area we graded was nursing, where this facility was given a bottom of the barrel score in this area as well. We gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is definitely a major concern. The nursing grade is based on several subcategories, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This place averaged a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is not a very impressive figure. To go along with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this place also did not perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This nursing home had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average nursing home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 13.13% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 3.8% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 2.31% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that have sustained a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is problematic to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 6.13% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

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

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 11.76% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 97.88% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 16.77% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 11.13% of Residents

Measures the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 11.13% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 9.06% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 51.11% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with successful rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Health Alliance - Clinton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.82 miles away60 Hospital Road Leominster Massachusetts 01453Voluntary non-profit - Other(978) 466-2000
  • Heywood Hospital -Acute Care Hospitals 10.04 miles away242 Green Street Gardner Massachusetts 01440Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 632-3420
  • Nashoba Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.7 miles away200 Groton Road Ayer Massachusetts 01432Proprietary(978) 784-9000
  • Marlborough HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.39 miles away157 Union Street Marlborough Massachusetts 01752Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 481-5000
  • St Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.69 miles away172 Kinsley St Nashua New Hampshire 03060Voluntary non-profit - Other(603) 882-3000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Pdi Fitchburg1.67 miles away551 Electric Avenue Fitchburg Massachusetts 01420CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (978) 343-4100
  • Fresenius Medical Care Southern Nh Dialysis Center19.22 miles away586 Nashua St Unit #20 Milford New Hampshire 03055Dialysis Stations: 13 (603) 672-6678

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=225227