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Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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

94 Summer Street,
Fitchburg MA 01420

(978) 343-3530

55.63% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is the lone nursing home located in the area. We gave this facility an overall grade of C. A score of this caliber requires some solid scores. Based on our assessment, this facility would be a good fit for most people. One of the highlights of this facility's report card is its strong inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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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

It should also be noted that this nursing home's inspection grade outpaced its overall grade. We gave it a grade of B+ for its inspections grade, which is one of our better scores. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category generally have very few severe deficiencies. While this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The second best area we awarded this nursing home in any category came in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a B-. If you are seeking services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care grades. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We were a bit worried that this facility provided the vaccine to just 79.041916 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this nursing home keeps its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The next best category we awarded this facility in any category came in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of C. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

Moving on to the final area, we gave this nursing home a D for the area of nursing. This is the nursing home's worst category grade. Nursing scores are mostly based on a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these data points to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 6.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 3.77% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents who experienced falls which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 2.05% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 19.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of long-term stay residents who are administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 18.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

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

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 2.48% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 91.39% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 16.21% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 15.75% Percentage of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that maintained mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 1.68 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 15.75 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 11.2 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Fitchburg Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 71.52% Percentage of Resident

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

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