Cedarwood Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center is the only option located in Franklin, Massachusetts. We gave this facility an overall grade of B+. A grade in this range requires strong marks in most areas. Based on our assessment, this facility looks like a solid choice for quite a few people. This facility also received very consistent grades in all of our categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.
Cedarwood Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home also received an elite long-term care score. We awarded them one of our higher scores in that area, with an A-. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care scores. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 73.023254 percent of its residents, which is slightly less than we expected. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, this facility also was given favorable short-term care scores this year. Indeed, we awarded them one of our better scores in that category, with a score of B+. Short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint 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 5.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
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Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. The nursing grade includes numerous subcategories. The most heavily weighted factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
Turning to the final category we assessed, this facility earned a decent grade in inspections as well. In fact, we gave it a grade of B for that category. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 8 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cedarwood Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Cedarwood Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of long-term care residents who are suffering from pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Cedarwood Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a fall leading to severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Cedarwood Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.42% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often associated with facilities with worst hygiene practices. More frequent bathing can minimize the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Cedarwood Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center, 19.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Cedarwood Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients that are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Cedarwood Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.93% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Cedarwood Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center, 91.44% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Cedarwood Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center, 15.15% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the decline of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Cedarwood Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center, 17.66% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percent of long-term patients who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Cedarwood Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Cedarwood Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center, 17.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Cedarwood Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center, 10.93 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Cedarwood Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center, 71.35% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.
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