Gardner Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
59 Eastwood Circle, Gardner MA 01440 · (978) 632-8776 · 89.27% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Gardner Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a large nursing home located in Gardner, Massachusetts. Featuring an overall score of B+, this is a very good facility. Based on our analysis, this facility has quite a bit going for it. This nursing home also received consistently good scores in all of the major categories. More information about these categories is available below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 124 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this place is a quality nursing home is that it earned an impressive inspection score. In fact, inspections is its best category. In this area, we awarded it an A. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate deficiency counts for this nursing home. We would like to have more information about this facility. Without having all of the information regarding deficiencies, it was challenging to fully evaluate the place in terms of this category.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given a favorable short-term care grade. Indeed, we gave it an above average grade of B+ in this category. Our short-term care grade is often used to assess a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To have quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. It outperformed the majority of nursing homes in this area with 53.9 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. When computing a facility's nursing grade, we weigh the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of training of the nurses. This nursing home provides 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these areas as predictive measures of the caliber of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded is long-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a B. This nursing home ended up being relatively strong across the board. Nursing homes that receive this type of grade in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 97.48604 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.36 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gardner Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients which suffered from pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often caused by poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for several medical conditions, such as dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients which were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry believe that mobility is vital to patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to maintaining the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better