Located in Warren, Rhode Island, Grace Barker Nursing Center is one of just three facilities in the city. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack rating. Based on our assessment, there are certainly much worse facilities out there. The best part of this place's profile was its exemplary inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Grace Barker Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Adult Day Care
- Memory Care
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
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Radiation Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home really outperformed its overall score in the category of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our best scores in this area with an A. Inspection scores are based on items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate deficiency counts for this nursing home. We would like to have more data for this nursing home. Without having all of the deficiency related data, it ended up being a challenge to assess this nursing home in the area of inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received a positive grade in our long-term care category. We gave this facility an above average grade of B in this category. When nursing homes receive a score in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 97.586205 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to minimize unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the senior population. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. We weighed the licensure of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses worked with residents, in computing our score in this category. This place provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is often a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to our final category, we gave this nursing home a D in the area of short-term care. This is the facility's least impressive category score. Naturally, this score hurt the facility's overall profile to some degree. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This category is frequently a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The last measure we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.2 percent of its residents returning home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Grace Barker Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Grace Barker Nursing Center, 7.49% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Grace Barker Nursing Center, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who had a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Grace Barker Nursing Center, 2.83% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are often associated with poor nursing care. However, this statistic may be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Grace Barker Nursing Center, 17.89% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Grace Barker Nursing Center, 15.01% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Grace Barker Nursing Center, 2.58% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. High rates of depression could imply a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Grace Barker Nursing Center, 94.38% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Grace Barker Nursing Center, 16.46% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Grace Barker Nursing Center, 20.63% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Grace Barker Nursing Center, 1.22 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Grace Barker Nursing Center, 20.63 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Grace Barker Nursing Center, 12.45 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Grace Barker Nursing Center, 77.52% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Saint Anne's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.62 miles away795 Middle Street Fall River Massachusetts 02721Proprietary(508) 674-5600
- Southcoast Hospital Group, IncAcute Care Hospitals 6.09 miles away363 Highland Avenue Fall River Massachusetts 02720Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 679-3131
- Emma Pendleton Bradley HospitalPsychiatric 6.81 miles away1011 Veterans Memorial Parkway Riverside Rhode Island 02915Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 432-1000
- Rhode Island HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.26 miles away593 Eddy Street Providence Rhode Island 02903Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 444-4000
- Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode IslandAcute Care Hospitals 9.36 miles away101 Dudley Street Providence Rhode Island 02905Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 274-1100
- The Miriam HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.9 miles away164 Summit Avenue Providence Rhode Island 02906Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 793-2500
- Kent County Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.03 miles away455 Toll Gate Rd Warwick Rhode Island 02886Proprietary(401) 737-7010
- Roger Williams Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.3 miles away825 Chalkstone Avenue Providence Rhode Island 02908Proprietary(401) 456-2025
Nearby Dialysis
- Fall River Kidney Center LLC6.24 miles away48 Weaver Street Fall River Massachusetts 02720CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (508) 677-4911
- Dialysis Center of Tiverton7.24 miles away22 Hurst Lane Tiverton Rhode Island 02878Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 624-4403
- Dialysis Center of East Providence7.52 miles away318 Waterman Avenue East Providence Rhode Island 02914CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 435-5200
- Dialysis Center of Rhode Island Hospital7.56 miles away950 Warren Avenue Suite 101 East Providence Rhode Island 02914Dialysis Stations: 12 (401) 606-1002
- The Dialysis Center of Rhode Island Hospital8.1 miles away22 Baker Street Providence Rhode Island 02905Dialysis Stations: 18 (401) 444-4440
- Fresenius Medical Care of Warwick9.61 miles away2814 Post Road Warwick Rhode Island 02886CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (401) 738-4050
- Dialysis Center of Providence9.62 miles away9 Plenty Street Providence Rhode Island 02907Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 273-4898
- Nna of Providence10.92 miles away125 Corliss Street Providence Rhode Island 02904CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (401) 521-9300