Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a large nursing home in Hingham, Massachusetts. This facility was given a very impressive overall grade of A, making it the number one rated nursing home in Hingham. At the end of the day, this facility ought to be a no brainer for most people. Finally, this worked out to be a very consistent facility with consistently strong ratings in all four of our categories. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Grade: A
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings are based on many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A
Among its many high-end grades, this facility was awarded first-rate long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a score of A in this category. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After we finished assessing the volume of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia tragically can be a life or death illness for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a facility does not take any chances. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A-minus
Turning our third area, this nursing home was given first-rate short-term care score. In fact, we gave it a score of A- in this area. Our short-term care grades are critical for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last metric we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return home. We discovered that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
Grade: A-minus
In our final area, we gave this facility a grade of A+ for our nursing score. This topped off a first-rate report card. Our nursing rating considers several factors. The most heavily weighted factor is the quantity of hours nurses spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A
In Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care residents which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an measure of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: B
In Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a fall leading to severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: A
In Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 2.42% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term patients who sustained urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: D
In Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 19.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: B-plus
In Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: A-minus
In Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.93% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: A
In Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 91.44% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: A
In Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 15.15% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: C
In Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 17.66% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents that maintained mobility. Many believe that the ability to move around is vital to patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B-plus
In Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: A-minus
In Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 17.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: A-minus
In Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 10.93 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B
In Harbor House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 71.35% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- South Shore HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.95 miles away55 Fogg Road South Weymouth Massachusetts 02190Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 340-8000
- Carney HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.17 miles away2100 Dorchester Avenue Dorchester Center Massachusetts 02124Proprietary(617) 506-2000
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton IncAcute Care Hospitals 8.44 miles away199 Reedsdale Road Milton Massachusetts 02186Government - Federal(617) 696-4600
- Boston Medical Center Corporation-Acute Care Hospitals 10.11 miles away1 Boston Medical Center Place Boston Massachusetts 02118Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 638-8000
- Tufts Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.3 miles away800 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts 02111Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 636-5000
- Massachusetts General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.09 miles away55 Fruit Street Boston Massachusetts 02114Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 726-2000
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -Acute Care Hospitals 11.17 miles away243 Charles Street Boston Massachusetts 02114Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 523-7900
- Boston Children's HospitalChildrens 11.49 miles away300 Longwood Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 735-6000
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