Hebert Nursing Home
180 Log Road, Smithfield RI 02917 · (401) 231-7016 · 78.19% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Hebert Nursing Home is a large nursing home located in Smithfield, Rhode Island. This facility received an overall grade of C, which is a solid rating. Based on our assessment, this nursing home ought to be a solid choice for most people. The best part of this place's report card is its stellar inspection score. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 133 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our best scores. Inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Based on this, we still had a generally positive view of this nursing home's inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, we also wanted to point out that this nursing home received strong long-term care marks in this assessment. We gave them one of our better scores in this area, with a B. This turned out to be the nursing home's second highest score. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are well cared for. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 76.22739 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is a bit less than we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable figure. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. With 1.76 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this place was just about middle of the road in this area.
Nurse Quality
One of this facility's better category grades was in the area of nursing care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of C. The nursing grade weighs several datapoints, however, the most important consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This particular nursing home provided just 2.9 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This figure is far below average. Finally, we like to look at quality-based metrics, such as the percent of patients who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. These statistics are indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we rated was short-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F in this category, which is a bottom of the barrel score. This is obviously a significant disappointment. With our short-term care grade, we seek to craft a sound barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess a facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. With a grade of this caliber in this area, we were not surprised to discover this facility was below average in multiple staffing metrics we focus on. The facility offered far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 31.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most facilities, about half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hebert Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have had falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many argue this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is important for patients well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically 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 emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better