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Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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80 Douglas Pike,
Smithfield RI 02917

(401) 231-2700

82.9% estimated occupancy 1

Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized facility located in Smithfield, Rhode Island. This is an A rated facility, which is one of the top grades we offer. We simply can not say enough favorable things about this place. As you will find below, this place also performed just fine in our category ratings. It's hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Arguably the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. 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.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category. Our nursing rating is largely based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home is also strong in the area of long-term care, where it was awarded a grade of B+. It performed more favorably than most nursing homes in this area. Facilities that do well in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Moving on to our last category, this facility was given a strong short-term care score. In fact, we gave it a B+ in this category, topping off one of our more favorable profiles. In the area of short-term care, we seek to assess indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. It fared better than most facilities in this area with 54.6 percent of its patients returning home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jun 22

Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 7.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 3.88% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a fall resulting in serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 2.93% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with inadequate hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 16.51% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term stay residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 14.9% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 2.64% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 95.31% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 17.11% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of erosion of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 22.91% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who maintained mobility. Many would argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.19 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 22.91 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 10.73 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 79.33% Percentage of Resident

This is the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living typically correlates with superior rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Our Lady of Fatima HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.6 miles away200 High Service Avenue Providence Rhode Island 02904Proprietary(401) 456-3000
  • Roger Williams Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.5 miles away825 Chalkstone Avenue Providence Rhode Island 02908Proprietary(401) 456-2025
  • The Miriam HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.1 miles away164 Summit Avenue Providence Rhode Island 02906Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 793-2500
  • Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode IslandAcute Care Hospitals 5.51 miles away101 Dudley Street Providence Rhode Island 02905Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 274-1100
  • Rhode Island HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.54 miles away593 Eddy Street Providence Rhode Island 02903Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 444-4000
  • Emma Pendleton Bradley HospitalPsychiatric 7.89 miles away1011 Veterans Memorial Parkway Riverside Rhode Island 02915Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 432-1000
  • Landmark Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.06 miles away115 Cass Avenue Woonsocket Rhode Island 02895Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 769-4100
  • Sturdy Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.03 miles away211 Park Street Attleboro Massachusetts 02703Voluntary non-profit - Other(508) 222-5200

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita North Providence Renal Center1.32 miles away1635 Mineral Spring Ave. Providence Rhode Island 02904Dialysis Stations: 18 (401) 354-5340
  • Nna of Providence3.78 miles away125 Corliss Street Providence Rhode Island 02904CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (401) 521-9300
  • Dialysis Center of Johnston3.81 miles away1526 Atwood Avenue Johnston Rhode Island 02919CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 521-0400
  • Bio-Medical Applications of Rhode Island4.29 miles away622 George Washington Highway Lincoln Rhode Island 02865Dialysis Stations: 17 (401) 333-4727
  • Nna - Pawtucket4.57 miles away79 Division Street Pawtucket Rhode Island 02860CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (401) 723-9995
  • Dialysis Center of Pawtucket5.22 miles away201 Armistice Boulevard Pawtucket Rhode Island 02860CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 722-3313
  • Dialysis Center of Providence5.46 miles away9 Plenty Street Providence Rhode Island 02907Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 273-4898
  • The Dialysis Center of Rhode Island Hospital6.63 miles away22 Baker Street Providence Rhode Island 02905Dialysis Stations: 18 (401) 444-4440

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=415039