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Hirest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

  • Nursing Home
  • Assisted Living
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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169 Valentine Road,
Pittsfield MA 01201

(413) 445-2300

80.75% estimated occupancy 1

Hirest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The city has 46,504 people. Our scoring system was not very kind to this facility, as it received an overall grade of F. If you are not happy with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Pittsfield. The city has just three other nursing homes. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, we will discuss long-term care in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Bariatric Care
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

Even though we graded this nursing home extremely poorly overall, it earned a better long-term care score this year. We gave it a C in that area, which is the closest thing to a bright spot we could find for this place. Our long-term care grades are more critical for people in need of more traditional services related to activities of daily living. After we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 91.81208 percent of its patients against pneumonia. On a more positive note, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

We were also surprised to find that this facility received a decent nursing grade this year. We gave it a grade of C in that category. Our nursing rating is mostly associated with the nursing home's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This figure is far below the national average. Lastly, although this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of our quality metrics. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it did remarkably well in this metric.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Moving on to the area of short-term care, this facility received just a D in this category. With our short-term care assessment, we try to forge a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. With a grade in this range in this category, we weren't shocked to learn this place was below average in multiple staffing figures we focus on. The facility offered substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: F

Turning our final area of inspections, this nursing home received an F here. For places with bad inspection grades, you should really focus on any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This facility was hit with one deficiency by government inspectors. We were relieved to find that it was not in a category that suggests that it caused a threat to patient safety or health. Finally, we also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this place received significant government fines in recent years amounting to over $100,000. This generally indicates that a nursing home's bad performance has been an issue for several years.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Hirest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Hirest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 7.04% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from remaining in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Hirest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 2.28% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients that experienced falls which resulted in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Hirest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 2.93% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Hirest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 24.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Hirest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 24.07% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Hirest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 4.96% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Hirest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 92.12% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Hirest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 26.05% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Hirest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 29.09% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Hirest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

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

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Hirest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 29.09% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Hirest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 13.25% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Hirest Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 76.15% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

Scores for Pittsfield, MA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus

Looking for more options? Pittsfield, Massachusetts has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Berkshire Medical Center Inc - 1Acute Care Hospitals 1.38 miles away725 North Street Pittsfield Massachusetts 01201Voluntary non-profit - Other(413) 447-2000
  • Fairview HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 19.34 miles away29 Lewis Avenue Great Barrington Massachusetts 01230Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 528-0790

Nearby Dialysis

  • Berkshire Medical Center1.66 miles awayDialysis Unit 8 Conte Drive Pittsfield Massachusetts 01201CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (413) 447-3066
  • South Berkshire County Dialysis Center18.93 miles away10 Maple Avenue, Suite 200 Great Barrington Massachusetts 01230Dialysis Stations: 7 (413) 854-9910
  • North Adams Renal Dialysis Suite of Bmc19.37 miles away71 Hospital Avenue North Adams Massachusetts 01247Dialysis Stations: 13 (413) 664-5100

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=225687