Jewish Healthcare Center is a large non-profit nursing home located in Worcester, Massachusetts. With an overall score of A-, this nursing home is among the better nursing homes we assessed. Even in a city offering 17 other nursing homes, this facility is appealing. One of the highlights of this facility's report card is its impressive short-term care score, which you can find in the next paragraph.
Jewish Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Memory Care
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our short-term care rating. In the area of short-term care, we strive to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. We were not able to locate information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this facility. We found that 7.5 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home an A for our inspections rating. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection grades. One key factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively insignificant. We were not able to locate deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next area we assessed is long-term care. This facility was given a very positive long-term care grade, with a grade of B+ in this area. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After considering the amount of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 98.2801 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia is often a life or death condition for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility does not roll the dice on this issue. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to our final area, this nursing home was given an extremely favorable nursing grade. While this wasn't nearly as elite as several of its other category grades, this is nevertheless one of the more impressive grades a facility can receive. When computing a facility's nursing grade, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses are with patients as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Jewish Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Jewish Healthcare Center, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percent of long-term residents who suffered from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Jewish Healthcare Center, 3.62% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls which result in injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Jewish Healthcare Center, 2.45% of Patients had UTIs
This metric tells you the percent of long-term residents which suffered from urinary tract infections. While more of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Jewish Healthcare Center, 18.96% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Jewish Healthcare Center, 18.8% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are generally prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Jewish Healthcare Center, 1.95% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Jewish Healthcare Center, 91.63% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Jewish Healthcare Center, 15.18% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Jewish Healthcare Center, 19.01% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Jewish Healthcare Center, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Jewish Healthcare Center, 19.01 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Jewish Healthcare Center, 10.9 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Jewish Healthcare Center, 71.03% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Scores for Worcester, MA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Worcester, Massachusetts has 16 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
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- Marlborough HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.93 miles away157 Union Street Marlborough Massachusetts 01752Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 481-5000
- Health Alliance - Clinton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.74 miles away60 Hospital Road Leominster Massachusetts 01453Voluntary non-profit - Other(978) 466-2000
- Harrington Memorial Hospital-1Acute Care Hospitals 18.57 miles away100 South Street Southbridge Massachusetts 01550Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 765-9771
- Milford Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.04 miles away14 Prospect Street Milford Massachusetts 01757Voluntary non-profit - Other(508) 473-1190
Nearby Dialysis
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- Saint Vincent's Hospital2.87 miles awayHemodialysis Unit 123 Summer St, Suite 380 Worcester Massachusetts 01608Dialysis Stations: 12 (508) 363-9460
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