With an address in Middletown, Rhode Island, John Clarke Senior Living is one of just three nursing homes in this area. This facility is ranked among the top nursing homes we looked at. This nursing home was given one of the most impressive scores that we offer. Indeed, this is actually the highest rated nursing home in Middletown. This facility also received impressive grades in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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John Clarke Senior Living
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its strong assessment, this nursing home also was given a superb short-term care grade, with a score of A. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. There are several datapoints included in this grade. Most of these datapoints relate to staffing levels. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by having a policy of moving residents even once per day.
Long-term Care Quality
In the last category we scored, this facility was awarded an impressive grade grade of A- in our long-term care category. With this score, the facility wrapped up a straight A profile. When facilities receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a great way to minimize negative health outcomes for the senior population. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
John Clarke Senior Living Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In John Clarke Senior Living, 2.82% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percent of long-term care residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In John Clarke Senior Living, 4.3% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In John Clarke Senior Living, 0.55% of Patients had UTIs
This gauges the percent of long-term care patients who have sustained a urinary tract infection. While more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare different nursing homes due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In John Clarke Senior Living, 11.36% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In John Clarke Senior Living, 18.95% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In John Clarke Senior Living, 2.81% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression may reveal lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In John Clarke Senior Living, 98.54% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In John Clarke Senior Living, 9.79% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In John Clarke Senior Living, 8.79% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In John Clarke Senior Living, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In John Clarke Senior Living, 8.79% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In John Clarke Senior Living, 17.29% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In John Clarke Senior Living, 87.39% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with better rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Newport HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.99 miles away11 Friendship Street Newport Rhode Island 02840Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 846-6400
- South County Hospital IncAcute Care Hospitals 11.81 miles away100 Kenyon Ave Wakefield Rhode Island 02879Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 782-8020
- Saint Anne's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.84 miles away795 Middle Street Fall River Massachusetts 02721Proprietary(508) 674-5600
- Southcoast Hospital Group, IncAcute Care Hospitals 16.32 miles away363 Highland Avenue Fall River Massachusetts 02720Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 679-3131
- Kent County Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.85 miles away455 Toll Gate Rd Warwick Rhode Island 02886Proprietary(401) 737-7010
Nearby Dialysis
- Wakefield Dialysis Center11.94 miles away10 High Street Suite C Wakefield Rhode Island 02879CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (401) 792-3450
- Dialysis Center of Tiverton13.19 miles away22 Hurst Lane Tiverton Rhode Island 02878Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 624-4403
- Fresenius Medical Care of Warwick16.33 miles away2814 Post Road Warwick Rhode Island 02886CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (401) 738-4050
- Dialysis Center of West Warwick16.86 miles away1775 Bald Hill Road Warwick Rhode Island 02886CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (401) 823-8420
- Fall River Kidney Center LLC17.52 miles away48 Weaver Street Fall River Massachusetts 02720CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (508) 677-4911
- Davita New Bedford Dialysis18.1 miles away237-B State Road North Dartmouth Massachusetts 02747CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (508) 992-0629
- Hawthorn Kidney Center19.48 miles away537 Faunce Corner Road North Dartmouth Massachusetts 02747CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (508) 994-9692