Kathleen Daniel Nursing and Rehabilitation
485 Franklin Street, Framingham MA 01702 · (508) 872-8801 · 43.22% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Kathleen Daniel Nursing and Rehabilitation is a large nursing home located in Framingham, Massachusetts. This nursing home received an overall grade of B, which is a very respectable rating. This nursing home truly has plenty working in its favor. The best part of this facility's strong profile is its nursing rating. We discuss nursing in the next paragraph
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 124 Beds
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For profit - Partnership
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this nursing home really excelled in nursing, where it received a grade of A. Our nursing score includes several components, many of which are associated with nursing hours. This particular nursing home provided 4 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was above the national average. Lastly, we also looked at nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these datapoints as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home fared well in the area of short-term care. As a result, we awarded it a score of A- for that category, which happens to be one of our higher grades. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be most critical for individuals requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it provided more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than the typical facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 44 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home earned a grade of B for its inspections grade. This is an above average grade in this category. Inspection scores weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This means that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are uncommon in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we graded is long-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this category. This is not a bad grade in this category. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care grades. This facility's vaccination statistics were a bit weaker than a few of the other data points in this area, such as its nursing hours. It administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 71.65354 percent of its patients. We would love to see some improvement herein this statistic in the future. Finally, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this facility had 2.53 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this statistic can be skewed for some facilities due to the preexisting medical conditions of patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Kathleen Daniel Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed 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 some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better