Lasell House
120 Seminary Avenue, Auburndale MA 02466 · (617) 663-7000 · 68.18% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Lasell House is a small non-profit nursing home located in Auburndale, Massachusetts. With an A overall grade, we ranked this facility in the top fifth of all facilities in the country. We couldn't find many negative things to say about this place. Its ratings are impeccable. We also gave this facility strong scores in all four of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To pair with a strong overall score, we gave this facility a grade of A+ for our inspection category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing these inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively insignificant. It does not look like we were able to find deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its top-shelf performance in other areas, we gave this facility a score of A for our short-term care rating. Our short-term care ratings are arguably most critical for folks in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. We weren't able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. This turned out to be more of a strength for this nursing home. This place fared as well as just about any nursing home in Massachusetts with 66.4 percent of its residents returning home. With most nursing homes, less than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on our next area, we awarded this facility a score of A- for its long-term care score. This is a first-rate grade. For residents looking for a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. One of the factors we considered after nurse's aid hours was vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 85.71429 percent of its patients. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, at least this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
The next area we analyzed is nursing, in which this facility was given a B. Believe it or not, this turned out to be this facility's least impressive area. A nursing home is doing something right when it's weakest score still outperforms most facilities. There are numerous criteria included in this area. Most of the criteria are tied to staffing levels. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these data points as reliable measures of the quality of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Lasell House Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents which are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who maintained mobility. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better