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Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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174 Forest Hills Street,
Jamaica Plain MA 02130

89.83% estimated occupancy 1

Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. This is a grade A facility, which is a phenomenal rating. Based on our ratings, this place is just about as as good as it gets. Scroll down to find this nursing home's category scores, which also impressed us. You just can't do much better than a straight A report card.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Meal Delivery
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Dialysis Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our long-term care category. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure residents are well cared for. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 95.03722 percent of its residents, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is often a life or death ailment for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility does not take any chances. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Our nursing rating is mostly tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 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 facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning a resident even once per day.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

Moving on to our inspection category, this nursing home excelled in that area, which is based on the facility's recent government inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area usually have few severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

The last category we looked at is short-term care, where this facility received an A-. This topped off a very impressive report card. Not many facilities received an A- or better in in each area we assessed. Our short-term care scores are considered to be more important for those in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. We weren't able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The last statistic we considered in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center, 5.84% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who suffer from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center, 0.74% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care. More supervision minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center, 0.52% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center, 12.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center, 7.55% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center, 1.85% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Some experts would argue that this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center, 96.58% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center, 9.2% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and eating. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center, 9.88% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

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

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center, 9.88% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center, 17.84% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Laurel Ridge Rehab and Skilled Care Center, 68.94% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Brigham and Women's Faulkner HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.3 miles away1153 Centre Street Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 983-7000
  • Brigham and Women's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.08 miles away75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 732-5500
  • Boston Children's HospitalChildrens 2.19 miles away300 Longwood Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 735-6000
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.4 miles away330 Brookline Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 667-7000
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation-Acute Care Hospitals 2.47 miles away1 Boston Medical Center Place Boston Massachusetts 02118Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 638-8000
  • Carney HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.67 miles away2100 Dorchester Avenue Dorchester Center Massachusetts 02124Proprietary(617) 506-2000
  • Tufts Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.63 miles away800 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts 02111Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 636-5000
  • St Elizabeth's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.77 miles away736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Proprietary(617) 789-3000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Dci Brigham/Faulkner0.66 miles awayDci Brigham/Faulkner 1153 Centre Street, Belkin House Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 983-4470
  • Mary Eliza Mahoney Dialysis Center (Bma of Massachusetts)1.24 miles away416 Warren Street Roxbury Massachusetts 02119CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (617) 445-9989
  • Davita Brookline Dialysis2.07 miles away322 Washington Street Brookline Massachusetts 02445CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (617) 734-7794
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital2.45 miles awayDialysis Unit 75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Dialysis Stations: 7 (617) 732-6130
  • Children's Hospital Boston2.45 miles awayDialysis Unit, Farley Four 300 Longwood Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115Dialysis Stations: 7 (617) 355-7631
  • Boston Dialysis Center (Bma Boston)2.65 miles away2100 Dorchester Avenue 1 South Dorchester Center Massachusetts 02124CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 298-2475
  • Davita Boston Dialysis2.76 miles awayDialysis Unit 660 Harrison Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02118CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 37 (617) 859-7000
  • Kidney Center3.13 miles away888 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 739-3000