Life Care Center of Leominster

Nursing Home
Independent Living

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating

See Rating Overview

Life Care Center of Leominster's website

370 West Street,
Leominster MA 01453

(978) 537-0771

77.36% estimated occupancy ¹

Life Care Center of Leominster is a large nursing home located in Leominster, Massachusetts. With an A overall grade, we ranked this nursing home in the top ten percent of all nursing homes in the United States. This is really as good of a facility as you're going to find. We also gave this facility impressive grades in all of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling

Awards

Top Nursing Home in Massachusetts Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in Leominster, Massachusetts Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)

Less:

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

March

Facility Inspections

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. We were not able to find deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

We also want to note the fact that this nursing home was awarded a high-end score of A in our short-term care area. Our short-term care grades are thought to be most critical for patients requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.7 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Does this page answer your questions about Life Care Center of Leominster?

Nurse Quality

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. In computing our nursing grades, we weigh both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of the nurses. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Moving on to our last area, this nursing home received an excellent long-term care rating. In fact, we gave it a B+ in this area, completing one of our better report cards. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for resident care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 94.19355 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Life Care Center of Leominster Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Life Care Center of Leominster, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients that developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Life Care Center of Leominster, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure tells you the percent of long-term patients who sustained a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Life Care Center of Leominster, 2.42% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Life Care Center of Leominster, 19.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Life Care Center of Leominster, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Life Care Center of Leominster, 1.93% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Life Care Center of Leominster, 91.44% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Life Care Center of Leominster, 15.15% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Life Care Center of Leominster, 17.66% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Life Care Center of Leominster, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Life Care Center of Leominster, 17.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Life Care Center of Leominster, 10.93 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of 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 Life Care Center of Leominster, 71.35% Percentage of Resident

This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

Health Alliance - Clinton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.69 miles away60 Hospital Road Leominster Massachusetts 01453Voluntary non-profit - Other(978) 466-2000
Nashoba Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.56 miles away200 Groton Road Ayer Massachusetts 01432Proprietary(978) 784-9000
Heywood Hospital -Acute Care Hospitals 11.14 miles away242 Green Street Gardner Massachusetts 01440Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 632-3420
Marlborough HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.74 miles away157 Union Street Marlborough Massachusetts 01752Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 481-5000
Umass Memorial Medical Center IncAcute Care Hospitals 18.04 miles away55 Lake Avenue North Worcester Massachusetts 01655Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 334-1000
St Vincent HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.96 miles away123 Summer Street Worcester Massachusetts 01608Proprietary(508) 363-5000

Nearby Dialysis

Davita Pdi Fitchburg3.05 miles away551 Electric Avenue Fitchburg Massachusetts 01420CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (978) 343-4100
Fresenius Medical Care of Marlborough17.52 miles away360 Cedar Hill Street Suite 3 Marlborough Massachusetts 01752CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (508) 460-9250
Davita Pdi Worcester17.68 miles away19 Glennie Street Suite A Worcester Massachusetts 01605CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (508) 421-9539
Freedom Center of Worcester18.13 miles away1 Innovation Drive Suite 110 Worcester Massachusetts 01605Dialysis Stations: 6 (508) 767-3950
University Dialysis Center (Bma of Shrewsbury)18.28 miles away239-243 Boston Turnpike Road Shrewsbury Massachusetts 01545Dialysis Stations: 16 (508) 753-0886
U-Mass Memorial Health Care Systems18.51 miles awayDialysis Unit 55 Lake Avenue North Rm h7-331 Worcester Massachusetts 01655Dialysis Stations: 13 (774) 442-3814
Davita Shrewsbury Street Dialysis18.8 miles away267 Shrewsbury Street Worcester Massachusetts 01604Dialysis Stations: 16 (774) 530-6353
Saint Vincent's Hospital19.32 miles awayHemodialysis Unit 123 Summer St, Suite 380 Worcester Massachusetts 01608Dialysis Stations: 12 (508) 363-9460