Life Care Center of Stoneham
25 Woodland Road, Stoneham MA 02180 · (781) 662-2545 · 90.53% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Life Care Center of Stoneham is an average-sized facility located in Stoneham, Massachusetts. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B. A grade of this caliber requires quality marks in most areas. Based on all of the relevant data, you can do much worse than this place. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 94 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall score, this nursing home also earned first-rate inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our best scores in that area, with an A+. Inspection grades are based on datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. We were not able to track down deficiency counts for this nursing home. Without all of the information regarding deficiencies for this nursing home, it was challenging to grade the place in the inspections category.
Short-term Care Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so favorably is that it received a strong short-term care grade. Indeed, short-term care is its second most impressive category score. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of A. Our short-term care scores are vital for prospective residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing. This includes a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than a typical nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in this area with 61.2 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most facilities.
Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. While this didn't quite match its scores in some of the categories discussed above, this is still a decent score. Our nursing score includes a handful of factors, but the primary one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. At least one quarter of this care was provided by registered nurses, which are highly skilled nurses. This is a high percentage of skilled nursing care. We weight these hours more in computing our nursing grades. Lastly, our nursing grades also weigh quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed above average in this area. This is typically a reliable indicator of how carefully a place's nursing staff is tending to its patients. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses and superior safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we looked at was long-term care, turned out to be this facility's least impressive category. We awarded this facility a D in this category. This really is one of just a couple of weak links of a quality profile. For residents in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care grades are a key measure. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinated 97.07317 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home also fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.43 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Life Care Center of Stoneham Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered falls resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of erosion of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better