Linn Health Care Center is an average-sized non-profit facility in East Providence, Rhode Island. With an overall rating of A-, this facility is among the better nursing homes we looked at. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top 25 percent of all nursing homes in the country. Scroll down to see this nursing home's category scores, which are also strong. It would be hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.
Linn Health Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of A. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to measure a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. In order to offer highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have better levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, this facility also excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned an A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively insignificant. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its strong assessment, this facility also was given an excellent long-term care grade, with a score of A-. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid unnecessary hospitalizations for the nursing home population. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the fourth category, this facility was given a highly favorable nursing rating. Although this wasn't nearly as dominant as a few of its other grades, this is nevertheless one of the stronger scores we offer. Our nursing rating analyzes the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Linn Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Linn Health Care Center, 7.49% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients which are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Linn Health Care Center, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls leading to injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Linn Health Care Center, 2.83% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a measure of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can also be skewed for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Linn Health Care Center, 17.89% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Linn Health Care Center, 15.01% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who are given antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly given to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Linn Health Care Center, 2.58% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression may indicate a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Linn Health Care Center, 94.38% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Linn Health Care Center, 16.46% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Linn Health Care Center, 20.63% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Linn Health Care Center, 1.22 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Linn Health Care Center, 20.63 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Linn Health Care Center, 12.45 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Linn Health Care Center, 77.52% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
Scores for East Providence, RI
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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- Kent County Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.13 miles away455 Toll Gate Rd Warwick Rhode Island 02886Proprietary(401) 737-7010
Nearby Dialysis
- The Dialysis Center of Rhode Island Hospital0.4 miles away22 Baker Street Providence Rhode Island 02905Dialysis Stations: 18 (401) 444-4440
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- Davita North Providence Renal Center5.24 miles away1635 Mineral Spring Ave. Providence Rhode Island 02904Dialysis Stations: 18 (401) 354-5340