Longmeadow of Taunton

Nursing Home
Independent Living
Assisted Living

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Longmeadow of Taunton's website

68 Dean Street - Rear,
Taunton MA 02780

(508) 824-1467

84% estimated occupancy ¹

Longmeadow of Taunton is one of only three available facilities in Taunton, Massachusetts. This turns out to be an A rated facility. This nursing home was given one of the highest ratings we offer. A grade of this caliber requires top-notch scores across the board. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top ten percent of all nursing homes in the country. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's exemplary report card is its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Podiatry
Mental Health
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Optometry
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Arguably the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

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. Our nursing grade is largely associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

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Short-term Care Quality

Moving on our next area, we gave this nursing home a score of A for its short-term care score. This is a dominant grade. In the area of short-term care, we try to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Moving on to our fourth area, this facility was given a high-end long-term care score. We gave it a grade of A in that category, resulting in this facility receiving straight A's. When facilities receive this type of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we next considered the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this facility 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 number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Longmeadow of Taunton Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Longmeadow of Taunton, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of long-term patients who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Longmeadow of Taunton, 3.62% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are routinely caused by poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Longmeadow of Taunton, 2.45% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing care reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Longmeadow of Taunton, 18.96% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of long-term residents which are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Longmeadow of Taunton, 18.8% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Longmeadow of Taunton, 1.95% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Longmeadow of Taunton, 91.63% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Longmeadow of Taunton, 15.18% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Longmeadow of Taunton, 19.01% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Longmeadow of Taunton, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Longmeadow of Taunton, 19.01 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Longmeadow of Taunton, 10.9 Percentage of Patients

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

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Longmeadow of Taunton, 71.03% Percentage of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements.

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Nearby Dialysis

Taunton Regional Dialysis Center2.53 miles awayMill River Place 1 Washington St, Suite 9 Taunton Massachusetts 02780CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (508) 828-5986
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Fall River Kidney Center LLC12.84 miles away48 Weaver Street Fall River Massachusetts 02720CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (508) 677-4911
Brockton Dialysis Center, LLC13.55 miles away375 Westgate Drive Brockton Massachusetts 02301Dialysis Stations: 19 (508) 586-2791
Brockton Regional Kidney Center13.79 miles away76 Campanelli Industrial Drive Brockton Massachusetts 02301CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (508) 427-5329
Dialysis Center of Pawtucket14.83 miles away201 Armistice Boulevard Pawtucket Rhode Island 02860CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 722-3313
Dialysis Center of East Providence15.38 miles away318 Waterman Avenue East Providence Rhode Island 02914CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 435-5200