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Alliance Health at Marie Esther

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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720 Boston Post Road,
Marlborough MA 01752

(508) 485-3791

36.53% estimated occupancy 1

Alliance Health at Marie Esther is an average-sized non-profit nursing home in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Sporting an overall grade of A, this is without a doubt a world class nursing home. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top ten percent of all facilities in the country. As you will see below, this place also performed well in our category grades. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Podiatry
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Colostomy Care
  • Catheter Care
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Marlborough, Massachusetts badge

Best Nursing Home in Marlborough, Massachusetts Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Marlborough, Massachusetts badge

Best Nursing Home in Marlborough, Massachusetts Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in Massachusetts badge

Top Nursing Home in Massachusetts Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in Marlborough, Massachusetts badge

Best Nursing Home in Marlborough, Massachusetts Awards 2021

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ long-term care grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. Once we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 99.10715 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia tragically can be a life threatening illness for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

This facility also earned an A+ inspection score, making it one of the rare facilities to receive multiple A+'s in our category grades. Inspection grades are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspections. Places that score well in this category typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-plus

This first-rate facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing ratings are mostly tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

The last area we looked at was short-term care, where this facility received a grade of B+. This topped off a first-rate report card. Few facilities earned a B+ or better in every category. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to assess a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To provide highly graded rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to offer better levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. We found that 4.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Alliance Health at Marie Esther Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Alliance Health at Marie Esther, 1.69% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In Alliance Health at Marie Esther, 16.96% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents which have had a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Alliance Health at Marie Esther, 0.91% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of facilities with worst hygiene practices. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Alliance Health at Marie Esther, 5.36% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. These drugs are sometimes used for treating several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Alliance Health at Marie Esther, 11.24% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Alliance Health at Marie Esther, 0% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Alliance Health at Marie Esther, 99.55% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Alliance Health at Marie Esther, 23.26% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Alliance Health at Marie Esther, 12.55% of Residents

This is the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Alliance Health at Marie Esther, 12.55% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Alliance Health at Marie Esther, 71.27% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Marlborough HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.61 miles away157 Union Street Marlborough Massachusetts 01752Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 481-5000
  • Metrowest Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.18 miles away115 Lincoln Street Framingham Massachusetts 01701Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 383-1000
  • Emerson Hospital -Acute Care Hospitals 9.6 miles away133 Old Road to 9 Acre Corner Concord Massachusetts 01742Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 369-1400
  • Newton-Wellesley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.91 miles away2014 Washington Street Newton Lower Falls Massachusetts 02462Voluntary non-profit - Other(617) 243-6000
  • Umass Memorial Medical Center IncAcute Care Hospitals 13.99 miles away55 Lake Avenue North Worcester Massachusetts 01655Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 334-1000
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamAcute Care Hospitals 14.21 miles away148 Chestnut Street Needham Heights Massachusetts 02494Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 453-3002
  • Milford Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.35 miles away14 Prospect Street Milford Massachusetts 01757Voluntary non-profit - Other(508) 473-1190
  • St Vincent HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.04 miles away123 Summer Street Worcester Massachusetts 01608Proprietary(508) 363-5000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Medical Care of Marlborough5.18 miles away360 Cedar Hill Street Suite 3 Marlborough Massachusetts 01752CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (508) 460-9250
  • Fresenius Medical Care Framingham5.61 miles away110 Mt. Wayte Ave. Framingham Massachusetts 01702CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (508) 628-3801
  • Dci Walden Pond9.39 miles away56 B Winthrop Street Concord Massachusetts 01742Dialysis Stations: 13 (978) 369-1683
  • Wellesley Dialysis13.13 miles away195 Worcester Street Lower Level Wellesley Hills Massachusetts 02481Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 431-1414
  • University Dialysis Center (Bma of Shrewsbury)13.31 miles away239-243 Boston Turnpike Road Shrewsbury Massachusetts 01545Dialysis Stations: 16 (508) 753-0886
  • U-Mass Memorial Health Care Systems14.17 miles awayDialysis Unit 55 Lake Avenue North Rm h7-331 Worcester Massachusetts 01655Dialysis Stations: 13 (774) 442-3814
  • Freedom Center of Worcester14.38 miles away1 Innovation Drive Suite 110 Worcester Massachusetts 01605Dialysis Stations: 6 (508) 767-3950
  • The Dialysis Center at Waltham14.82 miles away135 Beaver Street, Suite 111 Waltham Massachusetts 02452Dialysis Stations: 14 (781) 642-0331