Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is one of a mere two facilities located in Waltham, Massachusetts. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B. A score of this caliber requires respectable marks in most areas. Based on our analysis, you could do much worse than this place. This nursing home is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of our major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: B
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
Grade: B-plus
On top of a strong overall grade, this facility also received favorable government inspections in recent years. In fact, we gave it a solid score in this area, with a grade of B+. Our inspection grades are tied to pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. We weren't able to locate deficiency counts for this nursing home. We would like to have more information about this facility. Without having access to complete deficiency data, it was challenging to grade this facility in terms of this category.
Nurse Quality
Grade: B-plus
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B+. Nursing grades are based largely on quality and quantity of nursing care. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: B-minus
The next most favorable area we gave this nursing home in any category came in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of B-. Short-term care grades are commonly used to assess a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation To have good rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to offer higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 5.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B-minus
Moving on to our last area, this nursing home was given a respectable long-term care score of B-. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 71.42857 percent of its patients. This is several points below what we expected. On a more positive note, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations 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.
Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: B-plus
In Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 6.25% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric is is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which suffer from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: A-minus
In Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.95% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: C
In Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 3.65% of Patients had UTIs
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents who had UTI's. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: C
In Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 18.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of long-term patients that are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: B-plus
In Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 15.22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B
In Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 3.1% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who are showing signs of depression. Some experts believe this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: D
In Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 83.74% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: C
In Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 19.7% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: A-minus
In Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 20.76% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B
In Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to maintaining the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: C
In Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 20.76% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: B-plus
In Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 10.8% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B-minus
In Maristhill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 75.64% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Newton-Wellesley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.12 miles away2014 Washington Street Newton Lower Falls Massachusetts 02462Voluntary non-profit - Other(617) 243-6000
- St Elizabeth's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.38 miles away736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Proprietary(617) 789-3000
- Mount Auburn HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.75 miles away330 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 492-3500
- Cambridge Health AllianceAcute Care Hospitals 6.24 miles away1493 Cambridge Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Government - Local(617) 665-2300
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.6 miles away330 Brookline Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 667-7000
- Brigham and Women's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.62 miles away75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 732-5500
- Boston Children's HospitalChildrens 6.7 miles away300 Longwood Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 735-6000
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamAcute Care Hospitals 6.83 miles away148 Chestnut Street Needham Heights Massachusetts 02494Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 453-3002
Nearby Dialysis
- The Dialysis Center at Waltham1.05 miles away135 Beaver Street, Suite 111 Waltham Massachusetts 02452Dialysis Stations: 14 (781) 642-0331
- Davita Northeast Cambridge Dialysis3.8 miles away799 Concord Avenue Cambridge Massachusetts 02138CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (617) 547-7700
- Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston3.83 miles awayDialysis Unit - Ccp 7 736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Dialysis Stations: 17 (617) 789-2592
- Wellesley Dialysis4.2 miles away195 Worcester Street Lower Level Wellesley Hills Massachusetts 02481Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 431-1414
- Kidney Center6.03 miles away888 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 739-3000
- Davita Brookline Dialysis6.13 miles away322 Washington Street Brookline Massachusetts 02445CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (617) 734-7794
- Dci Ball Square6.23 miles away643 Broadway Somerville Massachusetts 02145CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (617) 616-3600
- Medford Dialysis Center (Bma Medford)6.89 miles away305 Mystic Avenue Medford Massachusetts 02155CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (781) 396-9282
