Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center is one of four nursing homes located in Natick, Massachusetts. Sporting an overall grade of A, this is without a doubt a first-rate facility. You really can not do any better than this nursing home. Headlining this nursing home's remarkable report card is its inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of being a strong facility overall, it also received A+ government inspections in recent years. Its inspections are nearly perfect. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. We were not able to locate deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
We also would like to emphasize the fact that this facility was awarded a dominant grade of A in our short-term care area. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This area is often a useful measure of the facility's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this category is the number of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Long-term Care Quality
We also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home received a superb grade of A in our long-term care area. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 75.3012 percent of its residents. This is a bit less than we anticipated but still a decent figure. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
In the last category, we gave this facility a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. This wrapped up a very favorable report card. There are a number of subcategories within this category. Most of these criteria are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning residents even once per day.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents that suffer from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 2.42% of Patients had UTIs
This figure gauges the percent of long-term residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 19.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents which are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 1.93% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some argue this is a reasonable measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 91.44% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 15.15% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 17.66% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 17.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 10.93 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 71.35% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Scores for Natick, MA
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Natick, Massachusetts has 3 other nursing homes
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- Marlborough HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.89 miles away157 Union Street Marlborough Massachusetts 01752Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 481-5000
Nearby Dialysis
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