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Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center's website

45 Union Street,
Natick MA 01760

(508) 433-4400

84.19% estimated occupancy 1

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 short-term care score, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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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

Top Nursing Home in Massachusetts badge

Top Nursing Home in Massachusetts Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Natick, Massachusetts badge

Best Nursing Home in Natick, Massachusetts Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Natick, Massachusetts badge

Best Nursing Home in Natick, Massachusetts Awards 2020

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our short-term care rating. In calculating our short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is considered to be a useful measure of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

Turning to inspections, this nursing home excelled in that area, which is based on the facility's recent inspections. We awarded it an A- for that category. Our inspection scores account for several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. It does not look like we were able to find deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home also received a first-rate long-term care score. In fact, this turned out to be this facility's third strongest category score. In that category, this facility received a grade of A-. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 98.60725 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

Switching gears to our fourth category, this nursing home also performed well in the nursing category. In fact, we gave it an A- in this category. This completed truly elite profile. Nursing ratings are tied to nurse staffing levels. This facility 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 nursing home performed better than average in this area. This is often 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.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 7.81% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 3.34% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who suffered falls leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 2.05% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 15.69% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 7.72% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 0% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 98.78% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 6.77% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the decline of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 11.69% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare 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. Avoiding hospitalizations is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 11.69% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 10% of Patients

This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Mary Ann Morse Healthcare Center, 81.76% of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term patients who saw 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 B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

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