Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a large nursing home located in Waltham, Massachusetts. This nursing home turns out to be an A rated facility. This nursing home received one of the highest grades that we offer. A score of this caliber requires superb scores across the board. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the United States. If you look further down this page, you will see this facility's category grades, which are also impressive.
Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of being an elite nursing home overall, this facility also performed well in our inspections category, where it received an A+. Very few places performed this well in this area. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its strong profile, this facility also performed well in our short-term care category. In fact, it received a grade of A in the category. In computing our short-term care scores, we size up a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other types of therapists. This area is frequently a fair measure of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the next category, this facility also earned a score of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this category. When facilities receive a score in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 98.888885 percent of its residents, which is far higher than the average nursing home. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
In the last area, we gave this facility a A+ for its nursing score. This wrapped up a very favorable profile. Our nursing score considers a number of subcategories. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at 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 facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning residents at least once a day.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls which result in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.42% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 19.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents which are administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.93% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. High rates of depression may indicate lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 91.44% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 15.15% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 17.66% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 17.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.93 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 71.35% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mount Auburn HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.82 miles away330 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 492-3500
- St Elizabeth's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.36 miles away736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Proprietary(617) 789-3000
- Newton-Wellesley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.48 miles away2014 Washington Street Newton Lower Falls Massachusetts 02462Voluntary non-profit - Other(617) 243-6000
- Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonAcute Care Hospitals 5.58 miles away41 & 45 Mall Road Burlington Massachusetts 01803Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 744-5100
- Cambridge Health AllianceAcute Care Hospitals 6.19 miles away1493 Cambridge Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Government - Local(617) 665-2300
- Winchester HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.43 miles away41 Highland Avenue Winchester Massachusetts 01890Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 729-9000
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.34 miles away330 Brookline Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 667-7000
- Brigham and Women's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.46 miles away75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 732-5500
Nearby Dialysis
- The Dialysis Center at Waltham1.69 miles away135 Beaver Street, Suite 111 Waltham Massachusetts 02452Dialysis Stations: 14 (781) 642-0331
- Davita Northeast Cambridge Dialysis3.32 miles away799 Concord Avenue Cambridge Massachusetts 02138CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (617) 547-7700
- Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston5.11 miles awayDialysis Unit - Ccp 7 736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Dialysis Stations: 17 (617) 789-2592
- Dci Ball Square5.51 miles away643 Broadway Somerville Massachusetts 02145CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (617) 616-3600
- Davita Wellington Circle Dialysis Center5.75 miles away10 Cabot Road Suite 103b Medford Massachusetts 02155CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 306-9740
- Davita Woburn Dialysis5.88 miles away23 Warren Avenue Woburn Massachusetts 01801Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 935-7700
- Medford Dialysis Center (Bma Medford)6.12 miles away305 Mystic Avenue Medford Massachusetts 02155CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (781) 396-9282
- Wellesley Dialysis6.56 miles away195 Worcester Street Lower Level Wellesley Hills Massachusetts 02481Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 431-1414