Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility is a nursing home located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, a city with 46,504 people. Sporting an overall grade of B-, this is likely a middle of the pack facility. Based on our ratings, this place has some redeeming qualities. One of the better aspects of this nursing home's profile is its impressive inspection score, which you can find in the next section.
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Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was not bad, it really fared well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's second most favorable category turned out to be its short-term care score, where it received a B-. Short-term care scores are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other variations of therapy. It does not look like this facility submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Finally, we considered the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually well below average.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. Our nursing rating is based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of skill of the nurses as well as the number of hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is generally a good indicator that a nursing home has quality controls in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The last category we graded was long-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of C. For long-term care residents, the primary goal is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. After we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. We were optimistic to find that this nursing home vaccinated 93.91892 percent of its residents for pneumonia. This nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility, 7.36% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained 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 minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility, 2.7% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility, 0.72% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility, 13.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for many conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility, 25.75% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility, 2.1% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility, 96.07% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility, 15.85% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate deterioration of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility, 22.84% of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility, 22.84% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility, 9.64% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Mt Greylock Extended Care Facility, 69.13% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Pittsfield, MA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Pittsfield, Massachusetts has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Berkshire Medical Center Inc - 1Acute Care Hospitals 0.7 miles away725 North Street Pittsfield Massachusetts 01201Voluntary non-profit - Other(413) 447-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Berkshire Medical Center1.28 miles awayDialysis Unit 8 Conte Drive Pittsfield Massachusetts 01201CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (413) 447-3066
- North Adams Renal Dialysis Suite of Bmc18.08 miles away71 Hospital Avenue North Adams Massachusetts 01247Dialysis Stations: 13 (413) 664-5100