With an address in Middleboro, Massachusetts, Nemasket Healthcare Center is one of just two facilities in the area. We gave this facility an B+ overall grade, ranking it in the top third of all facilities in the nation. Based on the data we reviewed, you can do much worse than this nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's impressive profile was its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph
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Nemasket Healthcare Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this ended up being a quality nursing home is it earned an A+ in our inspections category. This is just about as good as it gets in this area. Inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this facility's other achievements is its elite long-term care score. We awarded them one of our strongest scores in that category, with a grade of A. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. Nursing ratings are based largely on levels of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we rated is short-term care. This facility received an above average short-term care score this year, with a grade of C. Even though this is not as dominant as many of its other category grades, this is still an acceptable grade for that category. In determining 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 licensed professionals. This rating is typically a fair assessment of a facility's rehabilitation services. We weren't able to find registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this nursing home. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Nemasket Healthcare Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Nemasket Healthcare Center, 6.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients who suffer from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an measure of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Nemasket Healthcare Center, 3.77% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term patients who had a fall which caused major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Nemasket Healthcare Center, 2.05% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term stay residents which have sustained a urinary tract infection. While more infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between facilities due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Nemasket Healthcare Center, 19.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Nemasket Healthcare Center, 18.54% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Nemasket Healthcare Center, 2.48% of Patients
This is the percent of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could imply a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Nemasket Healthcare Center, 91.39% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Nemasket Healthcare Center, 16.21% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Nemasket Healthcare Center, 15.75% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Nemasket Healthcare Center, 1.68 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Nemasket Healthcare Center, 15.75 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Nemasket Healthcare Center, 11.2 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Nemasket Healthcare Center, 71.52% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Morton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.81 miles away88 Washington Street Taunton Massachusetts 02780Proprietary(508) 828-7000
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - PlymouthAcute Care Hospitals 14.7 miles away275 Sandwich Street Plymouth Massachusetts 02360Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 746-2000
- Southcoast Hospital Group, IncAcute Care Hospitals 15.88 miles away363 Highland Avenue Fall River Massachusetts 02720Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 679-3131
- Saint Anne's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.29 miles away795 Middle Street Fall River Massachusetts 02721Proprietary(508) 674-5600
- Signature Healthcare Brockton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.66 miles away680 Center Street Brockton Massachusetts 02302Voluntary non-profit - Other(508) 941-7000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care of Wareham8.61 miles away100 Rosebrook Way Suite 100 Wareham Massachusetts 02571Dialysis Stations: 13 (508) 291-1100
- Hawthorn Kidney Center12.36 miles away537 Faunce Corner Road North Dartmouth Massachusetts 02747CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (508) 994-9692
- Fresenius Medical Care of Fairhaven13.22 miles away216 Huttleson Avenue Fairhaven Massachusetts 02719Dialysis Stations: 19 (508) 996-0364
- Taunton Regional Dialysis Center13.6 miles awayMill River Place 1 Washington St, Suite 9 Taunton Massachusetts 02780CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (508) 828-5986
- Davita New Bedford Dialysis14.56 miles away237-B State Road North Dartmouth Massachusetts 02747CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (508) 992-0629
- Fresenius Medical Care of Plymouth Cordage14.59 miles away10 Cordage Park Circle Suite 213 Plymouth Massachusetts 02360CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (508) 732-9272
- Fall River Kidney Center LLC15.03 miles away48 Weaver Street Fall River Massachusetts 02720CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (508) 677-4911
- Dialysis Center of Tiverton18.19 miles away22 Hurst Lane Tiverton Rhode Island 02878Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 624-4403