Newbridge on the Charles Skilled Nursing Facility

In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in our inspections category, where it earned an A+. Very few nursing homes fared as well in this area. Inspection scores account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category usually have very few severe deficiencies. It doesn't look like we were able to find deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also wanted to direct your attention to the fact that this facility was superb in our short-term care category. We awarded them an exemplary score of A+ in this area. Our short-term care grades are crucial for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

The third category we assessed is long-term care. Adding to its top-shelf resume, this nursing home also performed well in this category. In fact, it received a grade of of A in the category. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Unfortunately, we weren't able to locate information about this nursing home's vaccination rates. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Moving on to our next category, this nursing home also excelled in the nursing category. We gave it an A- in this area. This finalized truly elite profile. Nursing scores are tied to nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these metrics as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.