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Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer's Care

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  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer's Care's website

694 Worcester Rd,
Framingham MA 01701

(781) 237-6400

79.81% estimated occupancy 1

Please note our records indicate that Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer's Care has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.

Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer's Care is located in Framingham, Massachusetts, a city with 68,423 people. This facility was awarded an A- overall, which is very good grade. This grade is even higher than the city grade of A- in Framingham, which is also an impressive grade. If you look further down this page, you can see this nursing home's category grades, which are also quite good.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • No Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To go along with its strong overall score, we gave this nursing home an A+ for our inspection category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection scores. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. It does not look like we have deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. Nursing grades are primarily based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 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 facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility also was given a high-end long-term care grade. This actually turned out to be this facility's third best category score. In that category, this facility received a score of A-. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 97.59358 percent of its patients. This is a great way to avoid unnecessary deaths for the nursing home population. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The last area we rated is short-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a grade of B. While this ended up being its worst category rating, this is still an impressive score. Short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a wide scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer's Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer's Care, 4.66% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This gauges the percent of long-term stay residents that suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer's Care, 4.28% of Patients had Serious Falls

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

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer's Care, 0.29% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by poor nursing care. More frequent bathing can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer's Care, 22.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term patients who were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer's Care, 8.79% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer's Care, 3.93% of Patients

This is the percent of residents showing signs of depression. High levels of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer's Care, 96.57% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer's Care, 15.7% of Patients

This is the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer's Care, 18.78% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels. Many in the industry argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer's Care, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Newton Wellesley Center for Alzheimer's Care, 18.78% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of residents.

Scores for Framingham, 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 B-plus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

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Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Medical Care Framingham0.89 miles away110 Mt. Wayte Ave. Framingham Massachusetts 01702CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (508) 628-3801
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  • Wellesley Dialysis9.15 miles away195 Worcester Street Lower Level Wellesley Hills Massachusetts 02481Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 431-1414
  • Dci Walden Pond11.41 miles away56 B Winthrop Street Concord Massachusetts 01742Dialysis Stations: 13 (978) 369-1683
  • The Dialysis Center at Waltham12.36 miles away135 Beaver Street, Suite 111 Waltham Massachusetts 02452Dialysis Stations: 14 (781) 642-0331
  • Fmc Dialysis Services of Blackstone Valley12.99 miles away42 Cape Road Milford Massachusetts 01757CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (508) 634-4331
  • Westwood Dialysis Center (Bma Westwood)13.35 miles away90 Glacier Drive Westwood Massachusetts 02090CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 326-9985
  • Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston13.68 miles awayDialysis Unit - Ccp 7 736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Dialysis Stations: 17 (617) 789-2592

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