Overlook Masonic Health Center is in Charlton, Massachusetts, a city with a population of 12,981 people. This nursing home was given an A- overall, which is an elite rating. Based on the data we reviewed, you can not go wrong with this place. This facility was also given phenomenal grades in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Overlook Masonic Health Center
- Nursing Home
- Home Health Agency
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Adult Day Care
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: A-minus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
On top of receiving a great overall score, this nursing home also received an excellent short-term care score, with an impressive grade of A. With our short-term care score, we seek to craft a sound measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess a facility's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that 6.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
Grade: A-minus
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing ratings are mostly tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-minus
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are relatively minor. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This means the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B
The last category we looked at was long-term care. This facility was given an above average nursing score in our assessment, with a grade of B. Even though this isn't nearly as good as many of its other grades, this is still one of our more impressive scores in that area. In a long-term care setting, the primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 74.02913 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be slightly below what we anticipated but still a decent percentage. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Overlook Masonic Health Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A
In Overlook Masonic Health Center, 3.75% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: F
In Overlook Masonic Health Center, 8.01% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that experienced falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: A-minus
In Overlook Masonic Health Center, 0.74% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term patients who experienced urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: B-plus
In Overlook Masonic Health Center, 11.79% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term care patients which are administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications are not medically required. However, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: B-plus
In Overlook Masonic Health Center, 15.64% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B
In Overlook Masonic Health Center, 3.6% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: D
In Overlook Masonic Health Center, 86.12% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: A-minus
In Overlook Masonic Health Center, 9.25% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B-minus
In Overlook Masonic Health Center, 13.63% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: A-minus
In Overlook Masonic Health Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B-plus
In Overlook Masonic Health Center, 13.63% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: A
In Overlook Masonic Health Center, 7.1% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B
In Overlook Masonic Health Center, 78.31% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
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