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Park Avenue Health Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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146 Park Avenue,
Arlington MA 02476

(781) 648-9530

92.69% estimated occupancy 1

Park Avenue Health Center is a nursing home located in Arlington, Massachusetts, which has 42,844 people. With an overall score of B, this appears to be a very respectable option. This nursing home definitely has plenty going for it. We were also pleased to find that this place did not have any poor grades in any of the major categories discussed below. More information about its category grades is available below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Arlington, Massachusetts badge

Best Nursing Home in Arlington, Massachusetts Awards 2019

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

One reason this place performed so well overall is that it excelled in the area of short-term care, with a B+ in that category. With our short-term care score, we endeavor to forge a sound barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a nursing home's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. There are quite a few factors within this category. Many of these factors relate to levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving a resident more frequently.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our more favorable grades in our long-term care category as well, with a grade of B. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 54.581676 percent of its patients. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

In the last category we looked at, we found that this facility received a solid inspection report this year as well, with few major dings from government inspectors. As a result, it earned a decent score in our inspection category with a B-. This facility really didn't have any major weaknesses. Inspection scores account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Unfortunately, it does not appear that we were able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. We would like to have more data for this nursing home. Without having all of the deficiency data, it is a challenge to grade this facility in the inspections category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Park Avenue Health Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Park Avenue Health Center, 5.21% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Park Avenue Health Center, 6.77% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents which suffered a fall which caused severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Park Avenue Health Center, 0.45% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Park Avenue Health Center, 19.21% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who were given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Park Avenue Health Center, 22.92% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients which were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B

In Park Avenue Health Center, 3.54% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who are showing signs of depression. High rates of depression may be a sign worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Park Avenue Health Center, 71.36% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Park Avenue Health Center, 26.07% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Park Avenue Health Center, 27.44% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Park Avenue Health Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Park Avenue Health Center, 27.44% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Park Avenue Health Center, 5.14% of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Park Avenue Health Center, 71.96% of Resident

This is 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 activities of daily living often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mount Auburn HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.04 miles away330 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 492-3500
  • Winchester HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.42 miles away41 Highland Avenue Winchester Massachusetts 01890Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 729-9000
  • Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonAcute Care Hospitals 4.69 miles away41 & 45 Mall Road Burlington Massachusetts 01803Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 744-5100
  • Cambridge Health AllianceAcute Care Hospitals 5.1 miles away1493 Cambridge Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Government - Local(617) 665-2300
  • St Elizabeth's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.28 miles away736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Proprietary(617) 789-3000
  • Melrosewakefield HealthcareAcute Care Hospitals 6.71 miles away585 Lebanon Street Melrose Massachusetts 02176Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 979-3000
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.81 miles away330 Brookline Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 667-7000
  • Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -Acute Care Hospitals 6.92 miles away243 Charles Street Boston Massachusetts 02114Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 523-7900

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Northeast Cambridge Dialysis2.48 miles away799 Concord Avenue Cambridge Massachusetts 02138CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (617) 547-7700
  • The Dialysis Center at Waltham3.03 miles away135 Beaver Street, Suite 111 Waltham Massachusetts 02452Dialysis Stations: 14 (781) 642-0331
  • Davita Wellington Circle Dialysis Center3.86 miles away10 Cabot Road Suite 103b Medford Massachusetts 02155CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 306-9740
  • Dci Ball Square3.95 miles away643 Broadway Somerville Massachusetts 02145CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (617) 616-3600
  • Davita Woburn Dialysis4.16 miles away23 Warren Avenue Woburn Massachusetts 01801Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 935-7700
  • Medford Dialysis Center (Bma Medford)4.48 miles away305 Mystic Avenue Medford Massachusetts 02155CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (781) 396-9282
  • Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston5.33 miles awayDialysis Unit - Ccp 7 736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Dialysis Stations: 17 (617) 789-2592
  • Davita Burlington Regional Dialysis5.87 miles away31 Mall Road-Dialysis Suite 1b Burlington Massachusetts 01803CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 270-3580