Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center is located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The city has 181,315 people. We gave this facility an overall grade of C. A score of this caliber requires some solid scores. We wanted to point out that Worcester received a city grade of B, so you may wish to consider some other options in the city as well. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was long-term care, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
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- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Registered Staff Hours
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's best grade came in the area of long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B+. It actually outperformed most nursing homes in this category. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. One of the factors we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 91.18705 percent of its patients. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home actually received a solid inspection report this year as well, with few major dings from the applicable government inspectors. As a result, it received one of our better scores in that category with a B-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. There are many criteria included in this grade. Most of the factors reflect nurse staffing. This place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it scored well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we graded is short-term care, which turned out to be this nursing home's weakest category. We awarded this nursing home a D in that category. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The last statistic we considered in this area is the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.2 percent of its residents returning home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 2.03% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 5.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a fall leading to major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 0.37% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely associated with poor nursing care. However, this metric could also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 39.84% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who are administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 29.8% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 2% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. High levels of depression could be an indicator worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 89.03% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 15.11% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 3.97% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 3.97% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 16.58% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, 39.63% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Worcester, MA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- 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-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
Looking for more options? Worcester, Massachusetts has 15 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- St Vincent HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.29 miles away123 Summer Street Worcester Massachusetts 01608Proprietary(508) 363-5000
- Umass Memorial Medical Center IncAcute Care Hospitals 5.33 miles away55 Lake Avenue North Worcester Massachusetts 01655Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 334-1000
- Harrington Memorial Hospital-1Acute Care Hospitals 15.17 miles away100 South Street Southbridge Massachusetts 01550Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 765-9771
- Marlborough HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.05 miles away157 Union Street Marlborough Massachusetts 01752Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 481-5000
- Milford Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 17.79 miles away14 Prospect Street Milford Massachusetts 01757Voluntary non-profit - Other(508) 473-1190
Nearby Dialysis
- Saint Vincent's Hospital2.82 miles awayHemodialysis Unit 123 Summer St, Suite 380 Worcester Massachusetts 01608Dialysis Stations: 12 (508) 363-9460
- Auburn Health LLC2.92 miles away771 South Bridge Street Suite 1 Auburn Massachusetts 01501Dialysis Stations: 16 (508) 832-3604
- Davita Pdi Worcester3.82 miles away19 Glennie Street Suite A Worcester Massachusetts 01605CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (508) 421-9539
- Davita Shrewsbury Street Dialysis3.98 miles away267 Shrewsbury Street Worcester Massachusetts 01604Dialysis Stations: 16 (774) 530-6353
- Bio-Medical Applications of Massachusetts Inc4.6 miles away867 Grafton Street Worcester Massachusetts 01604Dialysis Stations: 16 (203) 387-9332
- Freedom Center of Worcester4.96 miles away1 Innovation Drive Suite 110 Worcester Massachusetts 01605Dialysis Stations: 6 (508) 767-3950
- U-Mass Memorial Health Care Systems5.12 miles awayDialysis Unit 55 Lake Avenue North Rm h7-331 Worcester Massachusetts 01655Dialysis Stations: 13 (774) 442-3814
- University Dialysis Center (Bma of Shrewsbury)5.98 miles away239-243 Boston Turnpike Road Shrewsbury Massachusetts 01545Dialysis Stations: 16 (508) 753-0886