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Pine Knoll Nursing Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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30 Watertown Street,
Lexington MA 02420

(781) 862-8151

68.76% estimated occupancy 1

Pine Knoll Nursing Center is in Lexington, Massachusetts. Sporting an overall grade of C, this is likely a middle of the road nursing home. At the end of the day, this place would be a solid choice for quite a few people. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category was long-term care, which is discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Optometry

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This facility's long-term care rating is much more impressive than its overall score. Due to a quality performance in this area, it earned one of our higher scores in that area with a B+. If you are looking for services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. After we finished assessing the volume of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 66.99029 percent of its residents for pneumonia. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B

This facility also received a strong inspection score. Inspection grades are based on the nursing home's recent health inspections. We gave this nursing home an above average grade of B in this area. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite minor. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that we were able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. Nursing ratings are tied to nurse staffing levels. This place averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day, which is a very low figure. Finally, although this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it actually excelled in some of our quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this metric.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Switching gears to the final area, this facility did not perform very well. With a poor grade of F in short-term care, this was its poorest area. With our short-term care rating, we strive to create a sound gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at the nursing home's offerings of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 3.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Pine Knoll Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Pine Knoll Nursing Center, 8.65% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Pine Knoll Nursing Center, 3.88% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a fall which caused severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Pine Knoll Nursing Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This figure tells you the percentage of long-term care patients which experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be a sign of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic may be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Pine Knoll Nursing Center, 35.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Pine Knoll Nursing Center, 14.8% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Pine Knoll Nursing Center, 0% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Pine Knoll Nursing Center, 81.9% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Pine Knoll Nursing Center, 9.38% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Pine Knoll Nursing Center, 11.55% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Pine Knoll Nursing Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Pine Knoll Nursing Center, 11.55% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Pine Knoll Nursing Center, 6.97% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonAcute Care Hospitals 4.68 miles away41 & 45 Mall Road Burlington Massachusetts 01803Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 744-5100
  • Mount Auburn HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.84 miles away330 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 492-3500
  • Winchester HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.47 miles away41 Highland Avenue Winchester Massachusetts 01890Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 729-9000
  • St Elizabeth's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.72 miles away736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Proprietary(617) 789-3000
  • Cambridge Health AllianceAcute Care Hospitals 6.08 miles away1493 Cambridge Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Government - Local(617) 665-2300
  • Newton-Wellesley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.45 miles away2014 Washington Street Newton Lower Falls Massachusetts 02462Voluntary non-profit - Other(617) 243-6000
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.52 miles away330 Brookline Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 667-7000
  • Brigham and Women's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.69 miles away75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 732-5500

Nearby Dialysis

  • The Dialysis Center at Waltham2.52 miles away135 Beaver Street, Suite 111 Waltham Massachusetts 02452Dialysis Stations: 14 (781) 642-0331
  • Davita Northeast Cambridge Dialysis3.25 miles away799 Concord Avenue Cambridge Massachusetts 02138CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (617) 547-7700
  • Davita Woburn Dialysis4.87 miles away23 Warren Avenue Woburn Massachusetts 01801Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 935-7700
  • Dci Ball Square5.12 miles away643 Broadway Somerville Massachusetts 02145CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (617) 616-3600
  • Davita Wellington Circle Dialysis Center5.14 miles away10 Cabot Road Suite 103b Medford Massachusetts 02155CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 306-9740
  • Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston5.6 miles awayDialysis Unit - Ccp 7 736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Dialysis Stations: 17 (617) 789-2592
  • Medford Dialysis Center (Bma Medford)5.69 miles away305 Mystic Avenue Medford Massachusetts 02155CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (781) 396-9282
  • Davita Burlington Regional Dialysis6 miles away31 Mall Road-Dialysis Suite 1b Burlington Massachusetts 01803CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 270-3580

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=225049