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River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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1675 North Main Street,
Lancaster MA 01523

(978) 365-4537

92.07% estimated occupancy 1

River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is an average-sized facility in Lancaster, Massachusetts. This facility was awarded an A- overall, which is very favorable rating. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top quarter of all facilities in the nation. The best part of this nursing home's strong profile was its inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Dialysis Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Bariatric Care
  • Oncology Care
  • Colostomy Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

One of the many reasons this place turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is as good as it gets in this critical category. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This place was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. Our nursing score is primarily associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Turning the page to our third area, we gave this facility a grade of A- for its long-term care score. This is a very strong grade. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 98.49624 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a proven method to minimize unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the elderly population. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The last area we analyzed was short-term care. In this category, we gave this nursing home a favorable grade of B. In the area of short-term care, we strive to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 4.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 6.01% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are routinely the result of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 2.69% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 25.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 23.17% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 23.65% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Higher levels of depression may be an indicator a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 98.91% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 1.75% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the erosion of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 2.5% of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 2.5% of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 14.69% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-plus

In River Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, 96.28% of Resident

This is the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Health Alliance - Clinton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.9 miles away60 Hospital Road Leominster Massachusetts 01453Voluntary non-profit - Other(978) 466-2000
  • Nashoba Valley Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.17 miles away200 Groton Road Ayer Massachusetts 01432Proprietary(978) 784-9000
  • Marlborough HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.75 miles away157 Union Street Marlborough Massachusetts 01752Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 481-5000
  • Umass Memorial Medical Center IncAcute Care Hospitals 14.34 miles away55 Lake Avenue North Worcester Massachusetts 01655Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 334-1000
  • Emerson Hospital -Acute Care Hospitals 15.65 miles away133 Old Road to 9 Acre Corner Concord Massachusetts 01742Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 369-1400
  • St Vincent HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.76 miles away123 Summer Street Worcester Massachusetts 01608Proprietary(508) 363-5000
  • Heywood Hospital -Acute Care Hospitals 16.78 miles away242 Green Street Gardner Massachusetts 01440Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 632-3420
  • Metrowest Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.84 miles away115 Lincoln Street Framingham Massachusetts 01701Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 383-1000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Pdi Fitchburg9.08 miles away551 Electric Avenue Fitchburg Massachusetts 01420CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (978) 343-4100
  • Fresenius Medical Care of Marlborough11.81 miles away360 Cedar Hill Street Suite 3 Marlborough Massachusetts 01752CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (508) 460-9250
  • University Dialysis Center (Bma of Shrewsbury)14.34 miles away239-243 Boston Turnpike Road Shrewsbury Massachusetts 01545Dialysis Stations: 16 (508) 753-0886
  • Freedom Center of Worcester14.54 miles away1 Innovation Drive Suite 110 Worcester Massachusetts 01605Dialysis Stations: 6 (508) 767-3950
  • Dci Walden Pond14.68 miles away56 B Winthrop Street Concord Massachusetts 01742Dialysis Stations: 13 (978) 369-1683
  • Davita Pdi Worcester14.74 miles away19 Glennie Street Suite A Worcester Massachusetts 01605CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (508) 421-9539
  • U-Mass Memorial Health Care Systems14.79 miles awayDialysis Unit 55 Lake Avenue North Rm h7-331 Worcester Massachusetts 01655Dialysis Stations: 13 (774) 442-3814
  • Davita Shrewsbury Street Dialysis15.4 miles away267 Shrewsbury Street Worcester Massachusetts 01604Dialysis Stations: 16 (774) 530-6353