Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation is an average-sized nursing home in North Falmouth, Massachusetts. With an B+ overall grade, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all facilities in the country. Based on our assessment, this facility is a good fit for quite a few people. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its short-term care grade, which you can find in the next section.
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Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No 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
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Short-term Care Quality
One of the reasons this proved to be a quality facility is that it received a very impressive short-term care grade. In fact, short-term care turned out to be its best category. In that area, we gave this nursing home an A. Our short-term care scores are meaningful for patients in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Nurse Quality
Adding to this nursing home's list of strengths, it also received an excellent nursing grade. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Nursing grades are primarily associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Long-term Care Quality
Additionally, this facility also received favorable long-term care grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our more favorable grades in that area, with a grade of B. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is typically a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 99.55947 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
Finally, we also gave this facility a score of B- for our inspections rating. This nursing home didn't have any glaring weak links. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially look at the severity of those deficiencies. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. This is what you like to see on an inspection report.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation, 5.2% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who are suffering from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation, 4.85% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation, 1.41% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of long-term care residents that had a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation, 15.7% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation, 20.35% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could reveal lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation, 99.78% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation, 17.79% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation, 14.75% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry argue that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation, 14.75% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation, 15.75% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Royal Megansett Nursing & Rehabilitation, 77.68% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Falmouth HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.25 miles away67 & 100 Ter Heun Drive Falmouth Massachusetts 02540Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 548-5300
- Cape Cod HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.72 miles away88 Lewis Bay Road Hyannis Massachusetts 02601Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 771-1800
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Medical Care of Mashpee7.14 miles away34 Bates Road Suite 201 Mashpee Massachusetts 02649CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (508) 539-7080
- Fresenius Medical Care of Wareham9.96 miles away100 Rosebrook Way Suite 100 Wareham Massachusetts 02571Dialysis Stations: 13 (508) 291-1100
- Fresenius Medical Care of Fairhaven13.16 miles away216 Huttleson Avenue Fairhaven Massachusetts 02719Dialysis Stations: 19 (508) 996-0364
- Martha's Vineyard Hospital14.21 miles awayDialysis Unit - 1 Hospital Road p.o. Box 1477 Oak Bluffs Massachusetts 02557Dialysis Stations: 3 (508) 957-9565
- Hawthorn Kidney Center18.69 miles away537 Faunce Corner Road North Dartmouth Massachusetts 02747CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (508) 994-9692
- Davita New Bedford Dialysis18.72 miles away237-B State Road North Dartmouth Massachusetts 02747CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (508) 992-0629
- Cape Cod Artificial Kidney Center (Bma Cape Cod)18.87 miles away241 Willow Street Yarmouth Port Massachusetts 02675CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (508) 362-4535