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Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center

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Updated Sep 1, 2019 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A
Oct 18: A-Nov 18: A-Dec 18: A-Jan 19: A-Feb 19: A-May 19: AJun 19: AJul 19: AAug 19: ASep 19: A
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19 Taber Street,
New Bedford MA 02740

85.17% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Data for Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center has not been updated recently. This page shows historical performance which may not be representitive of current service levels.

Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center is in New Bedford, Massachusetts, a city with a population of 94,905 people. We awarded this nursing home a very impressive overall grade of A. As a result, it is one of the better nursing homes in New Bedford, which offers plenty of quality facilities. We can not find many bad things to say about this place. Its ratings are impeccable. Keep reading to see this nursing home's category grades, which are also quite good. It is hard to find any major flaws in this nursing home's profile.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation

Specialized Services

  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy

Awards

Best Nursing Home in New Bedford, Massachusetts badge

Best Nursing Home in New Bedford, Massachusetts Awards 2019

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively insignificant. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

This nursing home also received an A+ for its long-term care grade. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are well cared for. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 98.8024 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility also was dominant in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of A-. Very few nursing homes received a better grade in this area. In calculating these short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. We were not able to locate information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-plus

The fourth category we rated is nursing, where this facility received a grade of B+. This topped off a very strong report card. Few facilities earned a B+ or better in all four categories. The nursing score includes a number of data points. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed better than average in this area. This is often a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center, 3.66% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents which developed new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center, 2.99% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure tells you the percent of long-term residents who have had a fall which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center, 4.22% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center, 13.29% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center, 16.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center, 0% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. High rates of depression could be an indicator a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center, 97.59% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center, 21.71% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center, 11% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is vital to patients physical and mental health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: C

In Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center, 11% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center, 11.51% of Patients

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

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Royal Taber Street Nurs & Rehab Center, 60.49% of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Scores for New Bedford, MA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of B

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