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Royal Wood Mill Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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800 Essex Street,
Lawrence MA 01841

(978) 686-2994

67.12% estimated occupancy 1

Royal Wood Mill Center is in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It looks like this is a quality nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very good grade. Impressively, the nursing homes in Lawrence received high scores across the board, making this one of the best places in Massachusetts to find a nursing home. The best aspect of this nursing home's strong report card is its short-term care score. We discuss short-term care in the next section

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Nutritional Counseling

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home received a strong overall score as described above, but we especially wanted to emphasize its excellent short-term care grade. We gave them an A- in this area. Short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the facility. We found that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

This nursing home performed well in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Nursing ratings are primarily associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving residents more often.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In addition, this facility also was awarded favorable long-term care scores in our assessment. In fact, we gave it one of our higher grades in that area, with a grade of B+. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 60.55777 percent of its patients, which is a bit less than we expected. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B

Turning to our inspection category, it appears this nursing home has received quality inspections in recent years as well. We gave it a grade of B in this area. Inspection scores weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 5 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Royal Wood Mill Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Royal Wood Mill Center, 5.84% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Royal Wood Mill Center, 3.98% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents that sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Royal Wood Mill Center, 2.92% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may be misleading for some nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Royal Wood Mill Center, 23.93% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Royal Wood Mill Center, 30.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Royal Wood Mill Center, 0% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Royal Wood Mill Center, 79.53% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Royal Wood Mill Center, 23.08% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Royal Wood Mill Center, 15.75% of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In Royal Wood Mill Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Royal Wood Mill Center, 15.75% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Royal Wood Mill Center, 14.97% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-plus

In Royal Wood Mill Center, 95.8% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Holy Family HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.71 miles away70 East Street Methuen Massachusetts 01844Proprietary(978) 687-0156
  • Lowell General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.23 miles away295 Varnum Avenue Lowell Massachusetts 01854Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 937-6000
  • Parkland Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.99 miles away1 Parkland Drive Derry New Hampshire 03038Proprietary(603) 421-2100
  • Southern Nh Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.73 miles away8 Prospect Street Nashua New Hampshire 03060Voluntary non-profit - Private(603) 577-2000
  • Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonAcute Care Hospitals 15.19 miles away41 & 45 Mall Road Burlington Massachusetts 01803Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 744-5100
  • St Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.55 miles away172 Kinsley St Nashua New Hampshire 03060Voluntary non-profit - Other(603) 882-3000
  • Anna Jaques HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.45 miles away25 Highland Avenue Newburyport Massachusetts 01950Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 463-1000
  • Winchester HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.74 miles away41 Highland Avenue Winchester Massachusetts 01890Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 729-9000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita North Andover Renal at Home2.2 miles away201 Sutton Street North Andover Massachusetts 01845CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (978) 975-1119
  • Fresenius Medical Care Merrimack Valley2.96 miles away100 Milk Street Methuen Massachusetts 01844CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (978) 686-9900
  • Fresenius Medical Care of Methuen4.07 miles away421 Merrimack Street Methuen Massachusetts 01844Dialysis Stations: 21 (978) 975-3117
  • Bio-Medical Applications of New Hampshire Inc5.87 miles away19 Keewadin Drive Suite 1 Salem New Hampshire 03079Dialysis Stations: 1 (603) 870-0969
  • Versailles Dialysis LLC6.3 miles away18 Pelham Road Salem New Hampshire 03079Dialysis Stations: 10 (603) 870-9487
  • Fresenius Medical Care of Lowell7.2 miles away847 Rogers Street Suite 101 Lowell Massachusetts 01852CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 35 (978) 441-5100
  • Fresenius Medical Care Chelmsford10.9 miles away27 Industrial Ave Chelmsford Massachusetts 01824Dialysis Stations: 16 (978) 250-0981
  • Fresenius Medical Care Danvers13.85 miles away75 Newbury Street Danvers Massachusetts 01923Dialysis Stations: 13 (978) 774-0350