Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is the lone facility we found in Gloucester, Massachusetts. This facility received an overall grade of B+, which is a strong score. At the end of the day, this place looks like a solid choice for quite a few people. If you look below, you can see this place's category scores, which are also impressive.
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Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
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 Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Hemodialysis
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a quality facility overall, this facility excelled at short-term care, where it received an impressive grade of A. Few facilities performed better in this area. Our short-term care ratings are based on the facility's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a wide spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, it does not look like this facility provided information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a score of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this area. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. After looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 94.46064 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is more than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Facility Inspections
This facility earned a very good inspection report this year as well. For this reason, it earned one of our higher scores in that category with a grade of B. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category typically dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. 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.
Nurse Quality
The next area we assessed is nursing. This facility was awarded a very good nursing grade this year, with a grade of B. This nursing home really doesn't have any weak categories. Nursing scores are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as reliable measures of the quality of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 12.95% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 2.92% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Major falls are often the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.21% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which have had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 19.06% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 15.26% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 96.09% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 12.83% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing. Many believe this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 10.36% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 10.36% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 8.89% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 84.9% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Beverly Hospital CorporationAcute Care Hospitals 10.75 miles away85 Herrick Street Beverly Massachusetts 01915Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 922-3000
- North Shore Medical Center -Acute Care Hospitals 14.06 miles away81 Highland Avenue Salem Massachusetts 01970Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 741-1215
- Anna Jaques HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.78 miles away25 Highland Avenue Newburyport Massachusetts 01950Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 463-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- North Shore Regional Dialysis Center10.61 miles away133 Brimbal Ave Unit E Beverly Massachusetts 01915CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (978) 921-2052
- Davita Salem Northeast Dialysis14.81 miles away207 Highland Ave Suite 2 Salem Massachusetts 01970CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (978) 744-2075
- Peabody Dialysis Center15.55 miles away19-a Centennial Drive Peabody Massachusetts 01960CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (978) 532-7663
- Fresenius Medical Care Danvers15.57 miles away75 Newbury Street Danvers Massachusetts 01923Dialysis Stations: 13 (978) 774-0350
- Fmc of Newburyport16.68 miles away260 Merrimac Street Towle Building Newburyport Massachusetts 01950CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (978) 465-7030