Shrewsbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is an average-sized nursing home in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. With an overall grade of A-, this is without a doubt an impressive facility. Based on our assessment, this nursing home is just about as as good as it gets. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next section.
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Shrewsbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home also earned excellent inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our highest grades in that category, with an A. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. We weren't able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its high-end assessment, this nursing home also was awarded a dominant short-term care grade, with a score of A-. In the area of short-term care, we seek to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Unfortunately, it does not appear that this nursing home submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.6 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning our next area, this nursing home was given a strong long-term care score. In fact, it received a score of A- in that category. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 98.49056 percent of its patients, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
In the final category we rated, this nursing home was awarded a very strong grade of B+ in our nursing category. With this grade, the nursing home completed a very impressive report card. There are quite a few factors within this area. Many of these criteria reflect the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home 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 generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Shrewsbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Shrewsbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 7.41% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Shrewsbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 3.4% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have experienced falls leading to severe 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
In Shrewsbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.59% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Shrewsbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 15.91% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure indicates the percent of long-term care residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Shrewsbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 14.22% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Shrewsbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Shrewsbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 98.9% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Shrewsbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 13.73% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Shrewsbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 12.32% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Shrewsbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Shrewsbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 12.32% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Shrewsbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 8.09% of Patients
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Shrewsbury Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 67.01% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Umass Memorial Medical Center IncAcute Care Hospitals 3.01 miles away55 Lake Avenue North Worcester Massachusetts 01655Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 334-1000
- St Vincent HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.05 miles away123 Summer Street Worcester Massachusetts 01608Proprietary(508) 363-5000
- Marlborough HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.76 miles away157 Union Street Marlborough Massachusetts 01752Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 481-5000
- Milford Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.03 miles away14 Prospect Street Milford Massachusetts 01757Voluntary non-profit - Other(508) 473-1190
- Metrowest Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.26 miles away115 Lincoln Street Framingham Massachusetts 01701Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 383-1000
- Health Alliance - Clinton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.69 miles away60 Hospital Road Leominster Massachusetts 01453Voluntary non-profit - Other(978) 466-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- University Dialysis Center (Bma of Shrewsbury)2.33 miles away239-243 Boston Turnpike Road Shrewsbury Massachusetts 01545Dialysis Stations: 16 (508) 753-0886
- U-Mass Memorial Health Care Systems3.18 miles awayDialysis Unit 55 Lake Avenue North Rm h7-331 Worcester Massachusetts 01655Dialysis Stations: 13 (774) 442-3814
- Freedom Center of Worcester3.4 miles away1 Innovation Drive Suite 110 Worcester Massachusetts 01605Dialysis Stations: 6 (508) 767-3950
- Bio-Medical Applications of Massachusetts Inc4.21 miles away867 Grafton Street Worcester Massachusetts 01604Dialysis Stations: 16 (203) 387-9332
- Davita Shrewsbury Street Dialysis4.33 miles away267 Shrewsbury Street Worcester Massachusetts 01604Dialysis Stations: 16 (774) 530-6353
- Davita Pdi Worcester5.27 miles away19 Glennie Street Suite A Worcester Massachusetts 01605CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (508) 421-9539
- Saint Vincent's Hospital5.5 miles awayHemodialysis Unit 123 Summer St, Suite 380 Worcester Massachusetts 01608Dialysis Stations: 12 (508) 363-9460
- Fresenius Medical Care of Marlborough5.82 miles away360 Cedar Hill Street Suite 3 Marlborough Massachusetts 01752CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (508) 460-9250