South Cove Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
288 Washington Street, Quincy MA 02169 · (617) 423-0590 · 96.87% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
South Cove Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is one of five nursing homes located in Quincy, Massachusetts. It looks like this nursing home is one of the most elite facilities we looked at. A grade of this caliber requires excellent scores across the board. We rated this facility in the top 100 nursing homes in Massachusetts, which is a distinguished list. If you scroll down, you will see this facility's category scores, which look to be just as impressive as its overall score.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 141 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
In addition to receiving a great overall score, this facility excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it an A for that area. In calculating a facility's nursing rating, we weigh the amount of time nurses commit to residents and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Facility Inspections
This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A in this category. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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
Moving on our next category, we awarded this nursing home a score of A for its long-term care score. This is a very strong score. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 97.39479 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the senior population. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.08 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to the fourth area, this nursing home was awarded a very strong short-term care grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category, giving this facility straight A's. In the area of short-term care, we seek to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Lastly, we considered the number of residents who were able to return home from this facility. It outperformed most facilities in the nation with 53.9 percent of its residents returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
South Cove Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients who sustained a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
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.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better