Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton is a large non-profit facility in Allston, Massachusetts. We gave this facility an A+ overall grade, ranking it in the top ten percent of all nursing homes in the country. We really couldn't find many bad things to say about this nursing home. Its scores are as good as they get. If you look further down this page, you will see this facility's category scores, which are also strong.
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Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton
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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
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Short-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in our short-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. In the area of short-term care, we strive to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 7.3 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also received an A+ inspection score, making it one of the rare places to receive multiple A+'s in our category grades. This score is based on the facility's inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the biggest complements we can pay to a facility. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 3 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.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility received high marks in the area of nursing. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. The nursing grade considers numerous datapoints. The most heavily weighted one is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This nursing home averages 0.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed 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 nursing home the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning residents more frequently.
Long-term Care Quality
In our last category, this nursing home also received a very strong long-term care grade, with a grade of B+. This completed a very favorable profile. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 81.08108 percent of its residents, which is somewhat below what we anticipated. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton, 7.27% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who have suffered falls which caused major injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton, 4.05% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Closer supervision reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton, 12.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term patients which are administered antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton, 8.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton, 88.46% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton, 4% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's medical condition.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton, 0% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton, 10.59% of Patients
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton, 87.29% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- St Elizabeth's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.43 miles away736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Proprietary(617) 789-3000
- Mount Auburn HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.5 miles away330 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 492-3500
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.11 miles away330 Brookline Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 667-7000
- Brigham and Women's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.19 miles away75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 732-5500
- Boston Children's HospitalChildrens 2.25 miles away300 Longwood Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 735-6000
- Cambridge Health AllianceAcute Care Hospitals 2.4 miles away1493 Cambridge Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Government - Local(617) 665-2300
- Boston Medical Center Corporation-Acute Care Hospitals 3.7 miles away1 Boston Medical Center Place Boston Massachusetts 02118Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 638-8000
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -Acute Care Hospitals 3.71 miles away243 Charles Street Boston Massachusetts 02114Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 523-7900
Nearby Dialysis
- Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston1.15 miles awayDialysis Unit - Ccp 7 736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Dialysis Stations: 17 (617) 789-2592
- Kidney Center1.54 miles away888 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 739-3000
- Davita Brookline Dialysis1.86 miles away322 Washington Street Brookline Massachusetts 02445CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (617) 734-7794
- Davita Northeast Cambridge Dialysis2.63 miles away799 Concord Avenue Cambridge Massachusetts 02138CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (617) 547-7700
- Brigham and Women's Hospital2.85 miles awayDialysis Unit 75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Dialysis Stations: 7 (617) 732-6130
- Children's Hospital Boston2.85 miles awayDialysis Unit, Farley Four 300 Longwood Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115Dialysis Stations: 7 (617) 355-7631
- Dci Brigham/Faulkner3.42 miles awayDci Brigham/Faulkner 1153 Centre Street, Belkin House Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 983-4470
- Dci Ball Square3.58 miles away643 Broadway Somerville Massachusetts 02145CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (617) 616-3600