Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton
100 N Beacon Street, Allston MA 02134 · (617) 325-5400 · 77.88% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton is a large non-profit nursing home located in Allston, Massachusetts. This nursing home turns out to be a grade A facility, which is a high-end rating. Based on the data we reviewed, you can not go wrong with this place. If you scroll down, you can see this facility's category ratings, which are also strong.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 123 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of being a great nursing home overall, it also received A+ government inspections in recent years. Its inspections are virtually perfect. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite minor. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Compounding its elite assessments in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for its short-term care score. Our short-term care grades are likely most meaningful for individuals in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this facility provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. This facility performed better in this area than in its staffing levels. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in this area with 66 percent of its residents returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this metric.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a high-end long-term care grade. This actually turned out to be this facility's third strongest category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. If you are looking for services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care scores. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 83.01887 percent of its residents. This is somewhat below what we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this nursing home had 2.64 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
The next area we analyzed was nursing. We gave this nursing home one of our higher grades in that category, with a grade of B. Although this isn't as high as some of its other scores, it is nevertheless an excellent grade. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as predictive measures of the caliber of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Spaulding Nursing & Therapy Center - Brighton Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term care residents who are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically used to treat residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better