Springside Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center
255 Lebanon Avenue, Pittsfield MA 01201 · (413) 499-2334 · 88.17% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Springside Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center is a senior living facility located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, a city with 46,504 people. With an overall score of D, this is a subpar nursing home. Based on our ratings, this nursing home may not be the best fit for most prospective residents. The only positive thing we can really say about this nursing home is that it did not receive any F's in in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 115 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this nursing home overall, we awarded it an A for our inspections rating. This score is significantly more impressive than the facility's overall score. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. It is typically best to avoid facilities that had a long list of severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This facilities second best category was long-term care. We awarded it a C in this area. This is basically a slightly below average grade in this area. In calculating these long-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's personal care services. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. Thankfully, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Lastly, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. With 1.91 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home was not too far off the national average.
Short-term Care Quality
We awarded this nursing home just a D for our short-term care rating. This is not one of our better scores. Our short-term care grades are thought to be more critical for people needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Not surprisingly, we discovered that this facility offers substantially less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than a typical nursing home. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. This was not a strength either for this nursing home. We found that just 45.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is below average.
Nurse Quality
The last area we scored was nursing, was this facility's weakest category. We awarded this nursing home a D in that area. In calculating our nursing scores, we factor in both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This facility offered only 2.9 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is well below average. To pair with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this nursing home also didn't perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing ratings. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing major falls and pressure ulcers. This place had more pressure ulcers and falls than the average facility.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Springside Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes 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 indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is 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
Measures the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better