Sutton Hill Center is a large nursing home in North Andover, Massachusetts. With an overall rating of B-, this is likely a solid nursing home. In our view, this facility would be a good fit for most people. One of the highlights of this nursing home's report card is its impressive inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Sutton Hill Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
This facility earned a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its excellent health inspection reports in recent years. We gave them an A- in this category. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's more impressive category scores came in the area of long-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a B. It actually performed better than most facilities in this area. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 63.92694 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which happens to be slightly below what we were hoping for but still a respectable percentage. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. We weighed the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of time the nurses spent with patients, in calculating our rating in this category. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Finally, although this facility got docked a bit for nursing hours, it excelled in some of our quality measures. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed well in this statistic.
Short-term Care Quality
The last area we rated is short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a D in the area of short-term care, leaving this as the facility's least impressive category grade. Our short-term care scores are important for residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. In this place's case, we found that it provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the typical facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that were able to return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sutton Hill Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Sutton Hill Center, 6.3% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Sutton Hill Center, 3.65% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a fall resulting in serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Sutton Hill Center, 1.41% of Patients had UTIs
This is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that have sustained a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. However, this metric can be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Sutton Hill Center, 19.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that are prescribed antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Sutton Hill Center, 18.88% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents who are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are generally given to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Sutton Hill Center, 2.39% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Sutton Hill Center, 75.4% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines critical to patient health.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Sutton Hill Center, 15.06% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Sutton Hill Center, 23.66% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Sutton Hill Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Sutton Hill Center, 23.66% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Sutton Hill Center, 16.04% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Sutton Hill Center, 65.59% of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Holy Family HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.78 miles away70 East Street Methuen Massachusetts 01844Proprietary(978) 687-0156
- Beverly Hospital CorporationAcute Care Hospitals 11.04 miles away85 Herrick Street Beverly Massachusetts 01915Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 922-3000
- North Shore Medical Center -Acute Care Hospitals 12.04 miles away81 Highland Avenue Salem Massachusetts 01970Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 741-1215
- Winchester HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.2 miles away41 Highland Avenue Winchester Massachusetts 01890Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 729-9000
- Melrosewakefield HealthcareAcute Care Hospitals 12.32 miles away585 Lebanon Street Melrose Massachusetts 02176Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 979-3000
- Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonAcute Care Hospitals 12.41 miles away41 & 45 Mall Road Burlington Massachusetts 01803Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 744-5100
- Lowell General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.29 miles away295 Varnum Avenue Lowell Massachusetts 01854Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 937-6000
- Anna Jaques HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.74 miles away25 Highland Avenue Newburyport Massachusetts 01950Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 463-1000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita North Andover Renal at Home5.66 miles away201 Sutton Street North Andover Massachusetts 01845CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (978) 975-1119
- Fresenius Medical Care Danvers7.12 miles away75 Newbury Street Danvers Massachusetts 01923Dialysis Stations: 13 (978) 774-0350
- Fresenius Medical Care of Methuen8.21 miles away421 Merrimack Street Methuen Massachusetts 01844Dialysis Stations: 21 (978) 975-3117
- Fresenius Medical Care Merrimack Valley8.32 miles away100 Milk Street Methuen Massachusetts 01844CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (978) 686-9900
- Fmc Services of Stoneham9.5 miles away2 Main Street Suite 100 Stoneham Massachusetts 02180CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (781) 279-2454
- Peabody Dialysis Center9.94 miles away19-a Centennial Drive Peabody Massachusetts 01960CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (978) 532-7663
- Fresenius Medical Care of Lowell9.99 miles away847 Rogers Street Suite 101 Lowell Massachusetts 01852CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 35 (978) 441-5100
- North Shore Regional Dialysis Center10.83 miles away133 Brimbal Ave Unit E Beverly Massachusetts 01915CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (978) 921-2052