Taunton Nursing Home
350 Norton Avenue, Taunton MA 02780 · (508) 822-1132 · 61.58% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2019 · By Sara Levinsohn
Taunton Nursing Home is one of just three available facilities located in Taunton, Massachusetts. This facility was given an A- overall, which is among the highest ratings we offer. A score in this range requires superb scores across the board. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top 25 percent of all nursing homes in the country. If you scroll down, you can see this facility's category scores, which are also strong.
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Long-term Care Quality
To pair with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 96.62921 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.2 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. Nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility an A. Nursing grades are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This place provides an impressive 3.7 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Out of this total, more than one quarter of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which is among the most skilled levels of nurses. We apply more weight to hours provided by skilled nurses in computing our nursing grades. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving residents more frequently.
Facility Inspections
Turning to another of this facility's strengths, it also received a very impressive inspection grade. In fact, inspections turned out to be one of its best category grades. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items 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.
Short-term Care Quality
The next area we analyzed is short-term care, in which this nursing home was awarded a B. This actually proved to be this nursing home's weakest area. A facility could be doing a lot worse when it's worst grade still is better than most facilities. Our short-term care ratings are likely more meaningful for individuals in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is that it provides more than an hour of care per day from registered nurses per resident. This is really the gold standard for this area, as it's approximately 50% higher than the typical nursing home's level of registered nurse staffing. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 36.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Taunton Nursing Home 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