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Edgewood LifeCare Community

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Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
Oct 18: A+Nov 18: A+Dec 18: A+Jan 19: A-Feb 19: A-May 19: A-Jun 19: A-Jul 19: A+Aug 19: A+Sep 19: A+Jan 20: A+Mar 20: A+Apr 20: A+May 20: A+Jun 20: A+Jul 20: A+Aug 20: A+Sep 20: A+Oct 20: A+Jan 21: A+Feb 21: A+Mar 21: A+Apr 21: AMay 21: AJun 21: AJul 21: AAug 21: ASep 21: AOct 21: ANov 21: AJan 22: AFeb 22: AMar 22: AApr 22: AMay 22: AJun 22: A
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575 Osgood Street,
North Andover MA 01845

(978) 725-3300

66.16% estimated occupancy 1

Located in North Andover, Massachusetts, Edgewood LifeCare Community is one of just a few available nursing homes in this area. This nursing home proved to be an A rated facility, which is one of the best scores we offer. Not surprisingly, this is actually the number one rated nursing home in the city. If you look below, you will see this nursing home's category ratings, which are also quite good.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • No Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Dentistry
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Aquatic Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a great nursing home overall, it also received A+ government inspections recently. Its inspections are virtually flawless. Inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. While this place had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-plus

Another reason we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. The nursing grade weighs a variety of factors. The most heavily weighted one is the quantity of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at 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 facility Massachusetts in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving a resident even once per day.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

The next area we looked at was long-term care. Contributing to its high-end resume, this nursing home also performed well in this category. In fact, it received a of A- for that category. In a long-term care setting, the nursing home's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After considering the amount of nursing care, we next considered the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 91.37931 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In the last category, we gave this nursing home a grade of A+ for our short-term care rating. This completed a first-rate profile. Short-term care ratings are based in part on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final item we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 4.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jul 22

Edgewood LifeCare Community Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Edgewood LifeCare Community, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Edgewood LifeCare Community, 3.62% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are routinely associated with lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Edgewood LifeCare Community, 2.45% of Patients had UTIs

This gauges the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from UTI's. While more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Edgewood LifeCare Community, 18.96% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Edgewood LifeCare Community, 18.8% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents which were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Edgewood LifeCare Community, 1.95% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Edgewood LifeCare Community, 91.63% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Edgewood LifeCare Community, 15.18% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Edgewood LifeCare Community, 19.01% Percentage of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels. Some experts would argue that mobility is important for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Edgewood LifeCare Community, 1.24 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Edgewood LifeCare Community, 19.01 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Edgewood LifeCare Community, 10.9 Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Edgewood LifeCare Community, 71.03% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Holy Family HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.64 miles away70 East Street Methuen Massachusetts 01844Proprietary(978) 687-0156
  • Lowell General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.47 miles away295 Varnum Avenue Lowell Massachusetts 01854Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 937-6000
  • Anna Jaques HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.53 miles away25 Highland Avenue Newburyport Massachusetts 01950Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 463-1000
  • Beverly Hospital CorporationAcute Care Hospitals 14.66 miles away85 Herrick Street Beverly Massachusetts 01915Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 922-3000
  • Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonAcute Care Hospitals 15.9 miles away41 & 45 Mall Road Burlington Massachusetts 01803Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 744-5100
  • Parkland Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.09 miles away1 Parkland Drive Derry New Hampshire 03038Proprietary(603) 421-2100
  • North Shore Medical Center -Acute Care Hospitals 16.4 miles away81 Highland Avenue Salem Massachusetts 01970Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 741-1215
  • Winchester HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.5 miles away41 Highland Avenue Winchester Massachusetts 01890Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 729-9000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita North Andover Renal at Home1.41 miles away201 Sutton Street North Andover Massachusetts 01845CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (978) 975-1119
  • Fresenius Medical Care of Methuen3.48 miles away421 Merrimack Street Methuen Massachusetts 01844Dialysis Stations: 21 (978) 975-3117
  • Fresenius Medical Care Merrimack Valley3.77 miles away100 Milk Street Methuen Massachusetts 01844CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (978) 686-9900
  • Bio-Medical Applications of New Hampshire Inc8.44 miles away19 Keewadin Drive Suite 1 Salem New Hampshire 03079Dialysis Stations: 1 (603) 870-0969
  • Versailles Dialysis LLC8.83 miles away18 Pelham Road Salem New Hampshire 03079Dialysis Stations: 10 (603) 870-9487
  • Fresenius Medical Care of Lowell9.95 miles away847 Rogers Street Suite 101 Lowell Massachusetts 01852CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 35 (978) 441-5100
  • Fresenius Medical Care Danvers11.53 miles away75 Newbury Street Danvers Massachusetts 01923Dialysis Stations: 13 (978) 774-0350
  • Fresenius Medical Care Chelmsford13.61 miles away27 Industrial Ave Chelmsford Massachusetts 01824Dialysis Stations: 16 (978) 250-0981

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=225724