The Skilled Nursing Facility at North Hill is a facility located in Needham, Massachusetts. This city has a total of 19,931 people. Sporting an overall score of A+, this facility is undoubtedly a world class nursing home. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top two percentile of all facilities in the United States. Headlining this place's exemplary profile is its long-term care score, which you can find in the next section.
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The Skilled Nursing Facility at North Hill
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
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Long-term Care Quality
We also found that this facility excelled in our long-term care rating. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. For patients seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. After we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 86.60287 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ nursing grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+ category grades. Nursing grades are primarily associated with a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was given an A+ for its short-term care score. In the area of short-term care, we seek to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
Turning to our inspection category, this facility excelled in that area, which is based on the facility's recent inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A for that category. This topped off this place's straight A report card. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are quite minor. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down information on deficiency's for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Skilled Nursing Facility at North Hill Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Skilled Nursing Facility at North Hill, 1.14% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Skilled Nursing Facility at North Hill, 4.78% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Skilled Nursing Facility at North Hill, 6% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Skilled Nursing Facility at North Hill, 9.57% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents who were given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Skilled Nursing Facility at North Hill, 3.73% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Skilled Nursing Facility at North Hill, 0% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Skilled Nursing Facility at North Hill, 88.08% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Skilled Nursing Facility at North Hill, 8.44% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate the deterioration of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Skilled Nursing Facility at North Hill, 13.79% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In The Skilled Nursing Facility at North Hill, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Skilled Nursing Facility at North Hill, 13.79% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Skilled Nursing Facility at North Hill, 8.46% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Skilled Nursing Facility at North Hill, 55.67% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamAcute Care Hospitals 1.13 miles away148 Chestnut Street Needham Heights Massachusetts 02494Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 453-3002
- Newton-Wellesley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.91 miles away2014 Washington Street Newton Lower Falls Massachusetts 02462Voluntary non-profit - Other(617) 243-6000
- Westwood Pembroke Health SystemsPsychiatric 5.89 miles away45 Clapboardtree Street Westwood Massachusetts 02090Proprietary(617) 762-7764
- Brigham and Women's Faulkner HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.26 miles away1153 Centre Street Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 983-7000
- St Elizabeth's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.66 miles away736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Proprietary(617) 789-3000
- Norwood HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.46 miles away800 Washington Street Norwood Massachusetts 02062Proprietary(781) 769-4000
- Brigham and Women's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.91 miles away75 Francis Street Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 732-5500
- Boston Children's HospitalChildrens 8.09 miles away300 Longwood Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 735-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Wellesley Dialysis1.8 miles away195 Worcester Street Lower Level Wellesley Hills Massachusetts 02481Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 431-1414
- Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston5.94 miles awayDialysis Unit - Ccp 7 736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Dialysis Stations: 17 (617) 789-2592
- Westwood Dialysis Center (Bma Westwood)6.25 miles away90 Glacier Drive Westwood Massachusetts 02090CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 326-9985
- The Dialysis Center at Waltham6.83 miles away135 Beaver Street, Suite 111 Waltham Massachusetts 02452Dialysis Stations: 14 (781) 642-0331
- Dci Brigham/Faulkner6.97 miles awayDci Brigham/Faulkner 1153 Centre Street, Belkin House Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 983-4470
- Davita Brookline Dialysis7.26 miles away322 Washington Street Brookline Massachusetts 02445CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (617) 734-7794
- Kidney Center8.16 miles away888 Commonwealth Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02215CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 739-3000
- Davita Northeast Cambridge Dialysis8.52 miles away799 Concord Avenue Cambridge Massachusetts 02138CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (617) 547-7700