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Wakefield Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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One Bathol Street,
Wakefield MA 01880

(781) 245-7600

66.17% estimated occupancy 1

Note: Wakefield Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.

Wakefield Center is a facility located in Wakefield, Massachusetts, which has a population of 24,733 people. This nursing home is a relatively poor facility. A score of this caliber indicates we found a few red flags. As far as we can see, we would be very reluctant to recommend this nursing home. We wouldn't blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

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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 Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Audiology
  • Colostomy Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

While we did not have many favorable things to say about this nursing home's overall grade, it did receive a somewhat respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent score in that area with a B-. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially look at the severity of the deficiencies. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

We also want to point out that this facility received a decent grade in our nursing category. We awarded it a grade of B- in the area. The nursing rating includes a variety of factors. The most important one is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this nursing home actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually a reliable indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This nursing home's next most favorable area was long-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B-. Our long-term care ratings are more critical for patients in need of more conventional services related to activities of daily living. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 98.227844 percent of its residents. Lastly, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The final category we analyzed is short-term care. For this category, we gave this facility a grade of C. In calculating these short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our purpose is to devise a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. The important question is whether this also impacted quality of care. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 4.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Wakefield Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-plus

In Wakefield Center, 2.41% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Wakefield Center, 4.05% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Wakefield Center, 1.04% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: D

In Wakefield Center, 28.96% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: D

In Wakefield Center, 28.15% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term patients who were administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Wakefield Center, 4.94% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Wakefield Center, 99.11% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Wakefield Center, 31.87% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Wakefield Center, 20.69% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that mobility is critical to patients physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Wakefield Center, 0.65 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Wakefield Center, 20.69% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Wakefield Center, 11.79% of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Wakefield Center, 60.25% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Melrosewakefield HealthcareAcute Care Hospitals 1.16 miles away585 Lebanon Street Melrose Massachusetts 02176Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 979-3000
  • Winchester HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.48 miles away41 Highland Avenue Winchester Massachusetts 01890Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 729-9000
  • Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonAcute Care Hospitals 6.65 miles away41 & 45 Mall Road Burlington Massachusetts 01803Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 744-5100
  • Cambridge Health AllianceAcute Care Hospitals 7.23 miles away1493 Cambridge Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Government - Local(617) 665-2300
  • Mount Auburn HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.66 miles away330 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 492-3500
  • Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -Acute Care Hospitals 7.83 miles away243 Charles Street Boston Massachusetts 02114Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 523-7900
  • Massachusetts General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.86 miles away55 Fruit Street Boston Massachusetts 02114Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 726-2000
  • Tufts Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.77 miles away800 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts 02111Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 636-5000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc Services of Stoneham2.31 miles away2 Main Street Suite 100 Stoneham Massachusetts 02180CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (781) 279-2454
  • North Suburban Dialysis Center (Bma Essex County)3.04 miles awayAugustine Plaza 124 Broadway, Route 1n Saugus Massachusetts 01906CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (781) 233-2877
  • Davita Woburn Dialysis4.02 miles away23 Warren Avenue Woburn Massachusetts 01801Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 935-7700
  • Davita Wellington Circle Dialysis Center4.28 miles away10 Cabot Road Suite 103b Medford Massachusetts 02155CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 306-9740
  • Medford Dialysis Center (Bma Medford)5.26 miles away305 Mystic Avenue Medford Massachusetts 02155CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (781) 396-9282
  • Dci Ball Square5.61 miles away643 Broadway Somerville Massachusetts 02145CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (617) 616-3600
  • Davita Burlington Regional Dialysis6.43 miles away31 Mall Road-Dialysis Suite 1b Burlington Massachusetts 01803CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 270-3580
  • Peabody Dialysis Center7.08 miles away19-a Centennial Drive Peabody Massachusetts 01960CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (978) 532-7663