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Walpole Healthcare

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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160 Main Street,
Walpole MA 02081

70.33% estimated occupancy 1

Walpole Healthcare is a facility in Walpole, Massachusetts. This city has a total of 18,472 people. This is an A rated facility, which is one of the best scores we offer. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. Headlining this place's exemplary profile is its nursing score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Phone Placement:
(866) 905-1243

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company

Specialized Services

  • Palliative Care
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Nurse Quality

Grade: A

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our nursing rating. Nursing grades are tied to quantity of nursing care available. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

On the list of its many elite grades, this facility received an excellent short-term care score. In fact, it received a grade of A- in that area. In determining our short-term care ratings, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to formulate a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. We were not able to track down registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

This facility has received near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our inspection grades account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In the last area, we gave this nursing home an A- for its long-term care rating. This wrapped up a very strong profile. For long-term care residents, the primary goal 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 residents. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 89.44444 percent of its residents. This is a bit below what we expected. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Walpole Healthcare Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Walpole Healthcare, 4.38% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-plus

In Walpole Healthcare, 0.56% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Walpole Healthcare, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Walpole Healthcare, 15.06% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents with cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Walpole Healthcare, 9.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Walpole Healthcare, 1.27% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Walpole Healthcare, 85.15% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Walpole Healthcare, 14.47% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Some argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Walpole Healthcare, 15.07% of Residents

This is the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Walpole Healthcare, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Walpole Healthcare, 15.07% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Walpole Healthcare, 14.05% of Patients

This is a measure of 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: F

In Walpole Healthcare, 51.84% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with successful rehabilitation.

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Nearby Dialysis

  • Westwood Dialysis Center (Bma Westwood)3.97 miles away90 Glacier Drive Westwood Massachusetts 02090CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 326-9985
  • Us Renal Care Foxborough Dialysis6.49 miles away10 Lincoln Rd Suite 101 Foxboro Massachusetts 02035Dialysis Stations: 9 (774) 215-5696
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  • Brockton Regional Kidney Center10.02 miles away76 Campanelli Industrial Drive Brockton Massachusetts 02301CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (508) 427-5329
  • Brockton Dialysis Center, LLC10.05 miles away375 Westgate Drive Brockton Massachusetts 02301Dialysis Stations: 19 (508) 586-2791
  • Wellesley Dialysis10.4 miles away195 Worcester Street Lower Level Wellesley Hills Massachusetts 02481Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 431-1414
  • Boston Dialysis Center (Bma Boston)11.4 miles away2100 Dorchester Avenue 1 South Dorchester Center Massachusetts 02124CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 298-2475
  • Dci Brigham/Faulkner11.56 miles awayDci Brigham/Faulkner 1153 Centre Street, Belkin House Jamaica Plain Massachusetts 02130CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (617) 983-4470

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=225536