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Wedgemere Healthcare

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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146 Dean Street,
Taunton MA 02780

(508) 823-0767

79.36% estimated occupancy 1

Wedgemere Healthcare is located in Taunton, Massachusetts, a city with 49,036 people. This nursing home turns out to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. Based on our assessment, you could do much worse than this facility. The best part of this nursing home's strong report card was its inspection score. We discuss inspections 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 Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Nutritional Counseling

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

On top of being a strong facility overall, this place especially excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A-. Not many nursing homes performed better in this area. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple relatively minor deficiencies are not something to panic about.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility received high grades in the area of nursing as well. In fact, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A-. Nursing grades are largely associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

This facility is also above average in the category of long-term care, where it received a score of B. It performed better than most nursing homes in this area. For residents in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses, we next considered the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 59.414223 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Moving on to our fourth area, this facility was given a decent short-term care score of B-. In the category of short-term care, we try to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.7 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Wedgemere Healthcare Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Wedgemere Healthcare, 8.72% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure is is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Wedgemere Healthcare, 0.84% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care patients which sustained a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Wedgemere Healthcare, 3.46% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of facilities with worst hygiene practices. Closer supervision minimizes the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Wedgemere Healthcare, 18.03% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Wedgemere Healthcare, 22.27% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Wedgemere Healthcare, 2.01% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients showing depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Wedgemere Healthcare, 45.74% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: F

In Wedgemere Healthcare, 29.11% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In Wedgemere Healthcare, 20.77% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels. Some experts argue that mobility is critical to patients physical and mental health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Wedgemere Healthcare, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In Wedgemere Healthcare, 20.77% of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Wedgemere Healthcare, 17.15% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Wedgemere Healthcare, 74.4% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

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  • Sturdy Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.67 miles away211 Park Street Attleboro Massachusetts 02703Voluntary non-profit - Other(508) 222-5200
  • Signature Healthcare Brockton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.33 miles away680 Center Street Brockton Massachusetts 02302Voluntary non-profit - Other(508) 941-7000
  • Good Samaritan Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.4 miles away235 North Pearl Street Brockton Massachusetts 02301Proprietary(508) 427-3000
  • Southcoast Hospital Group, IncAcute Care Hospitals 14.3 miles away363 Highland Avenue Fall River Massachusetts 02720Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 679-3131
  • Saint Anne's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.73 miles away795 Middle Street Fall River Massachusetts 02721Proprietary(508) 674-5600
  • The Miriam HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.13 miles away164 Summit Avenue Providence Rhode Island 02906Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 793-2500
  • Emma Pendleton Bradley HospitalPsychiatric 17.13 miles away1011 Veterans Memorial Parkway Riverside Rhode Island 02915Voluntary non-profit - Private(401) 432-1000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Taunton Regional Dialysis Center2.86 miles awayMill River Place 1 Washington St, Suite 9 Taunton Massachusetts 02780CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (508) 828-5986
  • Attleboro Dialysis Center10.93 miles away111 Pleasant St Attleboro Massachusetts 02703Dialysis Stations: 13 (508) 226-0218
  • Dialysis Center of Attleboro LLC11.05 miles away217 South Main Street Store 7 Attleboro Massachusetts 02703Dialysis Stations: 18 (508) 236-6041
  • Fall River Kidney Center LLC13.07 miles away48 Weaver Street Fall River Massachusetts 02720CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (508) 677-4911
  • Brockton Dialysis Center, LLC13.4 miles away375 Westgate Drive Brockton Massachusetts 02301Dialysis Stations: 19 (508) 586-2791
  • Brockton Regional Kidney Center13.64 miles away76 Campanelli Industrial Drive Brockton Massachusetts 02301CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (508) 427-5329
  • Dialysis Center of Pawtucket15.29 miles away201 Armistice Boulevard Pawtucket Rhode Island 02860CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (401) 722-3313
  • Pure Life Renal of Stoughton, LLC15.41 miles awayMed. Office Bldg Suite m107 907 Sumner Street Stoughton Massachusetts 02072CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (781) 341-8550

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=225067