25 Armory Street, West Newton MA 02465 · (617) 969-2300 · 73.82% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Note: West Newton Healthcare has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
West Newton Healthcare is a large facility in West Newton, Massachusetts. With an overall grade of F, we consider this to be a very poor facility. Based on our analysis, this facility is not a good fit for anyone. More information on this facility's category grades is available below. Its best category was inspections, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 123 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Individual
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Facility Inspections
B-
Historical
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of B-. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite insignificant. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, CMS cited this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. Hopefully, its performance improves in the future, but until then we simply can't recommend this facility.
Nurse Quality
B-
Historical
One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. This turned out to be its second best category grade. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of B-. In computing our nursing ratings, we weigh both staffing levels and the training levels of those nurses. This facility provided just 3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, while this place didn't rank highly in terms of its nursing hours per resident, it fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In terms of the number of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, this place fared better than average.
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Long-term Care Quality
B-
Historical
We were also surprised to learn that this nursing home received a reasonably solid long-term care grade this year. We awarded it a grade of B- in this area. In computing our long-term care grades, we look at the facility's ability to maintain its permanent residents' health and quality of life. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 64.15663 percent of its residents. This is many points below what we were hoping for. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. Although it had 2.34 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was more favorable.
Short-term Care Quality
F
Historical
The last area we assessed is short-term care, where this facility was given a bottom of the barrel score in this category also. It received a lowly F in this category, which is obviously somewhat alarming. Our short-term care scores are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This means a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. With its weak grade in this area, we were not stunned to learn that this place provides substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most other facilities. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 33.3 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aug 20
Provider:
F
State:
B+
National:
B
Overall Rating
Nurse Rating
Long-Term Rating
Short-Term Rating
Inspection Rating
West Newton Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to staying in one position for too long.
Provider
B
6.45%
State
B+
5.75%
National
B
7.32%
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Provider
A-
1.81%
State
B
3.35%
National
B
3.36%
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that had UTI's. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.
Provider
A
0.6%
State
B
2.46%
National
B
2.65%
Percent of Patients with UTIs Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Provider
D
27.67%
State
B-
17.92%
National
B
14.18%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Provider
B-
23%
State
B+
18.77%
National
B
19.68%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could indicate lower quality care.
Provider
A+
0%
State
B+
1.73%
National
B+
5.07%
Percent of Patients Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Provider
F
79.24%
State
B-
90.87%
National
B
92.05%
Percent of Patients Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Provider
D
23.45%
State
B
14.82%
National
B
14.45%
Percentage of Patients Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility. Many believe that the ability to move around is critical to patients well-being.
Provider
A
24.47%
State
B
16.96%
National
B
17.08%
Percentage of Residents Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Provider
B-
2.34
State
B+
1.45
National
B
1.70
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Provider
D
24.47
State
B
16.96
National
B
17.08
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.