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Westborough Healthcare

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Westborough Healthcare's website

8 Colonial Drive,
Westborough MA 01581

(508) 366-9131

87.94% estimated occupancy 1

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

Westborough Healthcare is an average-sized nursing home in Westborough, Massachusetts. This is a lower end nursing home, with an overall grade of D. Westborough received a city grade of B+, so there are other options in the city worth looking at. More information on this facility's category grades may be found below. Its best category is inspections, which is discussed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Respiratory Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-minus

While we did not rate this nursing home well overall, we wanted to point out its decent inspections in recent years. We gave it a relatively respectable grade of B- in this area. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's next best category came in the area of long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a B-. Our long-term care scores are more meaningful for those requiring more traditional services associated with personal care. Once we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. Frankly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated just 88.35227 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Nevertheless, this nursing home excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

We awarded this facility a respectable grade in the area of nursing as well, with a grade of C. The nursing rating features numerous factors. The most important one is the number of hours nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures. While this nursing home got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of these quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this subcategory. This is often an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of turning patients more often.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Turning to the final category, we gave this nursing home a grade of D in our short-term care category. This is the nursing home's weakest category grade. In determining these short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to devise a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Based on its weak rating in this category, we weren't stunned to discover that this place provides substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Westborough Healthcare Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In Westborough Healthcare, 4.41% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Westborough Healthcare, 3.41% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay patients who experienced a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Westborough Healthcare, 1.47% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this metric may be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In Westborough Healthcare, 35.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Westborough Healthcare, 23.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Westborough Healthcare, 1.6% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients exhibiting symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Westborough Healthcare, 90.86% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Westborough Healthcare, 25.45% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate deterioration of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Westborough Healthcare, 16.56% of Residents

This metric tracks the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

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

This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Westborough Healthcare, 16.56% of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Westborough Healthcare, 16.16% of Patients

This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Westborough Healthcare, 51.36% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living typically correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Marlborough HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.43 miles away157 Union Street Marlborough Massachusetts 01752Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 481-5000
  • Umass Memorial Medical Center IncAcute Care Hospitals 7.56 miles away55 Lake Avenue North Worcester Massachusetts 01655Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 334-1000
  • St Vincent HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.41 miles away123 Summer Street Worcester Massachusetts 01608Proprietary(508) 363-5000
  • Metrowest Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.61 miles away115 Lincoln Street Framingham Massachusetts 01701Voluntary non-profit - Private(508) 383-1000
  • Milford Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.51 miles away14 Prospect Street Milford Massachusetts 01757Voluntary non-profit - Other(508) 473-1190
  • Emerson Hospital -Acute Care Hospitals 17.36 miles away133 Old Road to 9 Acre Corner Concord Massachusetts 01742Voluntary non-profit - Private(978) 369-1400
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamAcute Care Hospitals 18.77 miles away148 Chestnut Street Needham Heights Massachusetts 02494Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 453-3002
  • Newton-Wellesley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.84 miles away2014 Washington Street Newton Lower Falls Massachusetts 02462Voluntary non-profit - Other(617) 243-6000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fresenius Medical Care of Marlborough3.41 miles away360 Cedar Hill Street Suite 3 Marlborough Massachusetts 01752CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (508) 460-9250
  • University Dialysis Center (Bma of Shrewsbury)6.73 miles away239-243 Boston Turnpike Road Shrewsbury Massachusetts 01545Dialysis Stations: 16 (508) 753-0886
  • U-Mass Memorial Health Care Systems7.55 miles awayDialysis Unit 55 Lake Avenue North Rm h7-331 Worcester Massachusetts 01655Dialysis Stations: 13 (774) 442-3814
  • Bio-Medical Applications of Massachusetts Inc7.81 miles away867 Grafton Street Worcester Massachusetts 01604Dialysis Stations: 16 (203) 387-9332
  • Freedom Center of Worcester7.93 miles away1 Innovation Drive Suite 110 Worcester Massachusetts 01605Dialysis Stations: 6 (508) 767-3950
  • Davita Shrewsbury Street Dialysis8.68 miles away267 Shrewsbury Street Worcester Massachusetts 01604Dialysis Stations: 16 (774) 530-6353
  • Fresenius Medical Care Framingham8.99 miles away110 Mt. Wayte Ave. Framingham Massachusetts 01702CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (508) 628-3801
  • Saint Vincent's Hospital9.78 miles awayHemodialysis Unit 123 Summer St, Suite 380 Worcester Massachusetts 01608Dialysis Stations: 12 (508) 363-9460

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=225242