Westfield Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Westfield, Massachusetts. After receiving an A overall grade, this facility has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 50 best facilities in Massachusetts. This is just about as good of a nursing home as you'll find. Headlining this nursing home's remarkable report card is its inspection reports, which is addressed in the next section.
Westfield Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- 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
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a first rate nursing home overall, this facility also performed well in our inspections category, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared this well in this area. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G through L. This tells you the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A. The nursing grade features a number of factors. The most heavily weighted one is the quantity of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at was short-term care. Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also performed well in this category. In fact, it received a of A- in that area. In the category of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 5.7 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed is long-term care, where this facility was awarded a grade of A-. This wrapped up an elite profile. Only a select few nursing homes earned an A- or higher in all four categories. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. One of the data points we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This is a proven method to avoid negative health outcomes for the nursing home population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Westfield Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Westfield Center, 6.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Westfield Center, 3.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents who experienced a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Westfield Center, 2.42% of Patients had UTIs
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which sustained a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different nursing homes due to nursing homes having differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Westfield Center, 19.05% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Westfield Center, 18.65% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Westfield Center, 1.93% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Westfield Center, 91.44% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Westfield Center, 15.15% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Westfield Center, 17.66% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Westfield Center, 1.44 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Westfield Center, 17.66 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Westfield Center, 10.93 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Westfield Center, 71.35% Percentage of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Baystate Noble HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.05 miles away115 West Silver Street Westfield Massachusetts 01085Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 568-2811
- Baystate Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.82 miles away759 Chestnut Street Springfield Massachusetts 01199Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 794-0000
- Mercy Medical CtrAcute Care Hospitals 7.33 miles away271 Carew Street Springfield Massachusetts 01104Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 748-9000
- Holyoke Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.34 miles away575 Beech Street Holyoke Massachusetts 01040Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 534-2500
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc,TheAcute Care Hospitals 15.9 miles away30 Locust Street Northampton Massachusetts 01060Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 582-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Pioneer Valley Dialysis Center6.37 miles away208 Ashley Avenue West Springfield Massachusetts 01089CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (413) 750-3400
- Heritage Dialysis Center, LLC6.53 miles away67 Cooper Street Agawam Massachusetts 01001Dialysis Stations: 13 (413) 786-2022
- Ara-Holyoke Dialysis LLC6.6 miles away36 Lower Westfield Rd Unit C-153 Holyoke Massachusetts 01040Dialysis Stations: 20 (413) 533-3128
- Western Mass. Kidney Center (Bma Springfield)7.14 miles away2000 Main Street Springfield Massachusetts 01103CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (413) 739-4751
- Chicopee Dialysis Center7.18 miles awayI 391 Industrial Park 317 Meadow Street Chicopee Massachusetts 01013Dialysis Stations: 17 (413) 535-2529
- Springfield Dialysis Center7.65 miles away125 Liberty Street, Suite 101 Springfield Massachusetts 01103Dialysis Stations: 16 (413) 736-9600
- Dialysis Center of Western Massachusetts9.33 miles away601 Memorial Drive, Suite H Chicopee Massachusetts 01020Dialysis Stations: 15 (413) 593-3078
- East Springfield Dialysis (Bma of Massachusetts)9.98 miles away1515 State Street Springfield Massachusetts 01109CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (413) 732-1586