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Whester Nursing Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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223 Swanton Street,
Winchester MA 01890

(781) 729-9595

90% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Winchester, Massachusetts, Whester Nursing Center is one of only two nursing homes there. This nursing home is a grade A facility, which is a superb rating. In fact, this facility has the distinction of being one of the top 50 nursing homes in Massachusetts. This also ended up being a very consistent nursing home with consistent ratings in all of the major categories we assessed. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Awards

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Top Nursing Home in Massachusetts Awards 2019

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Best Nursing Home in Massachusetts Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Winchester, Massachusetts badge

Best Nursing Home in Winchester, Massachusetts Awards 2020

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Top Nursing Home in Massachusetts Awards 2021

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Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a first-rate facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. In crafting our short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to devise a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.2 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A

Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Nursing scores are primarily tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Facility Inspections

Grade: A

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection ratings. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite minor. We weren't able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Without having complete deficiency data for this nursing home, it was challenging to really grade the place in the inspections category.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

Turning to the next category, this nursing home also performed admirably in the long-term care category. We awarded it a grade of A- for that category. This wrapped up truly elite report card. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization 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

Whester Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In Whester Nursing Center, 4.71% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Whester Nursing Center, 4.83% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who suffered a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Whester Nursing Center, 1.01% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by worse hygiene protocols. Additional nurse staffing can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Whester Nursing Center, 20.85% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Whester Nursing Center, 6.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Whester Nursing Center, 0% of Patients

This is the percent of residents exhibiting signs of depression. Increased levels of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A

In Whester Nursing Center, 99.74% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Whester Nursing Center, 10.49% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and eating. Some experts believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Whester Nursing Center, 9.55% of Residents

This metric tracks the percent of long-term residents that retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Whester Nursing Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Whester Nursing Center, 9.55% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Whester Nursing Center, 8.13% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-plus

In Whester Nursing Center, 93.99% of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry would argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Winchester HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.94 miles away41 Highland Avenue Winchester Massachusetts 01890Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 729-9000
  • Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonAcute Care Hospitals 3.75 miles away41 & 45 Mall Road Burlington Massachusetts 01803Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 744-5100
  • Melrosewakefield HealthcareAcute Care Hospitals 3.88 miles away585 Lebanon Street Melrose Massachusetts 02176Voluntary non-profit - Private(781) 979-3000
  • Mount Auburn HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.06 miles away330 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 492-3500
  • Cambridge Health AllianceAcute Care Hospitals 6.32 miles away1493 Cambridge Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02138Government - Local(617) 665-2300
  • Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -Acute Care Hospitals 7.66 miles away243 Charles Street Boston Massachusetts 02114Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 523-7900
  • Massachusetts General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.73 miles away55 Fruit Street Boston Massachusetts 02114Voluntary non-profit - Private(617) 726-2000
  • St Elizabeth's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.84 miles away736 Cambridge Street Brighton Massachusetts 02135Proprietary(617) 789-3000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Woburn Dialysis1.29 miles away23 Warren Avenue Woburn Massachusetts 01801Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 935-7700
  • Davita Wellington Circle Dialysis Center3.41 miles away10 Cabot Road Suite 103b Medford Massachusetts 02155CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 306-9740
  • Fmc Services of Stoneham3.46 miles away2 Main Street Suite 100 Stoneham Massachusetts 02180CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (781) 279-2454
  • Davita Burlington Regional Dialysis4.12 miles away31 Mall Road-Dialysis Suite 1b Burlington Massachusetts 01803CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (781) 270-3580
  • Dci Ball Square4.56 miles away643 Broadway Somerville Massachusetts 02145CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (617) 616-3600
  • Medford Dialysis Center (Bma Medford)4.63 miles away305 Mystic Avenue Medford Massachusetts 02155CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 23 (781) 396-9282
  • Davita Northeast Cambridge Dialysis5.03 miles away799 Concord Avenue Cambridge Massachusetts 02138CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (617) 547-7700
  • North Suburban Dialysis Center (Bma Essex County)6.31 miles awayAugustine Plaza 124 Broadway, Route 1n Saugus Massachusetts 01906CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 27 (781) 233-2877