Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit is a nursing home in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The city has a population of 60,879 people. We gave this nursing home a first-rate overall grade of A+. In fact, this is actually the number one rated facility in Haverhill. This is just about as good of a facility as you'll find. One of the best aspects of this facility's remarkable report card is its short-term care rating. We discuss short-term care in the next section.
Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Hemodialysis
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pain Management
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Aquatic Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
In addition to being a first-rate nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the area of short-term care, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Our short-term care scores are presumably more important for patients needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually requires more skilled nursing. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final item we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that 6.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
This nursing home also earned an A+ inspection grade, making it one of the rare facilities to receive multiple A+'s in our categories. This is based on the place's recent government inspections. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
Another reason we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Our nursing grade assesses the facility's nurse staffing levels. We weigh both the levels of licensure of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
The fourth category we graded is long-term care, where this facility was given an A. This finished off a very favorable profile. Only a select few nursing homes earned an A- or higher in each of our categories. For prospective residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down information about this nursing home's vaccination rates. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit Quality Metrics
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit, 10.93 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit, 71.35% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.
Scores for Haverhill, MA
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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Nearby Dialysis
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