Windemere Nursing & Rehab Center on Marthas Vineyard is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. We awarded this facility an A overall grade, ranking it in the top ten percent of all nursing homes in the country. Based on our analysis, this nursing home is really as good as it gets. Scroll down to see this nursing home's category grades, which are also impressive. It would be hard to find any major flaws in this place's profile.
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Windemere Nursing & Rehab Center on Marthas Vineyard
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Grade: A
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Nurse Quality
Grade: A-plus
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. The nursing score considers many subcategories. The most important one is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place Massachusetts in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a protocol of moving patients more frequently.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A-plus
This nursing home also received an A+ for its long-term care score. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.10714 percent of its residents, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
Adding to its fine assessment, this facility also was given a strong short-term care score, with a grade of A. Our short-term care scores are probably most important for folks needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Facility Inspections
Grade: B-plus
Wrapping up its excellent profile, this nursing home also performed well in our inspection category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of B+ for that area. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with better grades in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. 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.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Windemere Nursing & Rehab Center on Marthas Vineyard Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A-minus
In Windemere Nursing & Rehab Center on Marthas Vineyard, 4.82% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: A+
In Windemere Nursing & Rehab Center on Marthas Vineyard, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Falls are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: B
In Windemere Nursing & Rehab Center on Marthas Vineyard, 1.85% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: A
In Windemere Nursing & Rehab Center on Marthas Vineyard, 7.41% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay residents that are administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A-plus
In Windemere Nursing & Rehab Center on Marthas Vineyard, 2.73% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: A+
In Windemere Nursing & Rehab Center on Marthas Vineyard, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: A-minus
In Windemere Nursing & Rehab Center on Marthas Vineyard, 99.55% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: A-minus
In Windemere Nursing & Rehab Center on Marthas Vineyard, 11.34% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Some experts would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B-minus
In Windemere Nursing & Rehab Center on Marthas Vineyard, 14.03% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B
In Windemere Nursing & Rehab Center on Marthas Vineyard, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B-plus
In Windemere Nursing & Rehab Center on Marthas Vineyard, 14.03% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
