Wingate at Springfield is an average-sized facility in Springfield, Massachusetts. With an overall score of F, we consider this to be a lower end nursing home. This place is about as bad as it gets. More information on this nursing home's category grades is available below. Its best category is inspections, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Wingate at Springfield
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of C. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. 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. Unfortunately, we also need to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received significant government fines in recent years.
Short-term Care Quality
We were also surprised to find that this nursing home earned a decent short-term care rating this year. We gave it a C in that area. Our short-term care grades are critical for prospective residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.3 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below average.
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Long-term Care Quality
Remarkably, we awarded this facility a C for our long-term care rating, which is not too bad of a score. Long-term care grades are generally used to measure a facility's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services offered by a rehabilitation facility. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit concerned this nursing home gave the vaccine to just 82.026146 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this facility keeps its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
The last category we assessed was nursing, is this facility's worst area. We awarded this facility a D in this category. We weighed the skill-level of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses were with residents, in computing our grade in this category. This place provided a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This statistic is quite a bit below average. To pair with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this place also didn't perform as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This place had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average nursing home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wingate at Springfield Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Wingate at Springfield, 9.05% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care minimizes the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Wingate at Springfield, 7.52% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients who had a fall resulting in major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Wingate at Springfield, 3.04% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this statistic could also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Wingate at Springfield, 11.82% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are sometimes used for several medical conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Wingate at Springfield, 15.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Wingate at Springfield, 0.36% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression. Many would argue this is a measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Wingate at Springfield, 87.26% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Wingate at Springfield, 22.88% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing. Some experts believe this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Wingate at Springfield, 18.55% of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Wingate at Springfield, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Wingate at Springfield, 18.55% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Wingate at Springfield, 12.51% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Wingate at Springfield, 71.7% of Resident
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mercy Medical CtrAcute Care Hospitals 4.75 miles away271 Carew Street Springfield Massachusetts 01104Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 748-9000
- Baystate Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.38 miles away759 Chestnut Street Springfield Massachusetts 01199Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 794-0000
- Holyoke Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.43 miles away575 Beech Street Holyoke Massachusetts 01040Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 534-2500
- Baystate Wing Hospital and Medical CentersAcute Care Hospitals 9.82 miles away40 Wright Street Palmer Massachusetts 01069Voluntary non-profit - Other(413) 283-7651
- Baystate Noble HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.98 miles away115 West Silver Street Westfield Massachusetts 01085Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 568-2811
- Rockville General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.21 miles away31 Union St Vernon Rockville Connecticut 06066Proprietary(860) 872-5160
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc,TheAcute Care Hospitals 17.99 miles away30 Locust Street Northampton Massachusetts 01060Voluntary non-profit - Private(413) 582-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- East Springfield Dialysis (Bma of Massachusetts)2.63 miles away1515 State Street Springfield Massachusetts 01109CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (413) 732-1586
- Springfield Dialysis Center4.29 miles away125 Liberty Street, Suite 101 Springfield Massachusetts 01103Dialysis Stations: 16 (413) 736-9600
- Ara-Ludlow Dialysis, LLC4.5 miles away14 Chestnut Place, Suite B Ludlow Massachusetts 01056CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (413) 583-7983
- Western Mass. Kidney Center (Bma Springfield)4.81 miles away2000 Main Street Springfield Massachusetts 01103CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 33 (413) 739-4751
- Heritage Dialysis Center, LLC5.84 miles away67 Cooper Street Agawam Massachusetts 01001Dialysis Stations: 13 (413) 786-2022
- Dialysis Center of Western Massachusetts6.46 miles away601 Memorial Drive, Suite H Chicopee Massachusetts 01020Dialysis Stations: 15 (413) 593-3078
- Chicopee Dialysis Center6.51 miles awayI 391 Industrial Park 317 Meadow Street Chicopee Massachusetts 01013Dialysis Stations: 17 (413) 535-2529
- Pioneer Valley Dialysis Center6.61 miles away208 Ashley Avenue West Springfield Massachusetts 01089CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (413) 750-3400