Wingate at Springfield
215 Bicentennial Highway, Springfield MA 01118 · (413) 796-7511 · 85.16% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, Wingate at Springfield is one of just three facilities in this area. Sporting an overall rating of C, this is likely a middle of the pack nursing home. This place seems to have a few things working in its favor. The best part of this nursing home's profile was its stellar inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this facility received a decent overall grade is its impeccable health inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our higher scores in that area, with a grade of A. This is a notably better score than the place's overall score, which was decent but certainly not elite. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be quite insignificant. 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. Based on this, we still had a generally positive view of this facility's recent inspections.
Short-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's more impressive category grades was in the category of short-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B. With our short-term care assessment, we try to craft a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In this process, we look at a facility's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The last measure we assessed in this category is the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. This was more of a strength for this facility. It fared as well as just about any facility in Massachusetts with 66.4 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facilities third most favorable area is long-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this area. This is essentially a middle of the road grade in this area. Our long-term care grades are more important for individuals requiring more conventional assistance related to personal care. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 90.909096 percent of its residents. This is somewhat less than we anticipated but still a respectable figure. Nevertheless, this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a significantly better hospitalization rate than the majority of nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
The next area we looked at was nursing, which proved to be this nursing home's least impressive area. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F in this area, which is clearly concerning. There are a number of criteria within this category. Most of the data points are tied to the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 1.9 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is well below average. In addition to its below average nursing hour totals, this facility also received suboptimal marks in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in computing our nursing ratings. We found that more of this place's residents sustained falls leading to serious injury.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wingate at Springfield Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients which had falls leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for many medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Sadly, in some situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better