GUARDIAN HEALTHCARE - JAMAICA PLAIN, MA

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Addresss:
418C CENTRE STREET
JAMAICA PLAIN, MA, 02130
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (617) 477-8290

Type of Ownership: Visiting Nurse Association
Offers Nursing Care Services: Yes
Offers Physical Therapy Services: Yes
Offers Occupational Therapy Services: No
Offers Speech Pathology Services: No
Offers Medical Social Services: No
Offers Home Health Aide Services: Yes


Home Health Quality Measures

How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner
This Home Health Center:

96.0%
State:

93.1%
How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs
Here:

97.0%
Massachusetts:

92.6%
How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling
Here:

98.0%
Massachusetts:

96.3%
How often the home health team checked patients for depression
Here:

100.0%
State:

94.6%
How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season
Here:

89.0%
Massachusetts:

72.6%
How often the home health team determined whether their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (pneumonia shot)
This Home Health Center:

77.0%
Massachusetts:

65.1%
How often the home health team checked patients for pain
Here:

100.0%
State:

97.0%
How often the home health team treated their patients' pain
This Home Health Center:

98.0%
Massachusetts:

97.5%
How often the home health team included treatments to prevent pressure sores (bed sores) in the plan of care
This Home Health Center:

100.0%
Massachusetts:

93.9%
How often the home health team checked patients for the risk of developing pressure sores (bed sores)
Here:

100.0%
Massachusetts:

95.2%
How often patients got better at walking or moving around
Here:

53.0%
Massachusetts:

56.8%
How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed
This Home Health Center:

46.0%
Massachusetts:

55.6%
How often patients got better at bathing
This Home Health Center:

66.0%
State:

62.5%
How often patients had less pain when moving around
Here:

66.0%
State:

68.7%
How often patients' breathing improved
Here:

61.0%
State:

62.5%
How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth
This Home Health Center:

45.0%
State:

47.8%
How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted
Here:

18.0%
State:

11.8%
How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital
This Home Health Center:

37.0%
State:

32.3%

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