| Bridgewater Nursing Home | |
| 16 Pleasant Street, Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02324 | |
| (508) 697-4616 | |
| Name | Bridgewater Nursing Home |
|---|---|
| Location | 16 Pleasant Street, Bridgewater, Massachusetts |
| Certified By | Medicare and Medicaid |
| No. of Certified Beds | 43 |
| Occupancy Rate | 58.14% |
| Medicare ID (CCN) | 225616 |
| Legal Business Name | 16 Pleasant St Inc |
| Ownership Type | For Profit - Corporation |
| NPI Number | 1730240169 |
| Organization Name | 16 PLEASANT ST., INC. |
| Doing Business As | BRIDGEWATER NURSING HOME |
| Address | 16 Pleasant St, Bridgewater, MA 02324 |
| Phone Number | 508-697-4616 |
News Archive
This month, Molecular Pharmaceutics reported promising findings from the Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research and the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Delaware, about the potential for nanotechnology to deliver chemotherapeutic agents in a way that attacks cancer cells without harming healthy cells.
"There is no doubt that Africa is on the move … But if African countries are to achieve the new future within their grasp, then there needs to be a new focus on the daunting obstacles still to be overcome. … High among these challenges is the need to transform the continent's agriculture," former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan writes in a BusinessDay opinion piece reflecting on the challenges facing Africa's agricultural system and the opportunities to respond to the growing food demands.
Based on projected increases in the prevalence of diabetes, the number of people with diabetes-related retinal disease, with glaucoma and with cataracts is estimated to increase significantly by 2050, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.
In the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, Eric Porterfield, director of global health communications at the United Nations Foundation, interviews Jeffrey Bates, a polio communications for development (C4D) officer, about India's efforts to eradicate polio.
Researchers at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, have demonstrated that a new radiotracer, 2-18F-fluorodeoxysorbitol (18F-FDS), can identify and track bacterial infection in lungs better than current imaging methods and is able to differentiate bacterial infection from inflammation.
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News Archive
This month, Molecular Pharmaceutics reported promising findings from the Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research and the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Delaware, about the potential for nanotechnology to deliver chemotherapeutic agents in a way that attacks cancer cells without harming healthy cells.
"There is no doubt that Africa is on the move … But if African countries are to achieve the new future within their grasp, then there needs to be a new focus on the daunting obstacles still to be overcome. … High among these challenges is the need to transform the continent's agriculture," former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan writes in a BusinessDay opinion piece reflecting on the challenges facing Africa's agricultural system and the opportunities to respond to the growing food demands.
Based on projected increases in the prevalence of diabetes, the number of people with diabetes-related retinal disease, with glaucoma and with cataracts is estimated to increase significantly by 2050, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.
In the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists" blog, Eric Porterfield, director of global health communications at the United Nations Foundation, interviews Jeffrey Bates, a polio communications for development (C4D) officer, about India's efforts to eradicate polio.
Researchers at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, have demonstrated that a new radiotracer, 2-18F-fluorodeoxysorbitol (18F-FDS), can identify and track bacterial infection in lungs better than current imaging methods and is able to differentiate bacterial infection from inflammation.
› Verified 9 days ago
| Number of Facility Reported Incidents | 0 |
| Number of Substantiated Complaints | 0 |
| Number of Fines | 1 |
| Total Amount of Fines in Dollars | $32455 |
| Number of Payment Denials | 0 |
| Total Number of Penalties | 1 |
| Experience Measure | Provider | National Avg. |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased | 18.57 | 14.46 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight | 13.33 | 5.51 |
| Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder | 53.13 | 48.41 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder | 0 | 1.79 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection | 5.26 | 2.65 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms | 0 | 5.05 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained | 0 | 0.23 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury | 1.75 | 3.36 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine | 100 | 93.87 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication | 32.58 | 14.2 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine | 95.83 | 83.88 |