Brigham Health And Rehabilitation Center sits at 77 High St in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and works as a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center where people come for short-term rehab or long-term care, and since it's part of Kindred Healthcare and managed by William Segal since March 2023, it follows the usual standards you'd expect from a larger company, though the place runs as a for-profit facility connected with Alpha Snf Ma and shares its network with places like Blue Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center and Cedarwood Gardens. The center has 77 certified beds and tends to have about 39 residents there each day, and it focuses on helping residents regain strength, offering both occupational and physical therapy, plus skilled nursing care several hours each day, keeping a 24-hour call system so someone can help when needed, and staff help with daily things like bathing, dressing, transfers, and managing medications, while they're also around for supervision round-the-clock, and sometimes staff who speak languages besides English can help, too.
Rooms come furnished, have private bathrooms, kitchenettes, air conditioning, phones, cable TV, and internet access, which makes it comfortable for the people staying there, plus there's an emergency alert system for quick help, and if someone's moving in, the staff can coordinate that. For activities, folks can walk in landscaped gardens or on paths, join outdoor programs, or do things inside like movie nights, games, fitness programs, and activities in the community theater or fitness room, and there's a business room and activity room for when someone wants to use them, so there's usually something to keep busy with during the day. Housekeeping and meals get taken care of, including special meal plans for people with dietary needs, and if someone prefers community-run activities or group social events, the staff organizes that, too.
Nurse staffing hours come out to about 3.69 per resident each day, which trails below the Massachusetts average, and the nurse turnover rate stands higher than most places in the state, so sometimes you might see new faces more often, although the team is described as friendly, professional, caring, and knowledgeable, and folks there work at keeping up resident rights and quality care, even if past inspection reports show areas for fixing things, like the one noted deficiency related to infection control, and a history of 58 total deficiencies. The center aims to give care with respect, dignity, and kindness, and tries to help people feel comfortable while they recover or live out their days, and while the rooms and amenities make things nice, the place isn't accepting new patients at this time, so you might want to check on that if you were thinking of moving or visiting, because the rules or status sometimes change.
