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Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center's website

1205 Delaware Avenue,
Buffalo NY 14209

(716) 885-3838

93.68% estimated occupancy 1

Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center turns out to be one of a variety of available nursing homes to decide among in Buffalo, New York. This nursing home received an overall grade of D, which is a lower end rating. We ranked this as one of the bottom 10 rated nursing homes in Buffalo. In a city with many other nursing homes, you ought to be able to find an alternative. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Partnership
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Bariatric Care
  • Optometry
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

While we were not high on this nursing home's overall grade, it received a very impressive inspection report this year. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite insignificant. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to resident safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This facilities next best area was long-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this category. This is essentially a slightly below average grade in this area. Long-term care grades focus on a nursing home's personal care instead of the skilled nursing or medical services that are critical to a skilled nursing facility. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to a relatively low 75.81699 percent of its patients, which is somewhat alarming. Nevertheless, this place excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

This facility ended up receiving rock bottom score in our nursing category. It received an F in this category. The nursing score considers many subcategories. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This particular facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This statistic is well below the national average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility fared well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The final category we assessed was short-term care, where this facility was given a rock bottom grade in this category also. Unfortunately, we gave it an F in this area, which is obviously a major concern. Our short-term care scores are important for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. With its score in this area, we weren't surprised to find that this place is well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. Honestly, this was about what we expected to find. The final item we considered in this category is the percentage of patients that returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.1 percent of its residents returning home. This was quite a bit below the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 10.49% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.27% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall resulting in serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.43% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often associated with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this datapoint could also be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.85% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 15.03% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of residents given antianxiety drugs. These medications are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 32.09% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some experts believe that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 77.55% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 12.63% of Patients

This is the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 5.51% of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 5.51% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 15.52% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 72.94% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many believe this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.

Scores for Buffalo, NY

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

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  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=335640