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Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield

  • Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield's website

26 Cass Street,
Westfield NY 14787

(716) 326-4646

72.25% estimated occupancy 1

Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield is an average-sized nursing home located in Westfield, New York. With an overall grade of D, this is a well below average facility. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Westfield. If you aren't deterred by this place's profile, you can continue reading to learn more about its category scores. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

Although we did not rate this nursing home highly overall, we want to point out its excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite minor. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility was given its second best category grade in the area of short-term care. We awarded this facility a B- in this category, which is an acceptable score. Our short-term care grades are arguably more meaningful for those requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. We were surprised to find that this facility was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

Unfortunately, we gave this facility an F for its nursing grade. We assessed the qualifications of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses were with patients, in computing our grade in this category. This place averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is well below average. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The last category we looked at was long-term care, where this nursing home received a poor score in this category also. We gave it a lowly F for this category, which is definitely a major concern. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it typically means the facility did not perform well in our quality measures relating to patient care. Once we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. We were a bit concerned this nursing home vaccinated only 88.215485 percent of its patients against pneumonia. To our surprise, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of long-term stay residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of patients that suffered from a fall leading to severe injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A

In Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who have experienced a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indication of worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric could also be skewed for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that are given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield, 13.2% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who are showing signs of depression. Increased levels of depression could reveal a lower level of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield, 91.26% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield, 14.75% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield, 17.32% Percentage of Residents

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield, 8.8 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehab Westfield, 75.07% Percentage of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some would argue this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Westfield Memorial Hospital, IncAcute Care Hospitals 0.14 miles away189 East Main Street Westfield New York 14787Voluntary non-profit - Private(716) 326-4921
  • Brooks Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.14 miles away529 Central Avenue Dunkirk New York 14048Voluntary non-profit - Private(716) 366-1111

Nearby Dialysis

  • Liberty Rc Inc.15.99 miles away3958 Vineyard Dr Dunkirk New York 14048Dialysis Stations: 14 (716) 366-1931

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=335683