Affinity Skilled Living and Rehabilitation Center
305 Locust Avenue, Oakdale NY 11769 · (631) 218-5900 · 96.03% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Affinity Skilled Living and Rehabilitation Center is a very-large nursing home located in Oakdale, New York. This nursing home received an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road rating. This nursing home has some things going for it. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's profile is its remarkable inspection rating, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 280 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this facility also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a favorable score in our long-term care category. We awarded this facility an above average grade of B in this area. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 98.74429 percent of its patients, which is much higher than most nursing homes. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 2.78 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Although this admittedly wasn't as impressive as some of its other scores in this category, this number may be skewed for some facilities due to the medical complexity of patients.
Short-term Care Quality
The third area we assessed was short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B- in this category. Short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a wide range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. This place excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it offered more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the typical facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. It outperformed the majority of facilities in this area with 49.4 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
The last area we graded was nursing. We gave it a lowly F for this category, which is a very poor grade. This is obviously a significant disappointment. The nursing grade includes a handful of factors, but the primary one is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averages 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. In addition to receiving below average marks for nursing hours, this place was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in computing our nursing ratings. We looked at the percent of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and found that this nursing home was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in this metric.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Affinity Skilled Living and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better