Amsterdam Nursing Home Corp (1992)
1060 Amsterdam Avenue, New York NY 10025 · (212) 316-7700 · 97.35% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Amsterdam Nursing Home Corp (1992) is a very-large non-profit nursing home located in New York, New York. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the highest-graded facilities we looked at. A grade of this caliber requires first-rate marks across the board. New York features a host of other nursing homes, however, we doubt you will need to look at too many others. This one is a very fine option. Headlining this place's exemplary profile is its inspection score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 409 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of performing well overall, this facility also received nearly flawless government inspections. As a result, it earned one of our best grades in that category with an A+. Perhaps the most significant factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its dominant profile, this nursing home also performed well in our short-term care category. In fact, it received a grade of A for that category. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. This place performed as well as just about any facility in New York in this area with 62 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given a strong long-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded it an above average score of B+ in this area. Facilities that do well in this category typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to patients. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents healthy. This facility also keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had just 1.25 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a much better hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
In the final area, this facility also was awarded a first-rate nursing score, with a grade of B+. This finished off an elite report card. There are a host of factors within this area. Most of these data points relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This place provided 4 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Approximately a quarter of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the most highly skilled levels of nurses. These are both impressive figures, which typically leads to higher quality care. Lastly, this facility also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its patients sustaining falls leading to major injury, this place performed as well as any facility in the country. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Amsterdam Nursing Home Corp (1992) Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be problematic to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who maintained mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates 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 datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better