Atrium Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing
630 E 104th Street, Brooklyn NY 11236 · (718) 240-3100 · 97.52% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Atrium Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is located in the densely populated metropolitan area of Brooklyn, New York which has a total of 2,504,700 people. We gave it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road score. Based on our analysis, this nursing home likely wouldn't be a bad choice. The best part of this nursing home's report card was its exemplary inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 380 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Inspection grades weigh several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this area generally have few severe deficiencies. While this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G through L. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a strong grade in long-term care. This facility received a grade of B in this category, which turns out to be one of our more impressive scores. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 81.97115 percent of its patients, which is slightly less than we were hoping for. Fortunately, this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.26 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a significantly lower hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
The next area we looked at was nursing, where we gave this facility an F. This was definitely one of this facility's major weaknesses. Our nursing rating is primarily tied to the nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided only 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. On top of receiving below average marks for total nursing hours, this place was less impressive in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and found that this facility was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this statistic. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that many pressure ulcers are preventable with better nursing care. This statistic pulled down this facility's nursing grade substantially.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's worst area is short-term care, which is the last area we looked at. We gave it an abysmal F in this area. Even with multiple decent scores in other areas, this score is still concerning so we felt obligated to make sure you are aware. Short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 31 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was quite a bit below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Atrium Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term residents who suffer from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of long-term patients which have sustained a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. However, this datapoint may also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients which are administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression. Some argue this is a measure of patient quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who remained mobile levels. Some experts believe that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
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 patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better