Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is located in Schenectady, New York, a city with a total of 162,643 people. Featuring an overall grade of C, this is likely a solid nursing home. You could certainly do worse than this place. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's report card is its stellar inspection score, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received an excellent inspection score. In fact, its inspection grade was far superior to its overall grade. In our inspections category, we gave this facility an A. Inspection grades account for a host of factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a solid inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home received its second highest category grade in the category of long-term care. We gave this facility a C in this category, which is a decent score. Our long-term care ratings are meaningful for patients in need of personal care. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 93.80403 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be a few points lower than we expected but still a decent figure. On a more positive note, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of C. Our nursing grade looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures. Although this nursing home got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of these quality-based metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed very well in this area. This is often an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by having a protocol of turning a patient more frequently.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we assessed is short-term care, which ended up being this facility's weakest area. We awarded this facility a D in that category. Our short-term care grades are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a vast spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. Considering its abysmal grade in this area, we weren't surprised to discover that this nursing home provided substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most nursing homes. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic may be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for treating a variety of medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.2% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 91.26% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14.75% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 17.32% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8.8 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 75.07% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Schenectady, NY
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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