Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
297 N Ballston Ave, Schenectady NY 12302 · (518) 370-4700 · 88.09% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Schenectady, New York, Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is one of six available nursing homes there. Sporting an overall score of B-, this is likely a decent nursing home. While there isn't anything wrong with a B-, it is worth noting that Schenectady received a city grade of B+ so there are plenty of good options here. This nursing home was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 262 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.
Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a strong grade in long-term care. This nursing home received a grade of B+ in this area, which turns out to be one of our more impressive grades. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.23664 percent of its patients, which is significantly higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.65 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility was given its third highest category score in the category of short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a grade of B- in this area, which is a respectable grade. Our short-term care scores are thought to be more critical for residents requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually mandates more skilled nursing. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. One of this nursing home's strengths is physical therapy hours. We found that it offers more hours with physical therapists to its residents than most facilities. The last measure we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 40.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Nurse Quality
The final area we rated is nursing. We gave this facility a C in that category. The nursing rating weighs several factors, most of which are tied to nursing hours. This facility provides 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is better than average. In determining our nursing ratings, we apply additional weight to hours performed by more highly trained nurses such as registered nurses. Finally, we also factored a few quality measures into our nursing grades. This nursing home was relatively weak in some of the major metrics we look at, with subpar scores for minimizing its patients' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are usually reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Some believe that mobility is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of 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
Measures the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better