Beacon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
140 Beach 113th Street, Rockaway Park NY 11694 · (718) 945-6350 · 96.25% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Beacon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a facility located in Rockaway Park, New York, a city with 20,408 people. We gave this facility an overall grade of B-. A score of this caliber requires some respectable marks. With no A rated nursing homes in the city, this is actually the best nursing home in Rockaway Park. The best part of this facility's report card was its stellar inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
We want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home really outperformed its overall score in the area of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent government inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our best grades in this category with a grade of A+. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to the category of long-term care, we gave this nursing home a grade of A- in that category. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to live on a permanent basis. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 97.567566 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is far higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. We found that this place had 2.36 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at is short-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a solid grade of C. Our short-term care grade is generally used to judge a facility's rehabilitation services To offer quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature better levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 42.3 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this is below average.
Nurse Quality
The last area we analyzed is nursing, is this facility's least impressive area. We gave this nursing home a D in this category. This was one of the few weak points in a very solid report card. Our nursing score features a variety of factors. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spent with residents. This particular nursing home provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below average. On top of receiving below average scores for nursing hours, this facility was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing grades. We looked at the percentage of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and found that this place was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this statistic. This is a bad sign when you consider that many pressure ulcers are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, this statistic really dragged down this nursing home's nursing grade significantly.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Beacon Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay residents which have sustained a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for several conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
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 demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures 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 indicates the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better