Bedford Hills Center

Although this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it received a somewhat respectable grade in the area of inspections. We awarded it a B- for this category, which is a decent score. We would argue that one of the most critical factors in assessing an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially focus on the severity of those deficiencies. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G through L. This means that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is not a bad score. Nursing scores are primarily associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This place provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, although this place got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of our quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents experiencing pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this metric.

This facility was given its next most favorable category grade in the area of long-term care. We gave this nursing home a B- in this category, which is a respectable score. Our long-term care grade is generally used to score a nursing home's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services offered by a rehabilitation facility. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. As it turns out, this nursing home provided the vaccine to only 84.97758 percent of its patients, which is quite a bit lower than we expected. On a more positive note, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

The final area we analyzed was short-term care, which was this nursing home's weakest category. We awarded this nursing home a grade of D in this area. In forming our short-term care grades, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Based on its poor rating in this category, we weren't shocked to learn this nursing home offers significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.