Bethel Nursing Home Company
17 Narragansett Avenue, Ossining NY 10562 · (914) 941-7300 · 50.25% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Bethel Nursing Home Company is an average-sized non-profit nursing home located in Ossining, New York. We think highly of this nursing home, which we awarded a B+ overall. We were equally impressed with the city grade of nursing homes in Ossining, making this a great place to find a nursing home. In our view, this place looks like a good fit for most people. This facility is stronger in some categories than others, but it did not have any bad scores in any of the four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 79 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection grades account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. This place was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility truly excelled in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A. Very few nursing homes performed more favorably in this area. Our short-term care scores are meaningful for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This nursing home excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it provided more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than a typical facility. This is generally an excellent sign. The final item we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in New York in this area with 60.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
In addition, this nursing home also received favorable long-term care grades this year. In fact, we gave it one of our more favorable grades in that area, with a score of B. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 86.08696 percent of its residents. This is somewhat less than we were hoping for but still a respectable figure. Fortunately, this facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had just 1.2 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a much better hospitalization rate than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
The final area we looked at is nursing. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an acceptable grade of B-. This turned out to be this facility's weakest area. The nursing rating consists of a handful of factors, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this place actually performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is often a good indicator that a place has quality controls in place.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bethel Nursing Home Company Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a fall which resulted in 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 care patients who have sustained UTI's. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used to treat several medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression could be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient health.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence. Many in the industry argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates 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 is the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better