Bridge View Nursing Home is a senior living facility in Whitestone, New York. This city has a total of 39,150 people. This facility was awarded an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road score. You could definitely do worse than this place. The best part of this place's report card is its stellar inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Bridge View Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To pair with its relatively modest overall score, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for our inspections rating. This grade is far more impressive than the facility's overall rating. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This place was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that CMS didn't consider any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also performed favorably in the category of long-term care, with a strong grade of A- in this area. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 96.9163 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. Our nursing grade looks at the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We look at both the levels of training of those nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This figure is significantly below average. Finally, although this facility got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of our quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it did very well in this subcategory.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on to our last category, this nursing home didn't fare well. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in short-term care, this is this nursing home's weakest grade. Our short-term care scores are probably more meaningful for residents requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually utilizes more skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, this nursing home was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents that were able to return home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 2.1 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bridge View Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bridge View Nursing Home, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bridge View Nursing Home, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bridge View Nursing Home, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that 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 often caused by a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric can be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bridge View Nursing Home, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bridge View Nursing Home, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bridge View Nursing Home, 13.2% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bridge View Nursing Home, 91.26% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines critical to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bridge View Nursing Home, 14.75% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bridge View Nursing Home, 17.32% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Bridge View Nursing Home, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bridge View Nursing Home, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bridge View Nursing Home, 8.8 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.