Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a large nursing home located in Bronx, New York. This facility is a lower end facility. A score in this range suggests we found a few red flags. We ranked this as one of the five worst rated nursing homes in Bronx. In a city with more than 40 other nursing homes, you ought to be able to find an alternative. Nevertheless, this facility did just fine in our inspections category, which you can read more about below.
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Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
Specialized Services
- Dentistry
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Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this nursing home highly overall, we want to draw your attention to its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our inspection grades weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid nursing homes with a list of deficiencies flagged. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. In spite of this deficiency, this nursing home still received a relatively positive report.
Long-term Care Quality
Unfortunately, this nursing home only earned a D for its long-term care grade, which is actually one of its higher category grades. Long-term care scores in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. We found that this nursing home vaccinated just 61.620796 percent of its residents, which is somewhat alarming. Surprisingly, this place was actually decent at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
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Nurse Quality
We also wanted to draw your attention to this facility's poor nursing grade where it received an F. We analyzed the levels of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of time the nurses were with patients, in computing our grade in this category. With only 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day, this facility's nurse staffing levels were well below average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This facility performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these statistics to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we scored is short-term care. This nursing home received an abysmal grade of F in this category. Our short-term care grade is typically used to gauge a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To offer highly rated rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. With a score in this range in this category, we were not shocked to find that this facility was below average in many staffing metrics we focus on. In fact, it provided substantially fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most nursing homes. The last metric we looked at in this area is the number of patients that returned home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 2.8 percent of its residents returning home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 30.8% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great measure of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 1.83% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0.33% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely linked to facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 9.88% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used to treat several medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 8.82% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 21.27% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 74.11% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 9.32% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 5.82% of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 5.82% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 9.77% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Bronx Gardens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 89.39% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Scores for Bronx, NY
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of D
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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Nearby Dialysis
- St. Barnabas Hospital Opd Dialysis Center0.11 miles away4451 Third Avenue Bronx New York 10457CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 40 (718) 960-3860
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- Grand Concourse Dialysis Facility1.06 miles away1780 Grand Concourse Bronx New York 10457CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (718) 583-1800
- Bronx River Nephro Care at the Plaza Rehab & Nursing Center1.26 miles away100 West Kingsbridge Road Bronx New York 10468Dialysis Stations: 15 (347) 982-2420
- Davita Allerton Dialysis1.51 miles away2554 White Plains Rd Bronx New York 10467Dialysis Stations: 25 (718) 231-1285
- Davita Bedford Park Dialysis Center1.54 miles away3119 Webster Avenue Bronx New York 10467CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (718) 920-1530
- Knickerbocker Dialysis Inc.1.58 miles away1490 Macombs Road Bronx New York 10452Dialysis Stations: 21 (718) 588-2347