Brooklyn Center for Rehab and Residential Health Care
1455 Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11230 · (718) 252-9800 · 79.3% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Brooklyn Center for Rehab and Residential Health Care is located in Brooklyn, New York. This city is one of the most populated metropolitan areas in the country with has a total of 2,504,700 people. Sporting an overall score of B-, this is likely a decent nursing home. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Brooklyn. The best part of this nursing home's profile was its stellar inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 215 Beds
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For profit - Partnership
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To go along with its relatively modest overall score, we awarded this nursing home an A+ for our inspections rating. This score is far more impressive than its overall grade. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This indicates that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to resident 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 well in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A-. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is far higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. We found that this place had 3.85 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. While this admittedly wasn't as impressive as most of its other scores in this area, this figure may be skewed for some nursing homes based on the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next best category is short-term care. We awarded it a C in this category. This is essentially a middle of the road grade in this area. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This area is considered to be a meaningful measure of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides a greater volume of physical therapist hours to its residents than the average nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 34.5 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually below the national average.
Nurse Quality
The last area we assessed was nursing. We gave this facility a D for nursing, rendering this the facility's worst grade. We weighed the levels of nurses working for the facility, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses were with residents, in determining our rating in this area. This nursing home averages 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. In addition to receiving below average marks for nursing hours, this place was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in computing our nursing ratings. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and found that this facility was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this metric. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that so many bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. This statistic really pulled down this nursing home's nursing score significantly.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brooklyn Center for Rehab and Residential Health Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients which have had a fall resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for many conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts argue that this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of patients who were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the health of patients.
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 tells you the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better