Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a very-large non-profit nursing home in Brooklyn, New York. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B. A score of this caliber requires solid scores in most areas. If you take a look at the other options in Brooklyn, we suspect you will find this facility to be a better option than most of the nursing homes in the city. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which is addressed in the next section.
Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Contracted Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall score, this facility fared even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the nursing home's recent government inspections. We awarded it an A+ for this category, which is one of our best grades. Our inspection scores account for several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category tend to have few severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to this nursing home's list of achievements, it also was awarded a superb long-term care score. We awarded them an elite strong of A- in this category. When nursing homes receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to assessing the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 95.27666 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of C. This wasn't quite as good as some of its other scores, but a grade in this range is not the end of the world. When computing our nursing grades, we look at both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place excelled in some of the quality measures we assessed. It performed well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's least impressive area was short-term care, which is the final area we looked at. In this category, we awarded this facility a grade of D. Short-term care ratings are vital for prospective residents requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a vast scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The final metric we assessed in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor metrics was damning for this facility's short-term care grade.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who 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.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents who have suffered from UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 13.2% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 91.26% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 14.75% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 17.32% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 8.8 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures 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 Brooklyn Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 75.07% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Brooklyn, 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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