Brothers of Mercy Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
10570 Bergtold Road, Clarence NY 14031 · (716) 759-6985 · 96.79% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Brothers of Mercy Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a very-large non-profit nursing home in Clarence, New York. We awarded this nursing home an A+ overall grade, ranking it in the top ten percentile of all nursing homes in the United States. We can not find many bad things to say about this facility. Its grades are just impeccable. If you look further down this page, you can see this facility's category ratings, which appear to be just as impressive as its overall score.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 240 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To pair with its favorable overall score, we gave this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspection category. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This high end nursing home also dominated in the area of short-term care, where it received a grade of A+. Few facilities fared better in this area. Our short-term care scores are believed to be more important for individuals in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. This means not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. This facility offered more physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in the country in this area with 63.8 percent of its patients returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most facilities.
Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. The nursing rating considers numerous datapoints. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This facility provides an incredible 4.6 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is far better than what is offered by most facilities. Lastly, this nursing home was also above average in each of the major quality measures we assessed in this category. It performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our last category, this facility was given an extremely favorable long-term care grade. We gave it an A- in this category, resulting in this facility receiving straight A's. When facilities receive this kind of score in long-term care it is a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. In addition to looking at the elite level of care provided by aids and other staff at this facility, we also were happy with the facility's record for vaccinations. For example, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 99.85714 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Brothers of Mercy Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who have experienced a fall resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents who had a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are given to residents for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of residents showing signs of depression. High levels of depression could reveal a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This tells you the percent of residents who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Some would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who maintained mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts would argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better