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Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center

  • Nursing Home
  • Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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48 Cedar Street,
Brooklyn NY 11221

(718) 455-6200

97.33% estimated occupancy 1

Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center is a very-large facility in Brooklyn, New York. This is a respectable facility, with an overall grade of C. Based on our analysis, this facility ought to meet the needs of many people. The best part of this place's report card was its remarkable inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

To pair with its decent overall grade, we awarded this nursing home an A for its inspection grade. This is far better than the facility's overall score. Arguably the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility also performed well in the area of long-term care, with an elite score of A- in this category. If you are seeking anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 89.189186 percent of its patients. This is slightly lower than we were hoping for but still a respectable percentage. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

This nursing home also received a strong nursing rating. In fact, we awarded it a F in this area. Nursing ratings are largely tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing scores. This place fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The last area we rated was short-term care. It received a lowly F in this category, which is a rock bottom grade. This is obviously a significant concern. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a vast scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Given its grade in this area, we weren't surprised to discover that this facility was well below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its patients based on the metrics we assessed. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that returned home from this facility. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.6 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well off the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term stay residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that have sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric could be misleading for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These drugs are used for several conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: C

In Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center, 13.2% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could be a sign worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center, 91.26% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center, 14.75% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some experts argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center, 17.32% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: D

In Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-minus

In Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center, 8.8 Percentage of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Buena Vida Continuing Care & Rehab Center, 75.07% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation.

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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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=335826