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Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing

  • Nursing Home
  • Memory Care

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing's website

302 Swart Hill Road,
Amsterdam NY 12010

(518) 842-6790

96.66% estimated occupancy 1

Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is an average-sized facility located in Amsterdam, New York. This proved to be a decent facility, with an overall grade of C. You can definitely do worse than this nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's report card was its exemplary inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed 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 Hospice
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall score is its impeccable health inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our higher grades in that category, with an A. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall score, which was decent but certainly not elite. Our inspection ratings are based on items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. 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. Based on this, we still had a generally favorable view of this facility's recent inspections.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

The second best category we awarded this facility in any category came in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of C. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for people requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means a vast spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was well below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Sadly, this nursing home's next highest score was long-term care. As it turns out, with a grade of D in this area, it still fared somewhat badly. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 94.50262 percent of its residents, which is higher than most nursing homes. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

This nursing home's least impressive area was nursing, which is the last category we analyzed. In this area, we awarded this nursing home a D. The nursing rating weighs a number of factors. The most important factor is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provided a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is an alarmingly low total. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This nursing home fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these metrics to be measures of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 9.62% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients which have sustained falls resulting in serious injury. We use this statistic in computing our nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 2.08% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric can also be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 11.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 13.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 13.6% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 91.89% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 14.66% Percentage of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and using the bathroom. Some experts would argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 18.82% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 1.2 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 18.82 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-plus

In Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 8.77 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Capstone Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 74.71% Percentage of Resident

This is the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

  • St Mary's HealthcareAcute Care Hospitals 6.3 miles away427 Guy Park Avenue Amsterdam New York 12010Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 841-7101
  • Ellis HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.22 miles away1101 Nott Street Schenectady New York 12308Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 243-4000
  • Nathan Littauer HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.58 miles away99 East State Street Gloversville New York 12078Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 725-8621
  • Four Winds of SaratogaPsychiatric 18.92 miles away30 Crescent Ave Saratoga Springs New York 12866Proprietary(518) 584-3600
  • Saratoga HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.47 miles away211 Church Street Saratoga Springs New York 12866Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 587-3222

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fms-Amsterdam Dialysis Center4.65 miles away1810 Riverfront Center Amsterdam New York 12010Dialysis Stations: 16 (518) 842-4360
  • Mohawk Valley Dialysis Center, Inc.5.24 miles away115 Towne Square Drive Amsterdam New York 12010Dialysis Stations: 15 (518) 627-0280
  • Fms-Capital District Dialysis Center12.06 miles away650 Mcclellan Street Schenectady New York 12304CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (518) 382-0202
  • Fms-Niskayuna Dialysis Center12.58 miles away2345 Nott Street East Schenectady New York 12309Dialysis Stations: 12 (518) 346-5186
  • Schenectady Partners LLC12.99 miles away1594 State Street Schenectady New York 12304CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (518) 382-5309
  • Gloversville Dialysis Center15.88 miles away46 Easterly Street Gloversville New York 12078Dialysis Stations: 13 (518) 725-4821
  • Dci - Rubin Dialysis Centers - Clifton Park17.02 miles away21 Crossing Boulevard Clifton Park New York 12065CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (518) 831-6700
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Saratoga Springs18.72 miles away373 Church Street Saratoga Springs New York 12866Dialysis Stations: 17 (518) 584-1807

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=335543