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Carthage Center

  • Nursing Home
  • Adult Day Care
  • Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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1045 West Street,
Carthage NY 13619

(315) 493-3220

94.77% estimated occupancy 1

Carthage Center is located in Carthage, New York. With a really poor overall grade of F, this facility isn't high on our list. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Carthage. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong inspection reports. You can continue reading to learn more about inspections and other category grades

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Transportation
  • Medical Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it earned a very impressive inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our better grades in that area with a B+. Our inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid nursing homes with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. This nursing home was hit with 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

We also wanted to draw your attention to this facility's poor nursing grade where it received an F. Nursing grades are mostly based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home offered just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is an alarmingly low total. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing scores. This facility fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

Another concern is the F this nursing home was given in the category of short-term care. In crafting these short-term care scores, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to devise a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. As you might expect, we discovered that this place offers significantly less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than the typical nursing home. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 3.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. At most facilities, about half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The next category we rated is long-term care. It received an abysmal F in this area, which is a poor score. Long-term care scores in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids. One of the factors we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 92.85714 percent of its residents. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This was its best feature in this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Carthage Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Carthage Center, 8.85% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Carthage Center, 2.38% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall which resulted in major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Carthage Center, 1.58% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. However, this datapoint could also be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Carthage Center, 18.25% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Carthage Center, 16.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents that are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Carthage Center, 36.73% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Carthage Center, 95.87% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Carthage Center, 21.3% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Carthage Center, 15.74% of Residents

This is the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Carthage Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Carthage Center, 15.74% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: D

In Carthage Center, 17.96% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Carthage Center, 79.36% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Carthage Area Hospital, IncCritical Access Hospitals 0.14 miles away1001 West Street Carthage New York 13619Voluntary non-profit - Private(315) 493-1000
  • Lewis County General HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 14.07 miles away7785 North State Street Lowville New York 13367Voluntary non-profit - Other(315) 376-5200
  • Samaritan Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.87 miles away830 Washington Street Watertown New York 13601Voluntary non-profit - Private(315) 785-4121

Nearby Dialysis

  • Lowville Dialysis Center14.08 miles away7785 North State Street Ste 1 Lowville New York 13367Dialysis Stations: 8 (315) 377-3090
  • Renal Care of Northern New York, LLC16.09 miles away22571 Summit Dr. Suite 1 Watertown New York 13601CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (315) 779-2140

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=335579