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Cayuga Ridge Extended Care

  • Nursing Home
  • Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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Cayuga Ridge Extended Care's website

1229 Trumansburg Road,
Ithaca NY 14850

(607) 273-8072

65.06% estimated occupancy 1

Cayuga Ridge Extended Care is one of four facilities located in Ithaca, New York. Our rating scheme was not favorable to this facility, as we gave it an overall grade of F. Ithaca received a city grade of C, so there are other options in the city worth considering. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its strong inspection score. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category grades

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Amputee Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Podiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Optometry
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

While this nursing home's overall grade was terrible, it actually performed well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B+ for that area, which is one of our better scores. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively minor. Although this place had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of D. Our nursing category consists of several datapoints, many of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This nursing home offered a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This statistic is significantly below the national average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This facility performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these datapoints to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

We awarded this facility just a D for our long-term care score. This is well below average in this category. Long-term care scores in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to just 79.765396 percent of its residents, which is several points lower than we expected. To our surprise, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Turning to our next category, we awarded this facility a grade of D for the area of short-term care. This was the facility's worst category rating. Our short-term care ratings are presumably most important for residents needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically mandates more highly-skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. With a grade of this caliber for this category, we were not shocked to discover that this facility was well below average in many staffing figures we focus on. In fact, it provided far fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that just 4.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Cayuga Ridge Extended Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Cayuga Ridge Extended Care, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Cayuga Ridge Extended Care, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Cayuga Ridge Extended Care, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs

This measures the percentage of long-term patients which have sustained a urinary tract infection. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Cayuga Ridge Extended Care, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Cayuga Ridge Extended Care, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric gauges the percent of long-term care residents who are administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically prescribed to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A

In Cayuga Ridge Extended Care, 13.2% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Cayuga Ridge Extended Care, 91.26% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Cayuga Ridge Extended Care, 14.75% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the erosion of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Cayuga Ridge Extended Care, 17.32% Percentage of Residents

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In Cayuga Ridge Extended Care, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: D

In Cayuga Ridge Extended Care, 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

Grade: B-minus

In Cayuga Ridge Extended Care, 8.8 Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Cayuga Ridge Extended Care, 75.07% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.

Scores for Ithaca, NY

  • Overall Rating has a grade of C
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of C
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus

Looking for more options? Ithaca, New York has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Cayuga Medical Center at IthacaAcute Care Hospitals 0.45 miles away101 Dates Drive Ithaca New York 14850Voluntary non-profit - Private(607) 274-4401
  • Schuyler Hospital, IncCritical Access Hospitals 18.3 miles away220 Steuben Street Montour Falls New York 14865Voluntary non-profit - Private(607) 530-7121

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Ithaca Dialysis Center0.81 miles away201 Dates Drive Suite 206 Ithaca New York 14850Dialysis Stations: 12 (607) 272-1693
  • Davita Schuyler Dialysis18.17 miles away220 Steuben Street Montour Falls New York 14865Dialysis Stations: 4 (607) 210-1997
  • St. Joseph's - Cortland19.26 miles away3993 West Road Cortland New York 13045CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 10 (607) 662-0140