Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic Extended Care
2 Coulter Road, Clifton Springs NY 14432 · (315) 462-0557 · 93.05% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic Extended Care is the lone facility located in Clifton Springs, New York. We awarded this nursing home an A overall grade, ranking it in the top quarter of all nursing homes in the United States. In addition, this facility is based in a hospital, which often means the nursing home offers more extensive healthcare services. One of the best aspects of this facility's exemplary profile is its inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 108 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a great nursing home overall, it also earned A+ health inspections recently. Its inspections are nearly flawless. Arguably the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. 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.
Long-term Care Quality
We also want to note the fact that this nursing home was awarded a strong grade of A- in our long-term care area. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care typically provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 94.96021 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. This nursing home was also able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had just 1.38 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was strong in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A-. Not many facilities received a better grade in this area. In the category of short-term care, we strive to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who returned home from this facility. It outperformed the overwhelming majority of nursing homes in the country in this area with 58.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
In the final category we graded, this nursing home received a very favorable grade of B+ in our nursing category. With this score, the facility topped off an elite profile. Our nursing rating is mostly based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 4.7 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which was among the more impressive figures we found. Finally, this facility also performed well in several of the quality measures we looked at. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home performed better than the national average. This is often a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented with better nursing care and having a policy of regularly turning residents to avoid bed sores.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Clifton Springs Hospital and Clinic Extended Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Major falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, including dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and taking a bath. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 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 indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better