With an address in Cooperstown, New York, Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is the only facility we found in the city. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the pack rating. You can certainly do worse than this facility. The best part of this nursing home's profile is is its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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 Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it earned an excellent inspection score. Its inspection score was far better than its overall grade. In our inspections category, we gave this facility an A-. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple of minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's second most favorable category was its long-term care grade, where it received a grade of B-. If you are seeking services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care grades. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 61.93182 percent of its patients. This is quite a bit lower than what we expected. Fortunately, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility received its third highest category score in the area of short-term care. We gave this nursing home a grade of C in this category, which is a respectable grade. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is often a useful measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the typical facility. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 4.9 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was actually quite a bit below average.
Nurse Quality
The last area we rated is nursing, which ended up being a weak link for this facility. We gave this nursing home a D for nursing. Nursing grades are mostly tied to a facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a fall which resulted in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric indicates the percent of long-term care residents which are administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such medications aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are given to residents experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 13.2% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 91.26% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 14.75% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 17.32% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is important for patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 8.8 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 75.07% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Nearby Dialysis
- Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital2.44 miles away1 Atwell Road Dialysis Unit Cooperstown New York 13326Dialysis Stations: 12 (607) 547-3350
- Bassett Healthcare17.02 miles away1 Associate Drive Renal Dialysis Facility Oneonta New York 13820CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (607) 433-6360