Daleview Care Center
574 Fulton Street, Farmingdale NY 11735 · (516) 694-9800 · 83.94% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Daleview Care Center is located in Farmingdale, New York. With an overall score of B+, this looks like a very good nursing home. Based on our assessment, you can do much worse than this facility. We were also pleased to find that this place did not have any poor grades in any of the major categories. More information about these categories is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 142 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a strong facility overall, it also received A+ government inspections in recent years. Its inspections were nearly perfect. Inspection scores are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to this nursing home's list of accomplishments, it also was given a very favorable long-term care score. We gave them an elite grade of A- in this area. When facilities receive this kind of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for resident care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we finished looking at the quantity of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 98.31933 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia can be a dangerous ailment for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility doesn't leave its residents vulnerable. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. With 1.98 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home was just about middle of the pack in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home really excelled in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a score of A-. Not many nursing homes performed more favorably in this category. In calculating our short-term care scores, we scrutinize a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This rating is generally a meaningful measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides a greater volume of physical therapist hours to its residents than the average nursing home. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in New York in this area with 61.7 percent of its residents returning home.
Nurse Quality
The final area we assessed was nursing, where this facility was given a C. This turned out to be this nursing home's weakest area. This is nevertheless not the end of the world. Our nursing rating is largely based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 3.9 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is better than average. In computing our scores, we add additional weight to hours performed by more highly skilled nurses such as registered or licensed nurses. Finally, our nursing ratings also weigh quality-based measures, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed better than average in this area. This is generally a reliable indicator of how carefully a facility's nursing staff is tending to its patients. Major falls can often be avoided if more nurses and superior safety protocols are in place.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Daleview Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who have experienced a fall leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Some argue that this is a measure of quality of life.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and bathing.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to measure patient care 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 saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better