Daughters of Sarah Skilled Nursing Center & Rehabilitation Center is a facility in Albany, New York. The city has a total of 151,022 people. This facility was given an overall grade of B. Indeed, this is one of the three highest graded nursing homes in Albany. Based on our ratings, this nursing home has quite a bit going for it. Fortunately, this facility didn't have any weak links in any of the major categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.
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Daughters of Sarah Skilled Nursing Center & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Assisted Living
- Adult Day Care
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection grades are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A few minor dings aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
An additional quality feature for this facility is that it was awarded a very positive long-term care grade. In fact, this wound up being its second best category grade. In this area, we awarded this facility a B+. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 91.84953 percent of its patients. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. This wasn't quite on par with some of its other category grades mentioned above. The nursing rating consists of many factors, but the most important consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This place provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is a low total compared with most other nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It scored well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care. In some cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the number of hours of care offered.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we graded was short-term care. We gave this facility a C in this area. Our short-term care grade is commonly used to grade a facility's performance with rehabilitation. In order to offer highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. It doesn't look like this nursing home provided registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. Lastly, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Daughters of Sarah Skilled Nursing Center & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Daughters of Sarah Skilled Nursing Center & Rehabilitation Center, 6.74% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents which suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Daughters of Sarah Skilled Nursing Center & Rehabilitation Center, 3.29% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a fall resulting in severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Daughters of Sarah Skilled Nursing Center & Rehabilitation Center, 0.16% of Patients had UTIs
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indicator of worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be misleading for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Daughters of Sarah Skilled Nursing Center & Rehabilitation Center, 13.15% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Daughters of Sarah Skilled Nursing Center & Rehabilitation Center, 8.57% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Daughters of Sarah Skilled Nursing Center & Rehabilitation Center, 1.94% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients showing signs of depression. Some argue that this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Daughters of Sarah Skilled Nursing Center & Rehabilitation Center, 94.55% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Daughters of Sarah Skilled Nursing Center & Rehabilitation Center, 13.37% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Daughters of Sarah Skilled Nursing Center & Rehabilitation Center, 10.04% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical health.
Hospitalizations
In Daughters of Sarah Skilled Nursing Center & Rehabilitation Center, 0.53 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Daughters of Sarah Skilled Nursing Center & Rehabilitation Center, 10.04% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Daughters of Sarah Skilled Nursing Center & Rehabilitation Center, 6.23% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Daughters of Sarah Skilled Nursing Center & Rehabilitation Center, 77.48% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Albany, NY
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of D
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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Nearby Hospitals
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- Albany Medical Center HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.09 miles away43 New Scotland Avenue, Mail Code 34 Albany New York 12208Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 262-2400
- Albany Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.46 miles away600 Northern Boulevard Albany New York 12204Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 471-3490
- Ellis HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.95 miles away1101 Nott Street Schenectady New York 12308Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 243-4000
- Samaritan Hospital-St Mary's CampusAcute Care Hospitals 9.36 miles away1300 Massachusetts Avenue Troy New York 12180Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 268-5000
- Samaritan HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.38 miles away2215 Burdett Avenue Troy New York 12180Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 427-3402
Nearby Dialysis
- Freedom Center of Westmere0.05 miles away178 Washington Ave Extension Suite 3 Albany New York 12203Dialysis Stations: 17 (518) 407-0505
- Dialysis Clinic, Inc.0.12 miles away176 Washington Ave Extension Albany New York 12203CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (518) 456-2429
- Albany Medical Center5.02 miles away43 New Scotland Avenue Mail Code: 73 Peds Dialysis Unit Albany New York 12208Dialysis Stations: 6 (518) 262-3347
- Fms-Albany Regional Kidney Center5.28 miles away2 Clara Barton Drive Albany New York 12208CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (518) 434-6565
- Fms-Albany Dialysis Center5.49 miles away64 Albany Shaker Road Albany New York 12204CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (518) 427-0473
- Schenectady Partners LLC6.67 miles away1594 State Street Schenectady New York 12304CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (518) 382-5309
- New York Dialysis Services, Inc.6.89 miles away30 Century Hill Dr Latham New York 12110Dialysis Stations: 12 (518) 783-1316
- Fms-Capital District Dialysis Center7.8 miles away650 Mcclellan Street Schenectady New York 12304CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (518) 382-0202