Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center is a facility in Dunkirk, New York, a city with a population of 15,072 people. This facility is a lower end facility. A score of this caliber indicates we found some red flags. If you are not happy with this facility's poor overall grade, you may find your options to be limited in Dunkirk. The city has just one other nursing home. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong inspection grade. You can scroll down to learn more about inspections and other category scores
Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Dialysis Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we did not rate this nursing home favorably overall, we want to point out its relatively solid government inspections in recent years. We gave it a B+ in this area, which is much better than its overall grade. Our inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid places with a bunch of severe deficiencies flagged. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility's second most favorable area was its short-term care score, where it was given a C. Our short-term care grade is generally employed to score a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To offer good rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The key is determining what effect this had on the quality of care. The final measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility's third most favorable category is its long-term care grade, where it was given a grade of C. Long-term care ratings are based in part on the nursing home's amount of care. This includes a vast range of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine medical services. On top of assessing 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 97.47899 percent of its residents, which is better than the average nursing home. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
The final category we assessed was nursing. This nursing home was given a bottom of the barrel grade of F in that category. When determining a nursing home's nursing grade, we assess the number of hours nurses commit to patients and the skill levels of the nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents which developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are an measure of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients who have sustained a UTI. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for many conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 13.2% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 91.26% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 14.75% Percentage of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 17.32% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that mobility is critical to patients physical and mental well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 75.07% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's typically correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Brooks Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.01 miles away529 Central Avenue Dunkirk New York 14048Voluntary non-profit - Private(716) 366-1111
- Westfield Memorial Hospital, IncAcute Care Hospitals 15.54 miles away189 East Main Street Westfield New York 14787Voluntary non-profit - Private(716) 326-4921
Nearby Dialysis
- Liberty Rc Inc.2.56 miles away3958 Vineyard Dr Dunkirk New York 14048Dialysis Stations: 14 (716) 366-1931