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Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center's website

447 449 Lake Shore Drive West,
Dunkirk NY 14048

(716) 366-6710

98.25% estimated occupancy 1

Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center is a small nursing home in Dunkirk, New York. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road rating. You can certainly do worse than this facility. One of the highlights of this facility's report card is its strong inspection grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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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

Best Nursing Home in Dunkirk, New York badge

Best Nursing Home in Dunkirk, New York Awards 2020

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

We would like to point out that this nursing home's inspection score exceeded its overall grade. This facility earned a B+ in this area, which is one of our better grades. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection grades. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these are quite insignificant. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home also was given an impressive long-term care score. Indeed, we gave it a B+ in this category, which is one of our better. If you are looking for services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each facility's long-term care ratings. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 92.8 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be somewhat less than we expected but still a decent percentage. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home's next highest category turned out to be short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a C. Our short-term care grades are likely most critical for individuals requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average facility. The last measure we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: D

The next area we graded was nursing, which turned out to be this facility's weakest area. We gave this facility a D in this area. Our nursing grade is based on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with residents. With just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day, this facility's nurse staffing levels were well below the national average. Unfortunately, this place also had abysmal scores in some of the quality-based measures to go along with its weak nursing hours. We looked at the percent of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and we were disappointed. This facility was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in this measure. This is a bad sign in light of the fact that so many bed sores could be avoided with better nursing care. This statistic helped pull down this nursing home's nursing grade quite a bit.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 13.16% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients that suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are routinely linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 0.81% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric can be skewed for some facilities due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 6.48% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs may be used for treating several conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 14.4% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 0% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 92.05% 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

Grade: B-minus

In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 15.97% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A

In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 23.11% 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

Grade: D

In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 23.11% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 13.62% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Dunkirk Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 73.43% 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