Eastchester Rehabilitation and Health Care Center
2700 Eastchester Road, Bronx NY 10469 · (718) 231-5550 · 93.9% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Eastchester Rehabilitation and Health Care Center is a large nursing home located in Bronx, New York. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of D. A grade of this caliber typically indicates a few concerning datapoints. At the end of the day, we would struggle to recommend this place. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's profile is its impressive inspection score. You can continue reading to find out about inspections and other category scores
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 200 Beds
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For profit - Partnership
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we didn't rate this facility favorably overall, we did give it an excellent grade in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You generally want to avoid nursing homes with a list of deficiencies flagged. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. In spite of this deficiency, this was still a relatively favorable inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this facility's better category scores was in the category of long-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B. For long-term care residents, the facility's primary objective is to maintain residents' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 92.131615 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is a bit below what we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Fortunately, this nursing home excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. While it had 2.26 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted metric was better than most facilities since it had some more complicated patients.
Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this facility received an F for its short-term care score. Short-term care grades are critical for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. This includes a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. We found that this nursing home was below average in two of the key staffing metrics we assessed. In fact, it provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 37.7 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, about half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the final area, this facility really didn't perform very well in this area either. Due to an abysmal grade of F in nursing, this is really as bad as it gets. When computing our nursing scores, we assess both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. This nursing home averages 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is below the national average. Unfortunately, this facility also had abysmal scores in some of the quality-based metrics to go along with its weak nursing hours. For starters, we looked at the percentage of patients sustaining pressure ulcers. This nursing home was at more than twice the national average in this datapoint.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Eastchester Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better