Located in Troy, New York, Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is one of five facilities in this area. This facility is among the top facilities we found. A grade of this caliber requires superb scores across the board. We could not find many negative things to say about this facility. Its grades are impeccable. Headlining this facility's remarkable profile is its inspection score, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Grade: A
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.
Nurse Quality
Grade: A
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Nursing ratings are largely based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as having a system of moving patients more frequently.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
Adding to its first-rate assessment, this nursing home also was given an excellent short-term care grade, with a score of A. In computing our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize the facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This grade is typically a meaningful measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
In our final area, we gave this nursing home a grade of A for its long-term care rating. This topped off a very impressive profile. When facilities receive this kind of score in this category it is typically a good sign for resident care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses and aids. After considering the volume of nursing care, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 99.324326 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is what we like to see. Pneumonia tragically can be a life threatening illness for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not take any chances. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: A-minus
In Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: B
In Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely caused by poor nursing care. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: B-minus
In Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs
This figure indicates the percent of long-term patients who experienced a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: B-plus
In Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: B
In Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B-plus
In Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.2% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: A-minus
In Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 91.26% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: B-plus
In Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14.75% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and bathing. Many would argue this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: A
In Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 17.32% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
Grade: A-minus
In Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: D
In Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: A-plus
In Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 8.8 Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: C
In Eddy Heritage House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 75.07% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Troy, NY
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
Looking for more options? Troy, New York has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Samaritan HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.46 miles away2215 Burdett Avenue Troy New York 12180Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 427-3402
- Samaritan Hospital-St Mary's CampusAcute Care Hospitals 1.11 miles away1300 Massachusetts Avenue Troy New York 12180Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 268-5000
- Albany Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.92 miles away600 Northern Boulevard Albany New York 12204Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 471-3490
- Albany Medical Center HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.88 miles away43 New Scotland Avenue, Mail Code 34 Albany New York 12208Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 262-2400
- St Peter's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.67 miles away315 South Manning Boulevard Albany New York 12208Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 525-1550
- Ellis HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.18 miles away1101 Nott Street Schenectady New York 12308Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 243-4000
Nearby Dialysis
- Dci - Rubin Dialysis Center - Troy0.48 miles away1850 Peoples Avenue Troy New York 12180CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (518) 271-0702
- New York Dialysis Services Inc2.91 miles away16 North Greenbush Road Suite 102 Troy New York 12180Dialysis Stations: 13 (518) 285-6066
- New York Dialysis Services, Inc.5.59 miles away30 Century Hill Dr Latham New York 12110Dialysis Stations: 12 (518) 783-1316
- Fms-Albany Dialysis Center6.06 miles away64 Albany Shaker Road Albany New York 12204CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (518) 427-0473
- Albany Medical Center7.93 miles away43 New Scotland Avenue Mail Code: 73 Peds Dialysis Unit Albany New York 12208Dialysis Stations: 6 (518) 262-3347
- Fms-Albany Regional Kidney Center8.28 miles away2 Clara Barton Drive Albany New York 12208CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (518) 434-6565
- Dci-East Greenbush9.49 miles away583 Columbia Turnpike East Greenbush New York 12061Dialysis Stations: 17 (518) 477-4217
- Dialysis Clinic, Inc.9.74 miles away176 Washington Ave Extension Albany New York 12203CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (518) 456-2429
