Elderwood at Hornell is a large facility in Hornell, New York. This turns out to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B. Based on the data we reviewed, you can do much worse than this facility. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
Elderwood at Hornell
- Nursing Home
- Adult Day Care
- Memory Care
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Palliative Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Blood Administration
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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 based on several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this area have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This nursing home was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also above average in the category of long-term care, where it was awarded a grade of B+. It outperformed most nursing homes in this area. Nursing homes that do well in this category tend to provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 99.71347 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is too frequently a life or death ailment for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received a strong short-term care score. In fact, we gave it an above average grade of B in this category. Short-term care scores are important for residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. This includes a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.8 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
This facility's least impressive category is nursing, which is the last category we assessed. Sadly, it received a lowly F in this area. Despite a few favorable grades in other categories, this score is nevertheless somewhat alarming so we felt obligated to make sure you are aware. Our nursing rating analyzes several data points, however, the paramount one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is not a very impressive figure. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing scores. This facility fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these metrics to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Elderwood at Hornell Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Elderwood at Hornell, 9.62% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Elderwood at Hornell, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term care residents who have suffered a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Elderwood at Hornell, 2.08% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Elderwood at Hornell, 11.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Elderwood at Hornell, 13.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Elderwood at Hornell, 13.6% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Elderwood at Hornell, 91.89% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Elderwood at Hornell, 14.66% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate the deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Elderwood at Hornell, 18.82% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is vital to patients well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Elderwood at Hornell, 1.2 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Elderwood at Hornell, 18.82 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Elderwood at Hornell, 8.77 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Elderwood at Hornell, 74.71% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- St James Mercy HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.3 miles away411 Canisteo Street Hornell New York 14843Voluntary non-profit - Church(607) 324-8000
- Nicholas H Noyes Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.36 miles away111 Clara Barton Street Dansville New York 14437Voluntary non-profit - Private(585) 335-6001
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Hornell0.08 miles away1 Bethesda Drive Dialysis Unit Hornell New York 14843Dialysis Stations: 9 (607) 324-8660