Elderwood at Hornell
One Bethesda Drive, Hornell NY 14843 · (607) 324-6900 · 86.39% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Hornell, New York, Elderwood at Hornell is one of a mere two nursing homes in this city. This is a quality nursing home. We awarded this it an overall grade of B+, which is very good score. Based on our assessment, this nursing home looks like a solid choice for most people. The best part of this facility's strong profile is its inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 122 Beds
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For profit - Partnership
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Very few places fared this well in this area. Inspection scores are tied to several items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given high scores in the category of short-term care as well. Indeed, it received one of our best grades in that area with a score of A-. In computing our short-term care ratings, we scrutinize a facility's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is considered to be a fair assessment of a facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. This facility excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it provided more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than the typical facility. This is an encouraging sign. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients that ultimately returned home from this nursing home. On top of excelling in the area of physical therapy staffing, we found that it fared as well as just about any nursing home in the nation in this area with 57.9 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded an impressive long-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded it an above average score of B in this category. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in this category it is a good sign for resident care and suggests that the facility is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 98.466255 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.33 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
The last area we rated was nursing, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of B-. This turned out to be this facility's least impressive area. This is still not a terrible score. Our nursing grade analyzes several factors, however, the most important one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides an impressive 3.9 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Finally, we also weighed some quality-based assessments. This place scored well in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility outpaced the national average. This is usually a good indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented with better nursing care.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Elderwood at Hornell Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who suffer from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents that have sustained a fall which caused major injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from UTI's. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better