Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center is located in Schenectady, New York, a city with 162,643 people. It looks like this nursing home is among the better nursing homes we assessed. A grade of this caliber requires first-rate scores across the board. Based on our ratings, this facility is just about as as good as it gets. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which we will address in the next section.
Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Grade: A-minus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Oncology Care
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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. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively minor. While this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
Grade: A
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Nursing ratings are mostly tied to a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A-minus
This facility also was given a very impressive short-term care grade. In fact, this turned out to be this nursing home's third strongest category score. In that category, we gave this facility a score of A-. Our short-term care ratings are critical for patients looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B-minus
The final category we analyzed is long-term care, where this facility was given a grade of B-. While this wound up being its least impressive category rating, this is still not a major area of concern. For long-term care residents, the primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After we finished assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. We were optimistic to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 99.01961 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, this place was also able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: D
In Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who have pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: A
In Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a fall resulting in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: B
In Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: A-plus
In Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used to treat several conditions, such as dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A
In Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term residents who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: C
In Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center, 13.2% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents showing signs of depression. Increased levels of depression could indicate a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: B-plus
In Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center, 91.26% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: B-minus
In Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center, 14.75% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Some would argue that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B-minus
In Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center, 17.32% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is vital to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
Grade: A-minus
In Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B-plus
In Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: B-minus
In Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center, 8.8 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B-plus
In Ellis Residential & Rehabilitation Center, 75.07% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Schenectady, 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 C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-minus
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- Samaritan HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.22 miles away2215 Burdett Avenue Troy New York 12180Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 427-3402
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