Located in Buffalo, New York, Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is one of six available nursing homes in this area. This facility received an overall grade of D, which is a relatively poor rating. We rated this as one of the bottom three nursing homes in Buffalo. With so many other nursing homes in the city, you may simply want to look elsewhere. The best thing we can really say about this nursing home is that it didn't receive any F's in any of the categories we assessed. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.
Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.
Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Get pricing and details on Buffalo senior living options.
Get PricingQuick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Get our free e-book to learn all about your senior care options.
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this nursing home highly overall, we want to draw your attention to its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A- in this category. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to create an immediate risk to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
The next most favorable area we awarded this nursing home in any category came in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a C. Our short-term care grade is often used to judge a facility's rehabilitation services. To offer highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to feature better levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. In this place's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the average facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely affect the quality of care. The final metric we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Does this page answer your questions about Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center?
Long-term Care Quality
We gave this facility just a D for our long-term care grade. This is not a score to write home about. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in this category likely don't provide the kind of consistent around the clock care that some other facilities offer. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. We were disappointed to learn that this nursing home vaccinated just 63.157894 percent of its residents against pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. This is its best score in this category.
Nurse Quality
The next category we rated is nursing, turned out to be this nursing home's weakest area. We awarded this facility a D in that category. The nursing grade consists of a handful of data points, however, the main one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility averaged only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is not a very impressive figure. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in computing our nursing ratings. This place fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.18% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients that developed pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an indicator of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.11% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents which sustained falls which caused major injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.03% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with poor hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 12.22% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.75% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 90.38% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 15.3% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14.12% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that mobility is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14.12 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.74 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Emerald North Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 75.23% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Buffalo, NY
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Buffalo, New York has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Kaleida HealthAcute Care Hospitals 1.16 miles away100 High Street Buffalo New York 14210Voluntary non-profit - Private(716) 859-8620
- Sisters of Charity HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.29 miles away2157 Main Street Buffalo New York 14214Voluntary non-profit - Private(716) 862-1000
- Erie County Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.13 miles away462 Grider Street Buffalo New York 14215Voluntary non-profit - Private(716) 898-3936
- Kenmore Mercy HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.28 miles away2950 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo New York 14217Voluntary non-profit - Church(716) 447-6100
- Mercy Hospital of BuffaloAcute Care Hospitals 5.56 miles away565 Abbott Road Buffalo New York 14220Voluntary non-profit - Private(716) 826-7000
- Western Ny Childrens Psychiatric CenterPsychiatric 8.47 miles away1010 East & West Road Buffalo New York 14224Government - State(716) 677-7000
- Niagara Falls Memorial Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.24 miles away621 Tenth Street Niagara Falls New York 14302Voluntary non-profit - Other(716) 278-4000
- Mount St Mary's Hospital and Health CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.38 miles away5300 Military Road Lewiston New York 14092Voluntary non-profit - Church(716) 297-4800
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Buffalo Downtown Dialysis1.68 miles away520 Ellicott St Suite 100 Buffalo New York 14203Dialysis Stations: 13 (716) 845-5101
- Erie County Medical Center1.99 miles away462 Grider Street Dialysis Unit Buffalo New York 14215Dialysis Stations: 36 (716) 898-1400
- Us Renal Care West Cheektowaga2.17 miles away2861 Harlem Road Buffalo New York 14225CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (716) 891-7429
- Liberty Rc, Inc.2.23 miles away699 Hertel Ave Buffalo New York 14207Dialysis Stations: 17 (716) 871-4172
- Fms-Kenmore Artificial Kidney Center2.93 miles away1508 Sheridan Drive Buffalo New York 14217CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (716) 871-9988
- Oishei Children's Hospital of Buffalo3.5 miles awayHemodialysis Unit 818 Ellicott Street Buffalo New York 14203Dialysis Stations: 4 (716) 323-1765
- Davita Cleve Hill Dialysis Center3.8 miles away1461 Kensington Avenue Buffalo New York 14215CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (716) 831-8892
- Us Renal Care Amherst Dialysis4.99 miles away2880, Sheridan Dr Tonawanda New York 14150Dialysis Stations: 13 (716) 541-9165