With an address in East Greenbush, New York, Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is the lone facility we found in the area. Featuring an overall grade of C, this is likely a middle of the road facility. You could definitely do worse than this facility. The best part of this nursing home's report card was its remarkable inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
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Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
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Facility Inspections
The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall grade is its excellent government inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our higher scores in that category, with an A. This is a much better score than the facility's overall score, which was decent but certainly not elite. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this category typically have few severe deficiencies. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to pose an immediate threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Long-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility an impressive grade in long-term care. This nursing home earned a grade of B in this area, which happens to be one of our more impressive scores. For long-term care residents, the facility's 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. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 72.84534 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is a few points less than we expected but still a respectable percentage. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
Turning to another strength for this facility, it also received an elite nursing score. In fact, we gave this facility an impressive grade of D. We weighed the qualifications of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the number of hours the nurses were with residents, in calculating our grade in this category. This facility averaged a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This facility fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we graded was short-term care, which ended up being this nursing home's worst category. Sadly, it received an F in this category, which is certainly a major disappointment. With our short-term care rating, we seek to create a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we assess the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Considering its score in this area, we were not stunned to find that this place was well below average in terms of the quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we looked at. Honestly, this was about what we expected here. The last metric we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We discovered that just 3.7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these subpar metrics sunk this facility's short-term care grade.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 7.44% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that are suffering from pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 4.01% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0.36% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care residents who experienced a UTI. While more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 21.43% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 14.96% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents showing signs of depression. Some experts believe that this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 83.43% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 10.82% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could indicate the decline of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 9.52% of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 9.52% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 9.72% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 83.45% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- Albany Medical Center HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.44 miles away43 New Scotland Avenue, Mail Code 34 Albany New York 12208Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 262-2400
- Albany Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.57 miles away600 Northern Boulevard Albany New York 12204Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 471-3490
- St Peter's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.91 miles away315 South Manning Boulevard Albany New York 12208Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 525-1550
- Samaritan HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.07 miles away2215 Burdett Avenue Troy New York 12180Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 427-3402
- Samaritan Hospital-St Mary's CampusAcute Care Hospitals 8.76 miles away1300 Massachusetts Avenue Troy New York 12180Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 268-5000
- Ellis HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 17.71 miles away1101 Nott Street Schenectady New York 12308Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 243-4000
Nearby Dialysis
- Dci-East Greenbush1.5 miles away583 Columbia Turnpike East Greenbush New York 12061Dialysis Stations: 17 (518) 477-4217
- Fms-Albany Regional Kidney Center4.35 miles away2 Clara Barton Drive Albany New York 12208CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (518) 434-6565
- Fms-Albany Dialysis Center4.44 miles away64 Albany Shaker Road Albany New York 12204CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (518) 427-0473
- Albany Medical Center4.51 miles away43 New Scotland Avenue Mail Code: 73 Peds Dialysis Unit Albany New York 12208Dialysis Stations: 6 (518) 262-3347
- New York Dialysis Services Inc5.25 miles away16 North Greenbush Road Suite 102 Troy New York 12180Dialysis Stations: 13 (518) 285-6066
- Dci - Rubin Dialysis Center - Troy7.99 miles away1850 Peoples Avenue Troy New York 12180CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (518) 271-0702
- Dialysis Clinic, Inc.9.39 miles away176 Washington Ave Extension Albany New York 12203CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (518) 456-2429
- Freedom Center of Westmere9.48 miles away178 Washington Ave Extension Suite 3 Albany New York 12203Dialysis Stations: 17 (518) 407-0505