Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
1070 Luther Road, East Greenbush NY 12061 · (518) 479-4662 · 99.25% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a very-large nursing home located in East Greenbush, New York. We gave this facility an overall grade of B. A score in this range requires solid marks in most areas. Based on our assessment, you could do much worse than this facility. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 242 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall score, this facility performed even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the nursing home's recent government inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A for this category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor dings aren't something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home was awarded a favorable long-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher scores in that area with a score of B+. Facilities that do well in this category tend to provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 97.79327 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is far higher than most nursing homes. This facility was also able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 1.33 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. When computing our nursing ratings, we look at both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home averages 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This place fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the number of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented with better nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we scored was short-term care. In this category, we gave this facility a B-. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation services. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. When we looked at this facility's physical therapist hours, we found it offered more hours of physical therapy per day to its residents than most nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 44.1 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this is below average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Evergreen Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term residents which sustained falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better