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Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing

Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing

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Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing's website

13 11 Virgina St,
Far Rockaway NY 11691

(718) 327-2909

95.3% estimated occupancy ¹

Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is a facility located in Far Rockaway, New York, a city with a total of 71,951 people. With an overall grade of B-, this nursing home somewhat surprisingly is one of the five highest graded nursing homes in Far Rockaway. This place seems to have a few things going for it. The best part of this facility's profile was its exemplary inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Partnership
Secure Memory Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Hemodialysis
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Facility Inspections

In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this place really excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection grades. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being quite minor. This place was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

We also awarded this nursing home a positive score in long-term care. This facility received a B+ in this area, which turns out to be one of our more impressive grades. Nursing homes that receive this kind of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure residents are kept in good health. After looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 97.70115 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is significantly higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

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Short-term Care Quality

This facility's second worse score was short-term care, where it received just a D in that category. This is a well below average grade. Short-term care grades are generally used to assess a nursing home's rehabilitation services To have high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. Unfortunately, we discovered that this place offers fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. Finally, we considered the number of patients that returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 0 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Nurse Quality

The last area we rated is nursing, which turned out to be this nursing home's least impressive category. It received an F for this category, which is certainly a major concern. Our nursing score assesses several components, many of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This facility offered a meager 0.2 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. This facility fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these data points to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients which suffered falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic gauges the percent of long-term patients who have experienced urinary tract infections. Although a higher rate 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 Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These drugs are used for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 13.2% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients demonstrating signs of depression. Some believe this is a measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 91.26% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 14.75% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 17.32% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry would argue that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 17.32 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 Far Rockaway Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, 8.8 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.