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Fort Hudson Nursing Center

Nursing Home
Home Health Agency
Independent Living
Contracted Memory Care

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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319 Upper Broadway,
Fort Edward NY 12828

(518) 747-2811

88.16% estimated occupancy ¹

Fort Hudson Nursing Center is a senior living facility located in Fort Edward, New York, a city with 9,448 people. Sporting an overall rating of B, this facility is a quality option. This place truly has plenty going for it. This place's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
Non profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Hemodialysis
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management

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Facility Inspections

To go along with its strong overall score, we awarded this facility a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home received 3 deficiencies on its inspection report. Overall, this is still a good inspection report, but we'd always recommend looking into any deficiencies you find troubling.

Long-term Care Quality

This facility is also above average in the category of long-term care, where it was awarded a score of B+. It performed more favorably than most nursing homes in this category. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 88.36141 percent of its patients, which is a bit less than we anticipated. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

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Short-term Care Quality

We also gave this nursing home a decent grade in the area of short-term care, with a B-. Short-term care grades are critical for patients needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires additional highly-skilled nursing services. This means a wide range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. It doesn't look like this nursing home provided information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was well below the national average.

Nurse Quality

Switching gears to our final area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of D in nursing. This was the facility's least impressive category grade. Unfortunately, this score hurt the facility's overall profile to some degree. The nursing grade features several data points. The most important one is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Unfortunately, this nursing home also didn't fare as well as we had hoped in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at for this category.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Fort Hudson Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 7.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure indicates the percent of long-term residents who are suffering from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 4.75% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Falls which result in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 2.16% of Patients had UTIs

This metric is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Although more infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 12.93% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for many medical conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 17.38% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term patients who are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 1.11% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. Increased rates of depression could imply lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 93.63% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 24.18% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of deterioration of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 27.87% of Residents

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients that were able to retain mobility.

Hospitalizations

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 27.87% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 10.57% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 84.52% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's usually correlates with superior rehabilitation.