Fort Hudson Nursing Center

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Independent Living
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Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Fort Hudson Nursing Center's website

319 Upper Broadway,
Fort Edward NY 12828

(518) 747-2811

94.38% 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 is likely a middle of the road facility. This nursing home seems to have a few things going for it. The best part of this place's report card is its remarkable inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

Quick Details

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 relatively modest overall grade, we awarded this facility an A+ for its inspection grade. This grade is far more impressive than the facility's overall rating. These inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining 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

Another one of this facility's higher category grades was in the category of long-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a B. Facilities that receive this kind of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccines. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to 93.333336 percent of its residents. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home was given its next best category grade in the area of short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a B- in this area, which is an acceptable grade. Short-term care grades are commonly used to gauge a facility's rehabilitation services To provide highly scored 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 highly trained professionals. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this nursing home submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The last metric we considered in this category is the number of patients that returned home from the facility. We found that just 5.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Nurse Quality

This facility's least impressive category was nursing, which is the last area we analyzed. For this area, we awarded this nursing home a D. In computing our nursing scores, we assess both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing grades. This nursing home fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

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, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have sustained a fall leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 13.2% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression. Increased levels of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 91.26% of Patients

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

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 14.75% Percentage of Patients

This is the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 17.32% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 8.8 Percentage of Patients

This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Fort Hudson Nursing Center, 75.07% Percentage of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.