Fulton Commons Care Center is a very-large facility in East Meadow, New York. Featuring an overall grade of C, this is likely a middle of the pack nursing home. You can definitely do worse than this place. The best part of this nursing home's profile is is its inspection reports. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
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Fulton Commons Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its relatively modest overall grade, we gave this nursing home an A- for our inspections rating. This score is far better than its overall grade. Our inspection grades are tied to several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This facility received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe. This means that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.
Long-term Care Quality
Another one of this nursing home's more impressive category grades was in the category of long-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. Facilities that receive this type of grade in this category typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 98.05286 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a life threatening health condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home does not leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facilities next best area was short-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this area. This is essentially a middle of the pack score in this category. In calculating our short-term care grades, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to create a measure for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents that were able to return home from the facility. We found that just 5.4 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's least impressive category is nursing, which is the last area we scored. It received an F for this category. Even with multiple decent grades in other areas, this score is nevertheless disappointing so we would like to to make a note of it. Our nursing rating includes a number of factors. The most heavily weighted factor is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. 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. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fulton Commons Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Fulton Commons Care Center, 9.18% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients that developed pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Fulton Commons Care Center, 3.11% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Fulton Commons Care Center, 2.03% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Fulton Commons Care Center, 12.22% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Fulton Commons Care Center, 13.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are generally given to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Fulton Commons Care Center, 13.75% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Fulton Commons Care Center, 90.38% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Fulton Commons Care Center, 15.3% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Some argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Fulton Commons Care Center, 14.12% Percentage of Residents
This is the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Fulton Commons Care Center, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Fulton Commons Care Center, 14.12 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Fulton Commons Care Center, 9.74 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Fulton Commons Care Center, 75.23% Percentage of Resident
This is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Nassau University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.64 miles away2201 Hempstead Turnpike East Meadow New York 11554Government - Local(516) 572-0123
- Nyu Winthrop HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.17 miles away259 First Street Mineola New York 11501Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 663-0333
- Mercy Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.3 miles away1000 North Village Avenue Rockville Centre New York 11570Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 705-2525
- St Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.42 miles away4295 Hempstead Turnpike Bethpage New York 11714Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 579-6000
- Plainview HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.09 miles away888 Old Country Road Plainview New York 11803Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 719-3000
- St Francis Hospital, RoslynAcute Care Hospitals 6.6 miles away100 Port Washington Boulevard Roslyn New York 11576Voluntary non-profit - Church(516) 562-6000
- North Shore University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.87 miles away300 Community Drive Manhasset New York 11030Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 562-0100
- Creedmoor Psychiatric CenterPsychiatric 7.82 miles away80-45 Winchester Blvd Bldg B Queens Village New York 11427Government - State(718) 264-4000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Garden City Dialysis Center0.52 miles away1100 Stewart Avenue Suite 2 Garden City New York 11530CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (516) 357-0004
- Nassau University Medical Center2.57 miles awayA. Holly Paterson Extended Care Facility 875 Jerusalem Avenue Uniondale New York 11553CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (516) 572-1800
- Nyu Langone Hospitals2.93 miles away200 Old Country Road The Dialysis Center Mineola New York 11501CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (516) 663-9012
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Hempstead3.69 miles away615 Peninsula Boulevard Hempstead New York 11550CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (516) 483-6702
- Davita Oyster Bay Dialysis3.94 miles away17 E Old Country Road Hicksville New York 11801CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (516) 681-2786
- New York Dialysis Services Inc.4.2 miles away760 South Broadway Hicksville New York 11801CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (516) 827-1370
- Nyu Langone Hospitals4.58 miles away530 Hicksville Road The Dialysis Center @ Bethpage Bethpage New York 11714CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (516) 663-4980
- Nyu Langone Hospitals5.03 miles away255 Warner Avenue Roslyn Heights New York 11577Dialysis Stations: 3 (516) 626-8355