Glen Cove Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation
6 Medical Plaza, Glen Cove NY 11542 · (516) 671-9010 · 95.38% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Glen Cove, New York, Glen Cove Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation is one of just a few available nursing homes in this city. We awarded this nursing home a very impressive overall grade of A-. As a matter of fact, this is actually the number one rated nursing home in Glen Cove. Based on our analysis, you can not go wrong with this nursing home. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which is addressed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 154 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of faring well overall, this nursing home earned a nearly flawless inspection report. Consequently, it earned one of our best grades in that area with an A+. Arguably the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area typically avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its elite accomplishments in other areas, we awarded this facility a score of A- for our long-term care rating. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. Once we assessed the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is too frequently a life threatening ailment for nursing home patients so we like it when a facility does not leave this to chance. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.64 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to another strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our more favorable scores in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B+. In calculating our short-term care grades, we look at a facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other types of therapists. This score is generally a fair measure of the nursing home's rehabilitation. This facility provided more physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most nursing homes. The final item we assessed in this area is the number of residents that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that it fared better than most nursing homes in this area with 55.4 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, at most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-term residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we looked at is nursing, in which this facility received a grade of B-. This ended up being this nursing home's least impressive area. This is nevertheless not a major area of concern. The nursing grade weighs a number of subcategories. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spent with residents. This nursing home provides 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also considered some quality-based measures. This nursing home fared well in a few of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility beat the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Glen Cove Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that sustained a fall leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing ratings.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These drugs may be used to treat a variety of conditions, such as dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines important for resident well-being.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better