Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home located in Commack, New York. The city has 29,150 people. Sporting an overall rating of A-, this nursing home is among the higher-graded nursing homes we looked at. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all facilities in the country. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
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- Independent Living
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- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Hemodialysis
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
In addition to earning a quality overall grade, this nursing home also earned excellent inspections recently. We awarded it one of our best grades in that category, with an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively insignificant. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Contributing to its strong resume, this nursing home also performed well in our long-term care area. In fact, we gave it a score of A in that category. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 95.14991 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. 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
The third area we looked at is short-term care. Adding to its first-rate profile, this facility also excelled in this category. In fact, we awarded it a of A- in that area. Short-term care scores are important for residents needing rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates more skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents that returned home from this facility. We found that 6.7 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we rated turned out to be this nursing home's poorest area. Nevertheless, even in its worst category we still awarded it an acceptable grade of B- for our nursing category. There are a variety of criteria included in this area. Many of the subcategories relate to nurse staffing. This nursing home averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. It performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the quantity of hours of care provided.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.18% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients which developed new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 3.11% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term residents who have had falls which resulted in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 2.03% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 12.22% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for many conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Tragically, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 13.75% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 90.38% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 15.3% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14.12% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels. Some experts would argue that the ability to move around is vital to residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 14.12 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 9.74 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 75.23% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
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- Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.19 miles away1000 Montauk Highway West Islip New York 11795Voluntary non-profit - Church(631) 376-3000
- Plainview HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.02 miles away888 Old Country Road Plainview New York 11803Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 719-3000
- St Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.81 miles away4295 Hempstead Turnpike Bethpage New York 11714Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 579-6000
- John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonAcute Care Hospitals 15.03 miles away75 North Country Road Port Jefferson New York 11777Voluntary non-profit - Private(631) 473-1320
Nearby Dialysis
- Island Rehabilitative Services - Commack0.28 miles away68 Hauppauge Road Commack New York 11725CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (631) 715-2740
- Hauppauge Dialysis Center4.44 miles away30 Central Avenue Hauppauge New York 11788CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (631) 761-6605
- St. Catherine of Siena Med. Ctr4.92 miles away50 Route 25a Dialysis Unit Smithtown New York 11787CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (631) 862-3707
- Carillon Dialysis LLC4.94 miles away830 Park Avenue Huntington New York 11743Dialysis Stations: 8 (631) 630-0398
- Davita Huntington on Broadway Dialysis6 miles away256 Broadway Huntington Station New York 11746CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (631) 423-4320
- New York Dialysis Services, Inc.6 miles away33 Walt Whitman Road Huntington Station New York 11746Dialysis Stations: 26 (631) 547-4150
- Huntington Hospital6.99 miles away270 Park Avenue Dialysis Unit Huntington New York 11743Dialysis Stations: 7 (631) 351-2471
- Long Island Bay Shore Dialysis Center7.07 miles away929 Sunrise Highway Chronic Dialysis Ctr. Bay Shore New York 11706CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (631) 224-8500