Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility is located in New York, New York. The city offers many nursing home options. We gave this facility an overall score of A- which is world class overall grade. As a result, it is among the highest graded facilities in New York, which offers some quality nursing homes. In addition, this nursing home is located in a hospital, which often means the nursing home offers a wider array of healthcare services. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection score, which you can find in the next section.
Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Government - City
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Bariatric Care
- Optometry
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to point out the fact that this nursing home earned near flawless health inspections in recent years. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Our inspection ratings are tied to many datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category typically have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to create an immediate threat to patient health or safety. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.
Long-term Care Quality
Compounding its dominant achievements in other areas, we gave this nursing home a grade of A- for its long-term care grade. For residents looking for a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are an important measure. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 91.97952 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is slightly below what we expected but still a respectable figure. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to an additional strength for this facility, we awarded them one of our more favorable grades in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B. With our short-term care score, we endeavor to forge a fair barometer for rehabilitation. In doing so, we analyze a nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we looked at was nursing, where this nursing home was awarded a B-. Although this proved to be its worst category score, this is nevertheless not the end of the world. There are quite a few data points included in this category. Many of the factors are tied to the quantity and quality of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a low total compared with most other facilities. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures. While this facility got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of these quality-based measures. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it did very well in this area. This can be an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a protocol of moving residents more often.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility, 9.62% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility, 2.08% of Patients had UTIs
This measures the percentage of long-term residents which have had a urinary tract infection. While more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between facilities due to differing reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility, 11.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility, 13.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility, 13.6% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Increased rates of depression could be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility, 91.89% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility, 14.66% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility, 18.82% Percentage of Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that mobility is critical to residents' physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility, 1.2 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility, 18.82 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility, 8.77 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility, 74.71% Percentage of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for New York, NY
- Overall Rating has a grade of B
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
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