Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility

Henry J Carter Skilled Nursing Facility is located in the large metropolitan area of New York, New York which has a population of 1,577,385 people. This turns out to be a quality facility, with an overall grade of B+. We were pleased to find out that this matched the average grade of facilities in New York, which is one of the better cities in New York to find a nursing home. We were also pleased to find that this place didn't have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Our inspection scores are based on items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

An additional strong feature for this nursing home is that it received a very positive long-term care score. Indeed, this ended up being its second best category grade. In this category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B. When facilities receive this kind of score in long-term care it is usually a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of looking at the impressive level of care provided by aids and other staff at this nursing home, we also were pleased by the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.47 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.

This nursing home is also above average in the area of short-term care, where it was given a score of B. It performed more favorably than most nursing homes in this category. In crafting these short-term care scores, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to devise a scale for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.

The next area we graded is nursing. This facility received a better than average nursing rating this year, with a grade of B-. While this is not as impressive as a few of its other grades, this remains an acceptable grade in this area. Our nursing grade assesses the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of skill of the nurses as well as the number of hours spent with residents. This facility provided 5 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis, which is among the better totals in New York. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. We were impressed by both of these figures. Lastly, we also factored some quality-based metrics into our nursing grades. Specifically, we looked at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these metrics as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.