Highland Care Center is a very-large nursing home in Jamaica, New York. With an overall grade of D, this is a lower end nursing home. Based on our assessment, we would struggle to recommend this nursing home. If you aren't deterred by this facility's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category scores. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
Highland Care Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
Although we did not rate this nursing home favorably overall, we want to point out its excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A- in this category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some can be quite minor. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to create an immediate risk to resident health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's second best area ended up being long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a grade of B-. For residents seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. After we finished assessing the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated only 87.58294 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Nevertheless, this place keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Our third category we assessed was short-term care, in which this facility was given an F. In our short-term care rating, we attempt to craft a valuable measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we assess the facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. With its poor rating in this category, we weren't stunned to learn this nursing home provides far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This wasn't a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 4.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.
Nurse Quality
The next area we looked at is nursing. This nursing home received a bottom of the barrel grade of F in this area. In calculating our nursing grades, we weigh both nursing hours and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is not a very impressive figure. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing scores. This place performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Highland Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Highland Care Center, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are an indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Highland Care Center, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a fall resulting in major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Highland Care Center, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing care can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Highland Care Center, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Highland Care Center, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Highland Care Center, 13.2% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Highland Care Center, 91.26% of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Highland Care Center, 14.75% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the decline of a resident's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Highland Care Center, 17.32% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Highland Care Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Highland Care Center, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Highland Care Center, 8.8 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Highland Care Center, 75.07% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Jamaica, 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-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Jamaica, New York has 5 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Queens Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.94 miles away82-68 164th Street Jamaica New York 11432Government - Local(718) 883-3000
- Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.65 miles away89th Avenue and Van Wyck Expressway Richmond Hill New York 11418Voluntary non-profit - Private(718) 262-6000
- Flushing Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.45 miles away45th Avenue and Parsons Boulevard Flushing New York 11355Voluntary non-profit - Private(718) 670-5000
- Creedmoor Psychiatric CenterPsychiatric 3.46 miles away80-45 Winchester Blvd Bldg B Queens Village New York 11427Government - State(718) 264-4000
- Elmhurst Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.59 miles away79-01 Broadway Elmhurst New York 11373Government - Local(718) 334-1141
- North Shore University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.54 miles away300 Community Drive Manhasset New York 11030Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 562-0100
- Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.78 miles away374 Stockholm Street Brooklyn New York 11237Voluntary non-profit - Private(718) 963-7272
- Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.67 miles away1 Brookdale Plaza Brooklyn New York 11212Voluntary non-profit - Private(718) 240-5966
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Jamaica Hillside Dialysis0.2 miles away171-19 Hillside Ave Jamaica New York 11432Dialysis Stations: 25 (718) 526-2051
- Fms-South Queens Dialysis Center0.4 miles away175-37 Liberty Avenue Jamaica New York 11433CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (718) 297-9100
- Trude Weishaupt Memorial Dialysis Center1.65 miles away@ New York Hospital of Queens 59-28 174th Street Fresh Meadows New York 11365CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (718) 670-1276
- Vestal Healthcare LLC1.65 miles away176-35 Union Turnpike Fresh Meadows New York 11366Dialysis Stations: 1 (718) 969-3293
- Kew Gardens Dialysis Center1.85 miles away120-46 Queens Boulevard Kew Gardens New York 11415CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (718) 793-3341
- Davita Queens Dialysis Center1.9 miles away118-01 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard Jamaica New York 11434CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (718) 341-6711
- Fms-St. Alban's Dialysis Center2.14 miles away172-70 Baisley Blvd Jamaica New York 11434CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (718) 949-1600
- Davita Queens Village Dialysis Center2.67 miles away222-02 Hempstead Avenue Suite 170 Queens Village New York 11429CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (718) 217-6200