Highland Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
160 Seneca St, Wellsville NY 14895 · (585) 593-3750 · 96.37% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Wellsville, New York, Highland Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is one of just a couple available nursing homes in the city. With an overall rating of B-, this is likely a solid nursing home. Based on our assessment, this facility looks like a good fit for most people. The best part of this facility's report card was its stellar inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 80 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Limited Liability company
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The primary reason this facility received a decent overall score is its excellent health inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our better grades in that category, with an A+. This is a much better score than the facility's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was given a positive score in our long-term care category. We awarded this nursing home an above average grade of B in that area. When facilities receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 99.28315 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.14 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed was short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a B- in this area. In our short-term care grade, we seek to forge a fair measure for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we look at the nursing home's scope of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides a substantially greater volume of physical therapist hours than a typical nursing home. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 43.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home, which is actually below average.
Nurse Quality
The last category we assessed is nursing. For this category, we gave this nursing home a C. Our nursing score focuses on the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of training of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with patients. This nursing home provides 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this place excelled in some of these subcategories. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed very well in this statistic.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Highland Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Major falls are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents which were given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes need to rely on these medications due to having more residents suffering from dementia.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and eating. Many would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better