Hillside Manor Rehab & Extended Care Center

Hillside Manor Rehab & Extended Care Center is a nursing home located in Jamaica, New York, which has 224,445 people. This nursing home was given a very respectable overall grade of B, resulting in it being one of the three highest graded facilities in the city. This place definitely has plenty of good features. Fortunately, this nursing home did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. Our inspection ratings are tied to several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Adding to its profile, this nursing home also received a grade of B+ for its long-term care rating. This is an above average score in this category. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are well cared for. After considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 99.54614 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. This facility also keeps its residents out of the hospital. While it had 1.79 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was better than most nursing homes since it had some more complicated patients.

This facility was awarded a strong short-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher scores in that area with a score of B. Our short-term care grades are probably most critical for residents in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing. This means not merely nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The final datapoint we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it was above average in this area with 55.4 percent of its residents returning home.

The last area we rated is nursing. We awarded it a grade of C in that category. This is a perfectly acceptable grade in this category. We analyzed the skill-level of nurses at the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of hours those nurses worked with patients, in calculating our grade in this area. This facility provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as minimizing major falls. This nursing home performed admirably in this statistic. Avoiding major falls is usually a good indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Many falls can be prevented if a facility offers enough nurses to assist its residents.