Hornell Gardens is a facility located in Hornell, New York, which has a population of 13,043 people. It looks like this is a very respectable facility. We awarded it an overall grade of B, which is a quality grade. You could certainly do much worse than this place. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.
Hornell Gardens
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To pair with its strong overall performance, we gave this place an A+ for our inspections rating. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Among this nursing home's other accomplishments is its first-rate long-term care grade. It received one of our more impressive grades in that category, with a grade of A-. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping residents out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, 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
This facility's third best area is its short-term care score, where it was given a grade of B-. In calculating our short-term care grades, we scrutinize the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This rating is considered to be a solid measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like this nursing home submitted information about its staffing of registered nurses or physical therapists. The last statistic we assessed in this area is the number of residents who ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.3 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
The next area we graded is nursing, which turned out to be this nursing home's least impressive category. We gave this nursing home a D in this category. Of course, this category pulled down the facility's overall grade to some degree. Our nursing rating looks at the facility's level of nurse staffing. We consider both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This nursing home fared well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these areas to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Hornell Gardens Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Hornell Gardens, 9.62% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We have found that pressure ulcers are an measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Hornell Gardens, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who had falls resulting in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Hornell Gardens, 2.08% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be a sign of worse hygiene protocols. However, this metric may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Hornell Gardens, 11.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of long-term residents that are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior in scenarios where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Hornell Gardens, 13.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Hornell Gardens, 13.6% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Hornell Gardens, 91.89% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Hornell Gardens, 14.66% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Hornell Gardens, 18.82% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Hornell Gardens, 18.82 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Hornell Gardens, 74.71% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- St James Mercy HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 0.19 miles away411 Canisteo Street Hornell New York 14843Voluntary non-profit - Church(607) 324-8000
- Nicholas H Noyes Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.81 miles away111 Clara Barton Street Dansville New York 14437Voluntary non-profit - Private(585) 335-6001
- Jones Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.97 miles away191 North Main Street Wellsville New York 14895Voluntary non-profit - Private(585) 593-1100
Nearby Dialysis
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Hornell2.37 miles away1 Bethesda Drive Dialysis Unit Hornell New York 14843Dialysis Stations: 9 (607) 324-8660