Long Island Care Center

While we were not high on this nursing home's overall grade, it received a very impressive inspection report this year. In fact, it received an excellent inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that category with a grade of A+. Our inspection ratings weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. You should avoid places with a bunch of deficiencies flagged. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. In spite of this deficiency, this place still had a relatively favorable report.

Moving on to the category of long-term care, this nursing home received just a D in that area. As it turns out, this ended up being one of its better features. When facilities receive this kind of score in this category it is typically a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the nursing home is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nursing hours was vaccinations. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to a relatively low 53.205128 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this place was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This was its best feature in this category.

This facility ended up receiving rock bottom score in our nursing category. It received an F in this category. There are many criteria included in this category. Many of these datapoints reflect staffing levels. This place provided a meager 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This statistic is well below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing ratings. This place fared well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these statistics to be indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The last area we assessed was short-term care. This facility received a rock bottom grade of F in that category. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who ultimately returned home from this nursing home. This facility didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 3.8 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.