Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center is a very-large non-profit nursing home located in Syracuse, New York. This is a solid facility, with an overall grade of B-. This facility has some things going for it. One of the major highlights of this facility's profile is its exemplary inspection rating, which we will address in the next section.
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Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Other
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
To go along with its relatively modest overall score, we gave this facility an A for its inspection grade. This score is far better than the facility's overall grade. Our inspection grades are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area tend to 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. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't deem any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to patient safety or health. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Nurse Quality
The second highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. Nursing ratings are mostly tied to a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This place averages just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which is a very low figure. Finally, our nursing grades also consider quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically an indicator that a place has quality controls in place. Some falls could be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses to assist its patients.
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Long-term Care Quality
The third area we analyzed is long-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a solid grade of C. Long-term care grades are used to assess a facility's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services provided by a rehabilitation facility. Once we concluded our assessment of the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. We were pleased to find that this nursing home vaccinates 98.77499 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we graded is short-term care, turned out to be this facility's worst category. We gave this facility a D in that area. This was one of the few dings on a strong profile. In computing our short-term care scores, we analyze the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This area is often a useful assessment of a nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. It looks like this nursing home was subpar in many staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it offered fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most other nursing homes. The final measure we considered in this category is the percentage of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.2 percent of its patients returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.33% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center, 2.51% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are routinely associated with lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center, 1.76% of Patients had UTIs
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who had a UTI. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare different nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center, 9.58% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center, 15.75% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center, 7.59% of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms. High levels of depression may be an indicator a less hospitable environment.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center, 98.92% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center, 21.02% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of deterioration of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center, 21.89% of Residents
This indicates the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center, 21.89% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center, 7.84% of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Loretto Health and Rehabilitation Center, 71.18% of Resident
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.
Scores for Syracuse, NY
- Overall Rating has a grade of C
- Nurse Rating has a grade of C
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of B-plus
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