N Y Congregational Nursing Center

The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an excellent inspection grade. Its inspection grade was far superior to its overall score. In our inspections category, we gave it an A-. Inspection grades are tied to datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that excel in this area typically 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. Although this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

The next best category we gave this facility in any area came in the area of long-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. In the category of long-term care, we analyze the quantity of care provided by a nursing home, rather than more sophisticated services. After assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 98.04511 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is higher than the average nursing home. This facility was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

This nursing home's third highest category came in the area of short-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a C. Our short-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a broad range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The key is determining what bearing this had on the quality of care. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 4.8 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. This figure was below average.

The next area we scored is nursing. We gave this facility a C in this category. Nursing scores are primarily based on a facility's nurse staffing. This facility provides only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. This is a somewhat alarming figure as it is well below average. While this nursing home didn't really impress in terms of the quantity of nursing care provided, it performed admirably in a few of our quality measures. It was above average in two of the major areas we assess, with positive reviews for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These metrics are good measures of the quality of nursing care available since many falls and bed sores are preventable.