N Y S Veterans Home in N Y C is a very-large government-owned facility located in Jamaica, New York. Featuring an overall grade of A+, we deemed this nursing home to be the very best nursing home in Jamaica. Overall grades in this range are a great indicator of a first-rate facility. Based on our assessment, this nursing home is simply as good as it gets. One of the best aspects of this facility's stellar profile is its inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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N Y S Veterans Home in N Y C
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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Government - State
Specialized Services
- Recreational Therapy
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Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this place ended up being a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ in our inspections category. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in determining our inspection ratings. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite minor. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ nursing grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+ category grades. When determining our nursing scores, we factor in both the number of hours nurses spend with residents and the training levels of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of turning a resident at least once a day.
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Long-term Care Quality
We also would like to note the fact that this facility was given a dominant score of A in our long-term care area. Nursing homes that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. One of the statistics we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccines. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 91.16118 percent of its patients. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Short-term Care Quality
In our final area, we gave this nursing home an A+ for our short-term care grade. This finished off an elite report card. Our short-term care scores are probably more critical for individuals requiring a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires higher levels of skilled nursing. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final metric we looked at in this category is the number of patients who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
N Y S Veterans Home in N Y C Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In N Y S Veterans Home in N Y C, 6.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In N Y S Veterans Home in N Y C, 0.35% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In N Y S Veterans Home in N Y C, 2.28% of Patients had UTIs
This measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this metric may also be misleading for some nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In N Y S Veterans Home in N Y C, 10.72% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In N Y S Veterans Home in N Y C, 5.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In N Y S Veterans Home in N Y C, 0% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may imply worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In N Y S Veterans Home in N Y C, 95.1% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In N Y S Veterans Home in N Y C, 7.68% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of erosion of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In N Y S Veterans Home in N Y C, 8.04% of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In N Y S Veterans Home in N Y C, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In N Y S Veterans Home in N Y C, 8.04% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In N Y S Veterans Home in N Y C, 10.71% of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In N Y S Veterans Home in N Y C, 62.26% of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's typically correlates with superior rehabilitation.
Scores for Jamaica, NY
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
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