With an address in Glen Oaks, New York, New Glen Oaks Nursing Home is the only facility we identified in this area. It looks like this nursing home is among the most impressive facilities we looked at. It was given one of the top grades we offer. In fact, this nursing home has the distinction of being one of the top 100 nursing homes in New York. This is an impressive achievement in a state with a long list of high-end facilities. As you will see below, this nursing home also performed just fine in our category ratings. It's hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.
New Glen Oaks Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
Specialized Services
- Recreational Therapy
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize that this facility earned near flawless health inspections recently. We awarded them an A+ in this area. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better grades in this area most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also wanted to note the fact that this nursing home was superb in our long-term care category. We awarded them a dominant grade of A+ in this category. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 99.1228 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. When computing our nursing ratings, we look at both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
In the final category we scored, this nursing home was awarded a very strong grade of B+ in our short-term care category. With this grade, the nursing home topped off a very impressive report card. Short-term care ratings are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This means a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
New Glen Oaks Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In New Glen Oaks Nursing Home, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In New Glen Oaks Nursing Home, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that have had a fall which caused major injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In New Glen Oaks Nursing Home, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In New Glen Oaks Nursing Home, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In New Glen Oaks Nursing Home, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are given antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In New Glen Oaks Nursing Home, 13.2% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In New Glen Oaks Nursing Home, 91.26% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In New Glen Oaks Nursing Home, 14.75% Percentage of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In New Glen Oaks Nursing Home, 17.32% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels. Many argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In New Glen Oaks Nursing Home, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In New Glen Oaks Nursing Home, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In New Glen Oaks Nursing Home, 8.8 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.