New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing
26-13 21st Street, Astoria NY 11102 · (718) 626-4800 · 98.67% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing is a very-large nursing home located in Astoria, New York. This nursing home turns out to be an A rated facility. This facility was given one of the best scores that we offer. A grade in this range requires superb marks across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top 20 percent of all facilities in the United States. As you can find below, this facility also performed just fine in our category ratings. It is hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 280 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a great nursing home is it earned an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical area. Arguably the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Facilities with higher scores in this category most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its strong resume, this facility also received an excellent nursing score, with a grade of A-. Nursing scores are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per patient daily, which is among the better figures in the country. A significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the more skilled levels of nurses. We were very impressed by both of these figures. In addition to providing high levels of nursing care, this place was also above average in several of the major quality-based metrics we looked at in this category. For example, it performed well in terms of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. These statistics are generally reliable measures of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was given a fine long-term care score. Indeed, this turned out to be its third best category score. In that category, this facility received a grade of A-. Facilities that excel in long-term care tend to provide residents with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 95.268814 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. This nursing home was also able to keep its patients out of the hospital. It had only 1.27 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a substantially better hospitalization rate than the average nursing home.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the final area, this nursing home was given an extremely favorable short-term care rating. We gave it a grade of B+ in this area, wrapping up one of our more favorable report cards. In our short-term care assessment, we seek to create a sound gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess the nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered substantially more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. The last metric we assessed in this area is the number of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. This place performed better than most nursing homes in this area with 55.9 percent of its patients returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients which developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents exhibiting symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better