New York-Presbyterian Queens

On top of performing well overall, this facility earned a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that area with an A+. Inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this category usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of these deficiencies to be an immediate threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home also was elite in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a score of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Our short-term care grades are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a wide spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. It doesn't appear that this facility submitted registered nurse or physical therapist staffing data. The final statistic we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 7.3 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.

This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. Our nursing grade is based on a variety of factors. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provides 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Moving on to the next category, this nursing home also performed admirably in the long-term care category. We gave it a grade of B+ for this area. This finalized a very impressive profile. For patients seeking a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Unfortunately, we were not able to locate this facility's vaccination rates. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.