North Shore - L I J Orzac Center for Rehabilitation is a senior living facility in Valley Stream, New York. This city has a total of 60,957 people. Sporting an overall rating of A+, this nursing home is clearly a top-shelf facility. We were so impressed with this nursing home that we ranked it in the top five percentile of all facilities in the United States. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's stellar profile is its short-term care rating. We discuss short-term care in the next section.
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North Shore - L I J Orzac Center for Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
- Adult Day Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: A-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A-plus
On top of earning a great overall grade, this nursing home also received an A+ short-term care grade. With our short-term care assessment, we endeavor to create a valuable barometer for rehabilitation. In this process, we look at a nursing home's level of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. We were pleased to find that this nursing home employs both registered nurses and physical therapists. The same can't be said for all nursing homes. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 7 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
This facility also earned an A+ inspection score, making it one of the rare places to receive multiple A+'s in our category grades. This grade is based on the place's recent inspection reports. These inspection ratings take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Nurse Quality
Grade: A
Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A in that category. In determining a facility's nursing grade, we assess the number of hours nurses are seeing patients and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A-minus
The final category we analyzed is long-term care, where this facility was awarded a grade of A-. This rounded out an elite profile. Only a select few nursing homes received an A- or higher in in each area we assessed. When facilities receive a score in this range in long-term care it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. Once we assessed the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 98.07692 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
North Shore - L I J Orzac Center for Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: F
In North Shore - L I J Orzac Center for Rehabilitation, 18.6% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients which have new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: A+
In North Shore - L I J Orzac Center for Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are often linked to lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing care can limit the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: A+
In North Shore - L I J Orzac Center for Rehabilitation, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: A
In North Shore - L I J Orzac Center for Rehabilitation, 7.69% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Unfortunately, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: A-plus
In North Shore - L I J Orzac Center for Rehabilitation, 3.85% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: C
In North Shore - L I J Orzac Center for Rehabilitation, 10.64% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: B
In North Shore - L I J Orzac Center for Rehabilitation, 97.48% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: C
In North Shore - L I J Orzac Center for Rehabilitation, 19.15% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B
In North Shore - L I J Orzac Center for Rehabilitation, 16.82% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B
In North Shore - L I J Orzac Center for Rehabilitation, 16.82% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: B-minus
In North Shore - L I J Orzac Center for Rehabilitation, 12.7% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B-minus
In North Shore - L I J Orzac Center for Rehabilitation, 74.89% of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Mercy Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.77 miles away1000 North Village Avenue Rockville Centre New York 11570Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 705-2525
- Creedmoor Psychiatric CenterPsychiatric 4.69 miles away80-45 Winchester Blvd Bldg B Queens Village New York 11427Government - State(718) 264-4000
- Nyu Winthrop HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.76 miles away259 First Street Mineola New York 11501Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 663-0333
- Queens Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.53 miles away82-68 164th Street Jamaica New York 11432Government - Local(718) 883-3000
- St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreAcute Care Hospitals 6.82 miles away327 Beach 19th Street Far Rockaway New York 11691Voluntary non-profit - Church(718) 869-7000
- North Shore University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.86 miles away300 Community Drive Manhasset New York 11030Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 562-0100
- Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.88 miles away89th Avenue and Van Wyck Expressway Richmond Hill New York 11418Voluntary non-profit - Private(718) 262-6000
- Nassau University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.51 miles away2201 Hempstead Turnpike East Meadow New York 11554Government - Local(516) 572-0123
Nearby Dialysis
- West Nassau Dialysis Ctr, Inc1.57 miles away75 Rockaway Avenue Valley Stream New York 11580CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (516) 823-4444
- Davita Lynbrook Dialysis Center1.8 miles away147 Scranton Avenue Lynbrook New York 11563CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (516) 596-4101
- True North Dialysis Center, LLC2.87 miles away1 Cisney Ave Floral Park New York 11001Dialysis Stations: 1 (516) 327-9502
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Hempstead3.13 miles away615 Peninsula Boulevard Hempstead New York 11550CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (516) 483-6702
- Davita Queens Village Dialysis Center3.38 miles away222-02 Hempstead Avenue Suite 170 Queens Village New York 11429CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (718) 217-6200
- S. Nassau Communities Hosp.3.49 miles away1 Healthy Way Dialysis - Acute Unit Oceanside New York 11572Dialysis Stations: 3 (516) 632-3944
- Woodmere Dialysis LLC3.66 miles awayFive Towns Premier Nursing and Rehabilitation 1050 Central Avenue Woodmere New York 11598Dialysis Stations: 14 (516) 791-5277
- Lij Medical Center3.73 miles away270-05 76th Avenue Dialysis Unit 7th Floor New Hyde Park New York 11040Dialysis Stations: 6 (718) 470-7820
