Northern Dutchess Res Health Care Facility is one of just a couple available facilities in Rhinebeck, New York. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B+. A grade in this range requires strong marks in most areas. Based on the data we reviewed, you can do much worse than this place. Fortunately, this facility did not have any bad scores in any of the major categories discussed below. Additional information about these categories is available below.
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Northern Dutchess Res Health Care Facility
- Nursing Home
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: B-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: A
To go along with its strong overall score, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for short-term care. Our short-term care ratings are presumably most meaningful for residents in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not just nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Facility Inspections
Grade: A-minus
This facility also performed well in our inspection category, which is based on its inspection reports. We awarded it a grade of A- for that area, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection scores weigh a host of factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category generally have few severe deficiencies. This place was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
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Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
The third category we graded was long-term care. This nursing home was awarded an above average long-term care score, with a grade of B+ in this area. Nursing homes that excel in this category tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 97.31183 percent of its residents, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia can be a dangerous ailment for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Nurse Quality
Grade: C
The final category we looked at is nursing. This nursing home was given a favorable nursing rating this year, with a C. Although this wasn't as elite as several of its other scores, this is still an acceptable grade in this category. We weighed the qualifications of nurses at the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours the nurses were with patients, in determining our grade in this category. This place provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a relatively low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, our nursing scores also consider some quality-focused metrics. We look at the percent of patients who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. These data points are measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these issues.
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Northern Dutchess Res Health Care Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: C
In Northern Dutchess Res Health Care Facility, 9.91% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: C
In Northern Dutchess Res Health Care Facility, 4.3% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are often associated with lower quality nursing care. More supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: C
In Northern Dutchess Res Health Care Facility, 3.01% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents which have sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this metric can be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: D
In Northern Dutchess Res Health Care Facility, 25.27% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term residents who are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: B-minus
In Northern Dutchess Res Health Care Facility, 20.71% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients which were given antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: A-minus
In Northern Dutchess Res Health Care Facility, 1.15% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who are showing signs of depression. High rates of depression could reveal a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: B
In Northern Dutchess Res Health Care Facility, 97.79% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: B
In Northern Dutchess Res Health Care Facility, 13.92% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B-plus
In Northern Dutchess Res Health Care Facility, 18.05% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B
In Northern Dutchess Res Health Care Facility, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is critical to the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B-minus
In Northern Dutchess Res Health Care Facility, 18.05% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: C
In Northern Dutchess Res Health Care Facility, 15.07% of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: A-minus
In Northern Dutchess Res Health Care Facility, 86.62% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
