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Our Lady of Mercy Life Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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2 Mercycare Lane,
Guilderland NY 12084

(518) 464-8100

86% estimated occupancy 1

Our Lady of Mercy Life Center is the sole facility we identified in Guilderland, New York. With an overall rating of B, this is a good nursing home. Based on our analysis, this nursing home looks like a good fit for most people. Fortunately, this facility did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

In addition to receiving a strong overall rating, this nursing home performed even better in our inspections category which is based on the nursing home's recent government inspection reports. In fact, we gave it an A for this category, which is one of our highest scores. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. You can not do much better than a deficiency-free inspection report.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that area, we gave this nursing home an B. The nursing score assesses quite a few subcategories, however, the main consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of moving patients at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's third best area ended up being short-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B-. In determining our short-term care grades, we analyze a nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly trained professionals. This rating is frequently a meaningful assessment of the nursing home's rehabilitation. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Turning to our final category, this nursing home was given an acceptable long-term care score of B-. Long-term care scores are based in part on the nursing home's amount of care. This includes a vast scope of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine healthcare services. Once we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 89.57447 percent of its patients for pneumonia. On a more positive note, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Our Lady of Mercy Life Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Our Lady of Mercy Life Center, 6.55% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In Our Lady of Mercy Life Center, 2.98% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents who have had a fall leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Our Lady of Mercy Life Center, 1.3% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents that experienced a urinary tract infection. While a higher rate of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it is difficult to compare between facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Our Lady of Mercy Life Center, 17.77% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Our Lady of Mercy Life Center, 15.83% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure indicates the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In Our Lady of Mercy Life Center, 0% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients demonstrating signs of depression. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In Our Lady of Mercy Life Center, 93.83% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients that were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Our Lady of Mercy Life Center, 12.93% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Our Lady of Mercy Life Center, 17.66% of Residents

This is the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Our Lady of Mercy Life Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is important to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home residents.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Our Lady of Mercy Life Center, 17.66% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Our Lady of Mercy Life Center, 6.28% of Patients

This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In Our Lady of Mercy Life Center, 63.13% of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with ADL's generally correlates with successful rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • St Peter's HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.89 miles away315 South Manning Boulevard Albany New York 12208Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 525-1550
  • Albany Medical Center HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.38 miles away43 New Scotland Avenue, Mail Code 34 Albany New York 12208Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 262-2400
  • Albany Memorial HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.08 miles away600 Northern Boulevard Albany New York 12204Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 471-3490
  • Ellis HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.37 miles away1101 Nott Street Schenectady New York 12308Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 243-4000
  • Samaritan Hospital-St Mary's CampusAcute Care Hospitals 11.98 miles away1300 Massachusetts Avenue Troy New York 12180Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 268-5000
  • Samaritan HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.04 miles away2215 Burdett Avenue Troy New York 12180Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 427-3402

Nearby Dialysis

  • Freedom Center of Westmere2.71 miles away178 Washington Ave Extension Suite 3 Albany New York 12203Dialysis Stations: 17 (518) 407-0505
  • Dialysis Clinic, Inc.2.79 miles away176 Washington Ave Extension Albany New York 12203CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (518) 456-2429
  • Schenectady Partners LLC6.03 miles away1594 State Street Schenectady New York 12304CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (518) 382-5309
  • Fms-Capital District Dialysis Center7.18 miles away650 Mcclellan Street Schenectady New York 12304CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (518) 382-0202
  • Albany Medical Center7.3 miles away43 New Scotland Avenue Mail Code: 73 Peds Dialysis Unit Albany New York 12208Dialysis Stations: 6 (518) 262-3347
  • Fms-Albany Regional Kidney Center7.46 miles away2 Clara Barton Drive Albany New York 12208CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (518) 434-6565
  • Fms-Albany Dialysis Center8.09 miles away64 Albany Shaker Road Albany New York 12204CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (518) 427-0473
  • Fms-Niskayuna Dialysis Center8.1 miles away2345 Nott Street East Schenectady New York 12309Dialysis Stations: 12 (518) 346-5186

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=335767