Park Terrace Care Center is a nursing home in Corona, New York. The city has a population of 109,931 people. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of B-. A score of this caliber requires some solid marks. Based on our analysis, this nursing home has some redeeming qualities. One of the best aspects of this nursing home's profile is its exemplary inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.
Park Terrace Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection ratings are based on several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. We were not able to find deficiency counts for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also performed favorably in the area of long-term care, with first-rate grade of A- in this area. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure residents are well cared for. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 95.46742 percent of its patients. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a middle of the pack score in the area of short-term care, where it received a C. Our short-term care grade is commonly employed to gauge a facility's performance with rehabilitation To provide highly scored rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to offer better levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of patients who eventually returned home from the facility. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the last category, we awarded this facility a grade of D for our nursing category. This is the facility's least impressive category score. Unfortunately, this grade hurt the facility's overall grade to a certain degree. Our nursing rating analyzes the facility's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the number of hours spent with residents. With only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily, this nursing home's nurse staffing levels were far below average. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Park Terrace Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Park Terrace Care Center, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay patients which developed new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Park Terrace Care Center, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term residents which sustained falls leading to severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Park Terrace Care Center, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. Nevertheless, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Park Terrace Care Center, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Park Terrace Care Center, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This figure is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Park Terrace Care Center, 13.2% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Park Terrace Care Center, 91.26% of Patients
This is the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Park Terrace Care Center, 14.75% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as dressing and taking a bath. Some would argue that this is a measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Park Terrace Care Center, 17.32% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Park Terrace Care Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Park Terrace Care Center, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Park Terrace Care Center, 8.8 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Park Terrace Care Center, 75.07% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Elmhurst Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.64 miles away79-01 Broadway Elmhurst New York 11373Government - Local(718) 334-1141
- Flushing Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.29 miles away45th Avenue and Parsons Boulevard Flushing New York 11355Voluntary non-profit - Private(718) 670-5000
- Queens Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.1 miles away82-68 164th Street Jamaica New York 11432Government - Local(718) 883-3000
- Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.35 miles away89th Avenue and Van Wyck Expressway Richmond Hill New York 11418Voluntary non-profit - Private(718) 262-6000
- Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.16 miles away374 Stockholm Street Brooklyn New York 11237Voluntary non-profit - Private(718) 963-7272
- Hospital for Special SurgeryAcute Care Hospitals 5.34 miles away535 East 70th Street New York New York 10021Voluntary non-profit - Private(212) 606-1000
- Woodhull Medical & Mental Health CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.35 miles away760 Broadway Brooklyn New York 11206Government - Local(718) 963-8100
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital-New York Weill CornAcute Care Hospitals 5.39 miles away525 East 68th Street New York New York 10065Voluntary non-profit - Private(212) 746-5454
Nearby Dialysis
- Broadway Dialysis Center at Elmhurst Hospital Center1.34 miles away79-01 Broadway D-7 Wing Elmhurst New York 11373CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (718) 205-7772
- Fms-Queens Artificial Kidney Center1.56 miles away34-35 70th Street Jackson Heights New York 11372CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 52 (718) 651-9700
- The Ny Hosp Med Ctr of Queens1.57 miles away56-45 Main Street 8th Floor Hemodialysis Unit Flushing New York 11355Dialysis Stations: 4 (718) 670-1258
- Atlas Park Dialysis2.33 miles away8000 Cooper Ave Ridgewood New York 11385Dialysis Stations: 25 (718) 326-2789
- Queens Dialysis at the Pavilion, LLC2.35 miles away36-17 Parsons Blvd Flushing New York 11354Dialysis Stations: 12 (718) 888-5200
- Crd Associates LLC Cliffside Nursing Home2.44 miles away119-19 Graham Court Att: Dialysis Center Flushing New York 11354Dialysis Stations: 6 (718) 886-0700
- Rogosin Institute-Queens2.93 miles away66-20 Queens Boulevard Dialysis Ctr. Woodside New York 11377CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (646) 317-7505
- Kew Gardens Dialysis Center2.97 miles away120-46 Queens Boulevard Kew Gardens New York 11415CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (718) 793-3341