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Pontiac Care and Rehabilitation Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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303 East River Road,
Oswego NY 13126

(315) 343-1800

50.12% estimated occupancy 1

Pontiac Care and Rehabilitation Center is one of four facilities in Oswego, New York. This facility received a concerning overall grade of D in our grading scheme. Unfortunately, this grade isn't too far off the city grade for Oswego, which is a C. Nevertheless, you still ought to be able to do better Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its impressive inspection rating. You can scroll down to find out about inspections and other category scores

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Partnership
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Optometry

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

While we were not very complementary of this nursing home's overall grade, it received a very impressive inspection report this year. In fact, it received an excellent inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our highest scores in that category with an A. 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. While this place had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home's next best area is short-term care. We gave it a grade of C in this category. This is basically a middle of the pack score in this area. Our short-term care ratings are likely most meaningful for people needing rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation generally requires additional skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. We were surprised to find that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. The facility supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. This figure was below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: F

This nursing home wound up receiving a an abysmal grade in our long-term care category. It was given an F in this category. When facilities receive this type of score in this category it is often a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the nursing home is not as well-staffed with nurses and aids. One of the criteria we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccines. Candidly, we were a bit alarmed this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to a relatively low 66.19718 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this place actually fared well at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

The next category we scored is nursing. Sadly, it received a lowly F in this category, which is an abysmal score. When calculating our nursing ratings, we assess both staffing levels and the skill levels of those nurses. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This is well below average. To go along with its subpar totals in the area of nursing hours per patient, this place also did not fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing ratings. We looked at the percent of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This place had more falls and pressure ulcers than the average nursing home. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, these metrics pulled down this facility's nursing rating significantly.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Pontiac Care and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In Pontiac Care and Rehabilitation Center, 9.21% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Pontiac Care and Rehabilitation Center, 4.23% of Patients had Serious Falls

This measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who have had falls which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: D

In Pontiac Care and Rehabilitation Center, 4.29% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely caused by nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Pontiac Care and Rehabilitation Center, 1.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients who are administered antipsychotic drugs. Excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Pontiac Care and Rehabilitation Center, 11.97% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In Pontiac Care and Rehabilitation Center, 0.78% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reasonable measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Pontiac Care and Rehabilitation Center, 77.95% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Pontiac Care and Rehabilitation Center, 5.8% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Pontiac Care and Rehabilitation Center, 4.73% of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Pontiac Care and Rehabilitation Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Pontiac Care and Rehabilitation Center, 4.73% of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Pontiac Care and Rehabilitation Center, 76.95% of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements.

Scores for Oswego, NY

  • Overall Rating has a grade of C
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of D
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

Looking for more options? Oswego, New York has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Oswego HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.29 miles away110 West Sixth Street Oswego New York 13126Voluntary non-profit - Private(315) 349-5511

Nearby Dialysis

  • Univ. Dialysis Ctr @ Oswego1.07 miles away180 West Third Street Oswego New York 13126Dialysis Stations: 19 (315) 342-3045