Rockaway Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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Rockaway Care Center's website

353 Beach 48th Street,
Far Rockaway NY 11691

(718) 471-5000

83.15% estimated occupancy ¹

Rockaway Care Center is one of many options at your disposal in Far Rockaway, New York. Featuring an overall grade of C, this looks like a middle of the road facility. Based on our ratings, this facility ought to meet the needs of many people. The best part of this facility's report card is its exemplary inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Bariatric Care
Oncology Care
Radiation Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

The main reason this turned out to be a decent nursing home is that it received an elite inspection grade. In fact, its inspection grade was far superior to its overall grade. In our inspections category, we gave it an A+. Inspection grades are based on many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this category have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to resident safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

Long-term Care Quality

This facility's second most favorable category was long-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of B-. Our long-term care grades are based on the nursing home's amount of nursing care. This means a vast scope of personal care services, ranging from help with activities of daily living to routine medical services. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination data. We were pleased to discover that this nursing home vaccinated 98.44413 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Finally, this nursing home was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Short-term Care Quality

Moving on to the category of short-term care, this nursing home was awarded just a D in this category. Our short-term care grade is often employed to gauge a nursing home's rehabilitation services To have good rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to offer higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. With a grade of this caliber for this area, we weren't shocked to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. The nursing home offered significantly fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most nursing homes. The final metric we assessed in this area is the number of residents that eventually returned home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its patients returning home.

Nurse Quality

The last category we scored was nursing. We gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is a poor score. This is obviously a significant concern. The nursing score is based on many data points, most of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This place provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident daily. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Rockaway Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Rockaway Care Center, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Rockaway Care Center, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision limits the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Rockaway Care Center, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poor hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Rockaway Care Center, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Rockaway Care Center, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Rockaway Care Center, 13.2% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents showing symptoms of depression. Some argue that this is a reliable measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Rockaway Care Center, 91.26% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Rockaway Care Center, 14.75% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Rockaway Care Center, 17.32% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Rockaway Care Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Rockaway Care Center, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Rockaway Care Center, 8.8 Percentage of Patients

This metric measures 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

In Rockaway Care Center, 75.07% Percentage of Resident

This tells you the percentage of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for Far Rockaway, NY

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

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Nearby Hospitals

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Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.02 miles away1 Brookdale Plaza Brooklyn New York 11212Voluntary non-profit - Private(718) 240-5966
Queens Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.59 miles away82-68 164th Street Jamaica New York 11432Government - Local(718) 883-3000
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, Inc.Acute Care Hospitals 8.86 miles away2525 Kings Highway Brooklyn New York 11229Voluntary non-profit - Private(718) 692-5302
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.12 miles away585 Schenectady Avenue Brooklyn New York 11203Voluntary non-profit - Private(718) 604-5789
Kings County Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.48 miles away451 Clarkson Avenue Brooklyn New York 11203Government - Local(718) 245-3901
University Hospital of Brooklyn ( Downstate )Acute Care Hospitals 9.5 miles away445 Lenox Road Brooklyn New York 11203Government - State(718) 270-1000

Nearby Dialysis

Marjorie Basser Dialysis Center1.35 miles awaySt. John's Episcopal Hospital 327 Beach 19th Street, Dialysis Unit Far Rockaway New York 11691Dialysis Stations: 15 (718) 869-7637
Rockaway Hd LLC1.37 miles away529 Beach 20th Street Far Rockaway New York 11691Dialysis Stations: 16 (718) 327-4503
Peninsula Continuum Services LLC1.81 miles away50-15 Beach Channel Drive Far Rockaway New York 11691Dialysis Stations: 20 (718) 734-2190
Springfield Dialysis Center4.55 miles away134-35 Springfield Boulevard Springfield Gardens New York 11413CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (718) 978-1233
Woodmere Dialysis LLC4.57 miles awayFive Towns Premier Nursing and Rehabilitation 1050 Central Avenue Woodmere New York 11598Dialysis Stations: 14 (516) 791-5277
Fms-St. Alban's Dialysis Center6.15 miles away172-70 Baisley Blvd Jamaica New York 11434CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (718) 949-1600
Davita Queens Dialysis Center6.19 miles away118-01 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard Jamaica New York 11434CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (718) 341-6711
West Nassau Dialysis Ctr, Inc6.27 miles away75 Rockaway Avenue Valley Stream New York 11580CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (516) 823-4444