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Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns

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Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: F
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2799 Sheridan Drive,
Tonawanda NY 14150

(716) 218-4300

86.8% estimated occupancy 1

Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns is an average-sized nursing home in Tonawanda, New York. Our rating system was not favorable to this facility, as we gave it an overall grade of F. This place doesn't seem to have much going for it. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's report card, feel free to continue reading to find out about its category grades. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • Is CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation

Specialized Services

  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: B

Although this place's overall score was as bad as it gets, it actually performed well in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a B for that category, which is one of our better scores. Our inspection scores are based on pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are an important item to look for on these inspections. You should especially avoid facilities with severe deficiencies linked to endangerment of patients. This facility was hit with 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that CMS did not consider any of these deficiencies to be an immediate risk to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't the end of the world.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home also didn't grade out terribly in the category of short-term care. In fact, we gave it a grade of C in that category, which happens to be another one of its higher grades. In calculating these short-term care scores, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to devise a measure for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Unfortunately, we found that this place provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: D

We gave this facility just a D for our long-term care grade. This is not one of our better scores. For prospective patients seeking a permanent place to live rather than rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. On top of considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 95.90164 percent of its patients, which is better than the average nursing home. To our surprise, this nursing home also keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

The next area we assessed is nursing. This nursing home received a very poor grade of F in that area. Our nursing score is primarily associated with a nursing home's nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing scores. This nursing home performed well when it comes to minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these data points to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic tells you the percent of long-term residents which sustained a fall which resulted in serious injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's could be an indicator of poor nursing care. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: C

In Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are generally prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns, 13.2% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who are showing signs of depression. Increased rates of depression may be a sign worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns, 91.26% of Patients

This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns, 14.75% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-plus

In Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns, 17.32% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: F

In Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns, 8.8 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-plus

In Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns, 75.07% Percentage of Resident

Measures the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Kenmore Mercy HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.47 miles away2950 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo New York 14217Voluntary non-profit - Church(716) 447-6100
  • Erie County Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.73 miles away462 Grider Street Buffalo New York 14215Voluntary non-profit - Private(716) 898-3936
  • Sisters of Charity HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.74 miles away2157 Main Street Buffalo New York 14214Voluntary non-profit - Private(716) 862-1000
  • Kaleida HealthAcute Care Hospitals 5.89 miles away100 High Street Buffalo New York 14210Voluntary non-profit - Private(716) 859-8620
  • Mercy Hospital of BuffaloAcute Care Hospitals 9.29 miles away565 Abbott Road Buffalo New York 14220Voluntary non-profit - Private(716) 826-7000
  • Western Ny Childrens Psychiatric CenterPsychiatric 11.31 miles away1010 East & West Road Buffalo New York 14224Government - State(716) 677-7000
  • Niagara Falls Memorial Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.51 miles away621 Tenth Street Niagara Falls New York 14302Voluntary non-profit - Other(716) 278-4000
  • Mount St Mary's Hospital and Health CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.68 miles away5300 Military Road Lewiston New York 14092Voluntary non-profit - Church(716) 297-4800

Nearby Dialysis

  • Us Renal Care Amherst Dialysis0.13 miles away2880, Sheridan Dr Tonawanda New York 14150Dialysis Stations: 13 (716) 541-9165
  • Us Renal Care Tonawanda Dialysis1.55 miles away3161 Eggert Road Tonawanda New York 14150CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (716) 832-0159
  • Davita Northtowns Dialysis Center2.4 miles away4041 Delaware Avenue Ste 150 Tonawanda New York 14150CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (716) 871-8103
  • Fms-Kenmore Artificial Kidney Center2.74 miles away1508 Sheridan Drive Buffalo New York 14217CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (716) 871-9988
  • Davita Cleve Hill Dialysis Center2.98 miles away1461 Kensington Avenue Buffalo New York 14215CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (716) 831-8892
  • Davita Suburban Dialysis3.5 miles away705 Maple Road Suite 600 Buffalo New York 14221CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (716) 630-6640
  • Liberty Rc, Inc.3.58 miles away699 Hertel Ave Buffalo New York 14207Dialysis Stations: 17 (716) 871-4172
  • Erie County Medical Center3.86 miles away462 Grider Street Dialysis Unit Buffalo New York 14215Dialysis Stations: 36 (716) 898-1400

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=335180