With an address in Port Washington, New York, Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation is one of only two nursing homes in the city. Sporting an overall grade of B+, this facility should work for most prospective residents. Based on the data we reviewed, you could do much worse than this facility. This facility's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection reports, which you can find in the next section.
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Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
Grade: B-plus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Catheter Care
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
One of the many reasons this place turned out to be a great nursing home is it received an A+ in our inspections category. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection scores are tied to datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this place had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily something to panic about.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
In addition, this nursing home also was awarded favorable long-term care scores in our assessment. In fact, we gave it one of our stronger grades in that category, with a grade of B+. In a long-term care environment, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. In addition to assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 80.94405 percent of its residents, which is slightly less than we were hoping for. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: B
This nursing home also was awarded a favorable short-term care score. Indeed, we awarded it an above average grade of B in this area. In the area of short-term care, we try to evaluate indicators of a facility's rehabilitation services. We look at a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5.6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
Grade: C
The final area we analyzed is nursing, where this facility received a grade of C. This actually proved to be this nursing home's least impressive area. This is still not the end of the world. Our nursing rating analyzes the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of skill of the nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This place averages 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day, which is not an impressive total. Lastly, while this nursing home did not rank highly in terms of its nursing hours, it performed much better in some of the quality measures we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, this facility performed better than average.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: B
In Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation, 6.98% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: B-minus
In Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation, 4.02% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a fall which caused severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: B-plus
In Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation, 1.02% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often linked to poor nursing care. However, this statistic can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: A-plus
In Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation, 2.96% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many conditions, including dementia. Sadly, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: B-plus
In Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation, 15.72% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These medications are typically used to treat residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B-minus
In Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation, 6.87% of Patients
This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: D
In Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation, 87.38% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: C
In Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation, 17.9% of Patients
This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: B
In Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation, 14.65% of Residents
This tells you the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
Grade: C
In Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: B
In Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation, 14.65% of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: B-plus
In Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation, 9.6% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: B-plus
In Sands Point Center for Health and Rehabilitation, 83.48% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
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- North Shore University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.57 miles away300 Community Drive Manhasset New York 11030Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 562-0100
- Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.89 miles away16 Guion Place New Rochelle New York 10802Voluntary non-profit - Private(914) 632-5000
- Nyu Winthrop HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.49 miles away259 First Street Mineola New York 11501Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 663-0333
- Creedmoor Psychiatric CenterPsychiatric 7.68 miles away80-45 Winchester Blvd Bldg B Queens Village New York 11427Government - State(718) 264-4000
- Jacobi Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.16 miles away1400 Pelham Parkway South Bronx New York 10461Government - Local(718) 918-5000
- Montefiore Mount Vernon HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.04 miles away12 North 7th Avenue Mount Vernon New York 10550Voluntary non-profit - Private(914) 664-8000
- Flushing Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.04 miles away45th Avenue and Parsons Boulevard Flushing New York 11355Voluntary non-profit - Private(718) 670-5000
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Port Washington Dialysis Center2.54 miles away50 Seaview Blvd Port Washington New York 11050CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (516) 484-3460
- Glengariff Dialysis Center, LLC3.92 miles away141 Dosoris Lane Glen Cove New York 11542Dialysis Stations: 6 (516) 676-1100
- Nyu Langone Hospitals4.26 miles away255 Warner Avenue Roslyn Heights New York 11577Dialysis Stations: 3 (516) 626-8355
- Davita Julia and Israel Waldbaum Dialysis4.46 miles away100 Community Drive Waldbaum Dialysis Center Great Neck New York 11021CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 34 (516) 465-8250
- New York Dialysis Services, Inc.6.9 miles away16 Guion Place New Rochelle New York 10802CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (914) 235-6878
- Kings Harbor Health Services LLC7.3 miles away2020 East Gun Hill Road Bronx New York 10469Dialysis Stations: 9 (718) 320-1335
- Davita Bronx Dialysis Center7.54 miles awayKnickerbocker Dialysis, Inc 1615 Eastchester Road Bronx New York 10461CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (718) 892-7700
- Davita Eastchester Road Dialysis Center7.54 miles awayLiberty r.c. Inc. 1515 Jarrett Place Bronx New York 10461CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (718) 822-4940
