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Sapphire Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing of Central Queens

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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35 15 Parsons Blvd,
Flushing NY 11354

(718) 961-3500

96.69% estimated occupancy 1

Sapphire Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing of Central Queens is one of nine available nursing homes located in Flushing, New York. Sporting an overall grade of B-, this appears to be a solid nursing home. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Flushing. One of the major highlights of this facility's report card is its exemplary inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Colostomy Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

To go along with its decent overall grade, we gave this nursing home an A for our inspections rating. This grade is far better than its overall score. Inspection grades are tied to datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This facility was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to resident health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Another one of this facility's more favorable category grades was in the area of long-term care. In that area, we gave this nursing home a B. It actually performed better than most nursing homes in this category. For prospective patients seeking a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 76 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which happens to be slightly lower than we anticipated but still a reasonably acceptable figure. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, at least this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of B-. The nursing rating weighs a host of factors. The most important variable is the quantity of hours nurses spent with residents. This nursing home averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which is well below average. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics. Although this facility got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in a few of these quality metrics. With less than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it did very well in this metric. This is typically an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a policy of turning a patient more frequently.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Moving on to our next area, we awarded this nursing home a D in our short-term care category. This was the nursing home's weakest category score. Naturally, this score pulled down the facility's overall grade a bit. In computing these short-term care ratings, we look at the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Unfortunately, we found that this nursing home provided fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who eventually returned home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.4 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Sapphire Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing of Central Queens Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Sapphire Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing of Central Queens, 5.82% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In Sapphire Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing of Central Queens, 2.06% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents who have had a fall which resulted in serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Sapphire Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing of Central Queens, 1.34% of Patients had UTIs

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

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In Sapphire Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing of Central Queens, 14.31% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients which are given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to having more residents with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Sapphire Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing of Central Queens, 7.28% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of long-term care patients which were administered antianxiety medication. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In Sapphire Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing of Central Queens, 54.66% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Higher levels of depression could reveal worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In Sapphire Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing of Central Queens, 84.22% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In Sapphire Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing of Central Queens, 15.15% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom. Many argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-plus

In Sapphire Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing of Central Queens, 17.27% of Residents

This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care patients that retained mobility levels. Some experts would argue that mobility is important for patients physical and mental health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Sapphire Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing of Central Queens, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Sapphire Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing of Central Queens, 17.27% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Sapphire Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing of Central Queens, 3.53% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge patient well-being during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: F

In Sapphire Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing of Central Queens, 56.73% of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term care residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.

Scores for Flushing, 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
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of D
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus

Looking for more options? Flushing, New York has 8 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

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  • Jacobi Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.58 miles away1400 Pelham Parkway South Bronx New York 10461Government - Local(718) 918-5000
  • Elmhurst Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.7 miles away79-01 Broadway Elmhurst New York 11373Government - Local(718) 334-1141
  • Bronx-Lebanon Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.81 miles away1276 Fulton Avenue Bronx New York 10456Proprietary(212) 588-7000
  • St Barnabas HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.33 miles away4422 Third Avenue Bronx New York 10457Voluntary non-profit - Private(212) 960-9000
  • Lincoln Medical & Mental Health CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.34 miles away234 East 149th Street Bronx New York 10451Government - Local(718) 579-5000
  • Queens Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.45 miles away82-68 164th Street Jamaica New York 11432Government - Local(718) 883-3000
  • Creedmoor Psychiatric CenterPsychiatric 6.02 miles away80-45 Winchester Blvd Bldg B Queens Village New York 11427Government - State(718) 264-4000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Crd Associates LLC Cliffside Nursing Home1.78 miles away119-19 Graham Court Att: Dialysis Center Flushing New York 11354Dialysis Stations: 6 (718) 886-0700
  • Queens Dialysis at the Pavilion, LLC2.04 miles away36-17 Parsons Blvd Flushing New York 11354Dialysis Stations: 12 (718) 888-5200
  • The Rogosin Institute Auburndale Dialysis2.78 miles away39-20 Utopia Parkway Flushing New York 11358CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (347) 783-7700
  • Bronx Center for Renal Dialysis2.92 miles away1010 Underhill Avenue Bronx New York 10472CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (718) 863-8300
  • Davita Soundview Dialysis Center3.23 miles away1622-24 Bruckner Blvd Bronx New York 10473CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (718) 861-2334
  • The Ny Hosp Med Ctr of Queens3.26 miles away56-45 Main Street 8th Floor Hemodialysis Unit Flushing New York 11355Dialysis Stations: 4 (718) 670-1258
  • Fms-Bayside Dialysis Center3.35 miles away201-10 Northern Boulevard Bayside New York 11361CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (718) 423-6638
  • Davita Clearview Dialysis3.53 miles away4560 Francis Lewis Blvd Bayside New York 11361Dialysis Stations: 25 (718) 224-2398