Schulman and Schachne Inst for Nursing & Rehab is in the densely populated metropolitan area of Brooklyn, New York with a total of 2,504,700 people. It looks like this is a very good nursing home. We gave this it an overall grade of B+, which is very favorable score. If you take a look at the other options in Brooklyn, we suspect you will find this nursing home to be a better option than most of the nursing homes in the city. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.
Schulman and Schachne Inst for Nursing & Rehab
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
555 Rockaway Parkway,
Brooklyn NY 11212
78.41% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
To pair with a favorable overall grade, we gave this place an A+ for inspections. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Another quality feature for this facility is that it was given a favorable long-term care score. Indeed, this ended up being its second best category grade. In this area, we gave this facility a grade of B+. For prospective residents in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. This nursing home's vaccination data lagged a bit behind a few of the other statistics in this category, such as its nursing hours data. This nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 85.47215 percent of its patients. We would love to see some improvement herein this statistic in the future. Fortunately, this place was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.13 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a substantially better hospitalization rate than the majority of nursing homes.
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Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing score consists of many factors, however, the paramount consideration is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides an impressive 4 hours of nursing care per patient per day. Finally, this facility also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we assessed. In terms of the number of its patients sustaining falls leading to serious injury, this nursing home performed as well as any facility in the state.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at is short-term care, where this nursing home was given a B-. While this wound up being its poorest category rating, this is still not the end of the world. In calculating these short-term care grades, we assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to create a scale for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Finally, we considered the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it performed decently in this area, with 45.5 percent of its residents returning home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Schulman and Schachne Inst for Nursing & Rehab Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Schulman and Schachne Inst for Nursing & Rehab, 9.64% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage due to remaining in the same position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Schulman and Schachne Inst for Nursing & Rehab, 3.1% of Patients had Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay patients who sustained falls leading to serious injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Schulman and Schachne Inst for Nursing & Rehab, 2.09% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing limits the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Schulman and Schachne Inst for Nursing & Rehab, 11.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medication. Excessive reliance on these medications may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Schulman and Schachne Inst for Nursing & Rehab, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents given antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Schulman and Schachne Inst for Nursing & Rehab, 13.02% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents who are showing depressive symptoms. Some argue this is a measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Schulman and Schachne Inst for Nursing & Rehab, 92.45% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Schulman and Schachne Inst for Nursing & Rehab, 14.69% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Schulman and Schachne Inst for Nursing & Rehab, 18.9% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Schulman and Schachne Inst for Nursing & Rehab, 1.2 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Schulman and Schachne Inst for Nursing & Rehab, 18.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Schulman and Schachne Inst for Nursing & Rehab, 8.78 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Schulman and Schachne Inst for Nursing & Rehab, 74.53% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's generally correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Scores for Brooklyn, 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 C
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
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