Skyview Center is an average-sized nursing home in Wallingford, Connecticut. With a abysmal overall grade of F, this nursing home didn't fare well in our assessment. If you are not satisfied with this facility's pedestrian overall grade, you may have to look in other cities as this is the only nursing home in Wallingford. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this facility's category grades, we will discuss nursing in the next section.
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Skyview Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Note: Skyview Center has been flagged for abuse in the past 12 months. We have capped this facility's overall grade accordingly.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Individual
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
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Registered Staff Hours
Nurse Quality
Although we graded this nursing home extremely poorly overall, it received a somewhat respectable nursing score this year. We gave it a B- in this category. In calculating a nursing home's nursing rating, we assess the amount of time nurses are seeing patients and the skill levels of the nurses. This facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This figure is significantly below the national average. Finally, while this place got dinged a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of our quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this metric.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also didn't fare poorly in the area of short-term care. Indeed, we awarded it a grade of C in that area, which turned out to be another one of its more favorable scores. With our short-term care score, we seek to craft a meaningful barometer for rehabilitation services. In doing so, we analyze the facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as speech therapy. Unfortunately, this place was below average in terms of its quantity of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the metrics we assessed. The last measure we looked at in this category is the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 4.5 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Remarkably, we gave this nursing home a grade of C for its long-term care score, which is not too bad of a score. In our long-term care assessment, we look at the sheer quantity of services offered by a nursing home, along with some qualitative statistics. One of the datapoints we considered on top of nursing hours was vaccinations. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to only 89.1791 percent of its patients. Nevertheless, this nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.04 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Facility Inspections
Moving on the last category of inspections, this nursing home had an abysmal showing. It received an F in our inspection rating. This is our most heavily weighted category in our overall grading system. For places with poor inspection ratings, you should really scrutinize any severe deficiencies found on their inspection reports. This facility was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only positive thing we found is that none of the deficiencies were in the categories that suggest that they created a risk to patient health or safety. Lastly, this facility was flagged by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. We prefer to avoid facilities with this designation. Please do your best to find an alternative nursing home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Skyview Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Skyview Center, 10.71% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Skyview Center, 1.49% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percent of long-term stay residents that have sustained falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Skyview Center, 3.75% of Patients had UTIs
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can also be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Skyview Center, 4.44% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to patients for many conditions, such as dementia. Sadly, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Skyview Center, 23.55% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Skyview Center, 33.33% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Some would argue this is a measure of resident quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Skyview Center, 83.85% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Skyview Center, 13.36% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Skyview Center, 11.35% of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term care residents who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry argue that mobility is important for patients physical and mental health.
Hospitalizations
In Skyview Center, 0.04 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Skyview Center, 11.35% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Skyview Center, 9.08% of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Skyview Center, 85.56% of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Midstate Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.14 miles away435 Lewis Avenue Meriden Connecticut 06450Voluntary non-profit - Private(203) 694-8200
- Yale-New Haven HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.45 miles away20 York St New Haven Connecticut 06504Voluntary non-profit - Private(203) 688-4242
- Middlesex HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.5 miles away28 Crescent St Middletown Connecticut 06457Voluntary non-profit - Private(860) 344-6000
- Waterbury HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.99 miles away64 Robbins St Waterbury Connecticut 06721Proprietary(203) 573-6000
- Hospital of Central Connecticut, TheAcute Care Hospitals 14.95 miles away100 Grand Street New Britain Connecticut 06050Voluntary non-profit - Other(860) 224-5011
- Griffin HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 15.02 miles away130 Division St Derby Connecticut 06418Voluntary non-profit - Other(203) 732-7500
- John Dempsey HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 19.92 miles away263 Farmington Ave Farmington Connecticut 06032Government - Local(860) 679-1145
Nearby Dialysis
- Wallingford Dialysis Care LLC2.34 miles away720 N Main Street Ext Suite 3 Wallingford Connecticut 06492Dialysis Stations: 13 (203) 265-0667
- u.s.renal Care North Haven Dialysis2.67 miles away510 Washington Avenue North Haven Connecticut 06473CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (203) 234-7071
- North Haven Dialysis Center2.91 miles away266 State Street Suite 2 North Haven Connecticut 06473Dialysis Stations: 15 (203) 230-1946
- Davita Hamden Dialysis5.65 miles away3000 Dixwell Avenue Suite 100 Hamden Connecticut 06518Dialysis Stations: 21 (203) 281-5361
- Central Ct Dialysis Center6.02 miles away377 Research Parkway Meriden Connecticut 06450Dialysis Stations: 23 (203) 639-2880
- Comprehensive Dialysis Care LLC6.33 miles away61 Pomeroy Ave. Building A Meriden Connecticut 06450Dialysis Stations: 14 (203) 238-1962
- Davita Waterbury Dialysis Center9.16 miles away150 Mattatuck Heights Waterbury Connecticut 06705CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (203) 419-0488
- St. Raphael Dialysis Center - New Haven10.22 miles awayDialysis Unit 137 Water Street New Haven Connecticut 06511CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (203) 772-2421