Smithtown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Care
391 North Country Road, Smithtown NY 11787 · (631) 361-2020 · 99.01% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Smithtown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Care is a large nursing home located in Smithtown, New York. We gave this facility an overall grade of B+. A score in this range requires favorable marks in most areas. Based on our assessment, you could do much worse than this facility. We were also pleased to find that this nursing home did not have any weak links in any of the four major categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 162 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall rating, this nursing home received an A+ inspection rating. This is based on its recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can pay to a facility. Inspection grades take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility fared well in our long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. Once we assessed the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 93.40206 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be a few points lower than we expected but still a respectable figure. This facility also keeps its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.39 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Nurse Quality
Turning to the category of nursing care, this facility didn't perform quite as well in this area as some of the categories discussed above. Nevertheless, a grade of B- in this category is by no means a bad score. The nursing grade is based on many datapoints, however, the most important one is the level of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home averages 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based metrics, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed admirably in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we scored is short-term care, in which this facility received a grade of B-. While this proved to be its poorest category rating, this is nevertheless not a bad grade. Short-term care ratings are important for people in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing. This means a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Remarkably, this facility provides its residents with at least 50% more physical therapist hours per week than the average facility. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that it was respectable in this area with 45.4 percent of its residents returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Smithtown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term residents which sustained falls leading to severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indicator of lower levels of patient supervision.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between facilities due to differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and bathing.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who were able to retain mobility. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better