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South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center's website

275 W Merrick Road,
Freeport NY 11520

(516) 623-4000

97.1% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Freeport, New York, South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is one of a mere two nursing homes in this city. Sporting an overall score of C, this is likely a solid facility. Based on all of the relevant data, there are definitely much worse facilities out there. One of the major highlights of this facility's report card is its remarkable inspection score, which you can find 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 - Individual
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Bariatric Care
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our highest scores. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being relatively insignificant. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

This facility's long-term care rating turns out to be one of its more favorable features. The nursing home was awarded a B- in this area. In the category of long-term care, we focus on the quantity of care offered by a nursing home, rather than more sophisticated services. After looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 91.83006 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is somewhat below what we were hoping for but still a reasonably acceptable percentage. Fortunately, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

The third area we analyzed is short-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a grade of B-. With our short-term care score, we strive to forge a sound measure for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at a facility's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this facility provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other nursing homes. The more important thing is determining what bearing this had on the quality of care. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 5.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

Switching gears to the last area, this nursing home really did not fare very well. Due to a very poor grade of F in nursing, this was this nursing home's worst category grade. When determining a facility's nursing grade, we consider the amount of time nurses commit to residents as well as the skill levels of those nurses. This facility averaged just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This facility also had terrible marks in some of the quality-based metrics to go along with its weak nursing hours. For starters, we looked at the percent of patients experiencing pressure ulcers. This facility was at more than double the national average in this metric.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: F

In South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 16.1% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure is is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are suffering from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an barometer of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-plus

In South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0.65% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients which suffered falls leading to major injury. We use this statistic in calculating nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 6.87% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by poor nursing care. Closer supervision minimizes the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 9.83% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents given antipsychotic medications. These medications are used for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 18.36% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are given to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 16.61% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 85.62% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these types of vaccines indispensable.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 14.58% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Some experts believe that this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 10.64% of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A

In South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is key to the physical well-being of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 10.64% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 6.06% of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to gauge short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: D

In South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, 61.96% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's generally correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Mercy Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.26 miles away1000 North Village Avenue Rockville Centre New York 11570Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 705-2525
  • Nassau University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.49 miles away2201 Hempstead Turnpike East Meadow New York 11554Government - Local(516) 572-0123
  • Nyu Winthrop HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.74 miles away259 First Street Mineola New York 11501Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 663-0333
  • St Joseph HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.87 miles away4295 Hempstead Turnpike Bethpage New York 11714Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 579-6000
  • St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreAcute Care Hospitals 9.21 miles away327 Beach 19th Street Far Rockaway New York 11691Voluntary non-profit - Church(718) 869-7000
  • Creedmoor Psychiatric CenterPsychiatric 9.44 miles away80-45 Winchester Blvd Bldg B Queens Village New York 11427Government - State(718) 264-4000
  • Plainview HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.47 miles away888 Old Country Road Plainview New York 11803Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 719-3000
  • North Shore University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.48 miles away300 Community Drive Manhasset New York 11030Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 562-0100

Nearby Dialysis

  • Main Street Dialysis Center, LLC0.56 miles away3 North Main Street Freeport New York 11520Dialysis Stations: 24 (516) 771-7112
  • Davita Freeport Kidney Center0.9 miles away351 South Main Street Freeport New York 11520CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (516) 623-1786
  • S. Nassau Communities Hosp.2.02 miles away1 Healthy Way Dialysis - Acute Unit Oceanside New York 11572Dialysis Stations: 3 (516) 632-3944
  • South Nassau Outpatient Dialysis Center2.98 miles away3618 Oceanside Road Oceanside New York 11572CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (516) 255-8000
  • Nassau University Medical Center3.36 miles awayA. Holly Paterson Extended Care Facility 875 Jerusalem Avenue Uniondale New York 11553CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (516) 572-1800
  • Fresenius Kidney Care Bellmore3.42 miles away250 Pettit Avenue Bellmore New York 11710CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (516) 679-3090
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Hempstead3.66 miles away615 Peninsula Boulevard Hempstead New York 11550CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (516) 483-6702
  • Davita Lynbrook Dialysis Center4.82 miles away147 Scranton Avenue Lynbrook New York 11563CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (516) 596-4101

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=335156