St Camillus Residential Health Care Facility
813 Fay Road, Syracuse NY 13219 · (315) 488-2951 · 85.42% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
St Camillus Residential Health Care Facility is one of seven available facilities located in Syracuse, New York. With an overall score of B-, this is likely a middle of the road nursing home. This grade is right in line with the city grade in Syracuse. We were also pleased to find that this facility was consistent in all of the major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 284 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Church related
Resident Council:
Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
To pair with its relatively modest overall grade, we awarded this facility an A- for its inspection grade. This grade is far more impressive than its overall score. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple relatively minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also received a favorable long-term care grade. Indeed, we awarded them a grade of B in this area, which happens to be one of our more favorable scores. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 95.331696 percent of its patients, which is better than most nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. We found that this facility had 2.37 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
The third most favorable area we awarded this nursing home in any area came in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. Short-term care scores are important for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional skilled nursing. This includes a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. When we looked at this facility's physical therapist hours, we found it offered more hours of physical therapy per day to its residents than most nursing homes. Finally, we assessed the number of residents that ultimately returned home from this facility. This place performed respectably in this metric with 48.9 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
The next category we graded was nursing. In this category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. The nursing rating analyzes many factors, most of which are based on levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these metrics. With fewer than five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared well in this statistic.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
St Camillus Residential Health Care Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by remaining in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are routinely caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often caused by facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric measures the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term care residents which are administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. High levels of depression could imply worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of residents that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the decline of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term care patients that remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 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 residents that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better