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The Care Center at Sunset Lake

  • Nursing Home
  • Memory Care

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: C
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256 Sunset Lake Road,
Liberty NY 12754

(845) 292-8640

70.89% estimated occupancy 1

The Care Center at Sunset Lake is a senior living facility in Liberty, New York. This city has a population of 7,221 people. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road rating. Based on our analysis, there are certainly far worse nursing homes out there. The best part of this place's report card was its remarkable inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Government - County

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling

Awards

Top Nursing Home in New York badge

Top Nursing Home in New York Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Liberty, New York badge

Best Nursing Home in Liberty, New York Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in Liberty, New York badge

Best Nursing Home in Liberty, New York Awards 2020

Best Nursing Home in Liberty, New York badge

Best Nursing Home in Liberty, New York Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

The primary reason this nursing home received a decent overall grade is its excellent health inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our higher scores in that category, with an A. This is a much better grade than the facility's overall score, which was decent but not in the elite range. Inspection scores weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this area tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Based on this, we had a generally favorable view of this facility's recent inspections.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

Another one of this nursing home's better category scores came in the category of long-term care. In that category, we gave this facility a B. It actually fared better than most nursing homes in this category. For patients in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is a very important category. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 77.492874 percent of its patients, which is somewhat below what we expected. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

This facility ended up receiving a an abysmal grade in our short-term care area. It received an F in this area. In the area of short-term care, we seek to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We look at a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Considering its grade in this category, we were not stunned to learn that this place was well below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its patients based on the measures we looked at. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 5 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

The next area we analyzed was nursing, which ended up being this nursing home's weakest category. Sadly, it received an F in this category, which is certainly a major disappointment. In determining a facility's nursing grade, we look at the number of hours nurses are caring for residents as well as the levels of training of those nurses. This place provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing scores. This facility performed well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. Many consider these data points to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

The Care Center at Sunset Lake Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In The Care Center at Sunset Lake, 9.18% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: F

In The Care Center at Sunset Lake, 3.11% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients which experienced a fall which caused severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In The Care Center at Sunset Lake, 2.03% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a nursing home with worse hygiene protocols. However, this statistic may also be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In The Care Center at Sunset Lake, 12.22% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications are sometimes used to treat several conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: F

In The Care Center at Sunset Lake, 13.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term residents taking antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In The Care Center at Sunset Lake, 13.75% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents exhibiting signs of depression. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In The Care Center at Sunset Lake, 90.38% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B

In The Care Center at Sunset Lake, 15.3% Percentage of Patients

This is the percent of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In The Care Center at Sunset Lake, 14.12% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents who maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In The Care Center at Sunset Lake, 1.46 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In The Care Center at Sunset Lake, 14.12 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

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

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In The Care Center at Sunset Lake, 9.74 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In The Care Center at Sunset Lake, 75.23% Percentage of Resident

This metric measures the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts believe that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Catskill Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.5 miles away68 Harris Bushville Road Harris New York 12742Voluntary non-profit - Private(845) 794-3300
  • Ellenville Regional HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 17.19 miles away10 Healthy Way Ellenville New York 12428Voluntary non-profit - Private(845) 647-6400

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Catskill Dialysis Center10.35 miles away139 Forestburgh Rd Monticello New York 12701CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 14 (845) 796-3300