Syracuse Home Association
7740 Meigs Road, Baldwinsville NY 13027 · (315) 638-2521 · 92.75% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Located in Baldwinsville, New York, Syracuse Home Association is the only option we found in this city. This facility is among the most impressive facilities we found. A score in this range requires superb scores across the board. Based on our ratings, you can't go wrong with this place. Headlining this place's stellar profile is its inspection reports, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of being a strong facility overall, it also received A+ government inspections in recent years. Its inspections are nearly flawless. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in this industry.
Nurse Quality
This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing ratings are mostly associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 4.5 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which was among the more impressive figures we found. Lastly, this place was also above average in each of the major quality-based metrics we assessed in this category. By way of illustration, it performed well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Short-term Care Quality
Moving on our next area, this facility was awarded a top-shelf short-term care score. In fact, we awarded it a score of A in this area. Our short-term care grade is generally used to judge a facility's performance with rehabilitation To have highly scored rehabilitation services, facilities generally must provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. Remarkably, this nursing home provides its residents at least one and a half times as many physical therapist hours per week than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. In addition to excelling in the area of physical therapy staffing, we found that it performed as well as just about any nursing home in the nation in this area with 58.2 percent of its residents returning home. Most nursing homes are below 50 percent in this metric.
Long-term Care Quality
Turning to our final category, this nursing home also performed well in our long-term care category. We gave it a B+ in this category. This finalized a very impressive profile. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. After we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 96.73025 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia can be a life threatening health condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Syracuse Home Association Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint gauges the percent of long-term care residents who suffer from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great indicator of nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to poor nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed 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 tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. High levels of depression could be an indicator lower quality care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of erosion of a patient's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
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. There is usually a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the quality of nursing home care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reasonable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better