Tarrytown Hall Care Center

In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this facility performed at an even higher level in the area of inspections. In fact, it received a nearly flawless inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher scores in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

This nursing home really excelled in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a grade of A-. Few facilities performed more favorably in this area. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure patients are well cared for. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 35.38874 percent of its patients. This is somewhat below what we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C. This facility didn't perform quite as well in this category as it did in some other categories. Nevertheless, this is still a respectable score. The nursing grade includes several factors, however, the primary consideration is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident each day. This figure is significantly below the national average. Finally, while this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of our quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its patients experiencing pressure ulcers, it fared very well in this subcategory.

The final area we rated is short-term care, which proved to be this nursing home's weakest category. We gave this nursing home a D in this category. Of course, this score pulled down the facility's overall grade a bit. Our short-term care ratings are likely more important for residents in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing services. This includes not only nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we found that this place provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. This definitely was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 4.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most facilities, about half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.