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Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center

Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B
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1249 Fifth Avenue,
New York NY 10029

(212) 360-1000

77.29% estimated occupancy 1

Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center is a nursing home in New York, New York which has a total of 1,577,385 people. Featuring an overall rating of B, this facility is a great choice. This grade was right in line with the city grade in New York. This nursing home is stronger in some categories than others, but it didn't have any poor grades in any of our major categories discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • Non profit - Church related

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

On top of earning a strong overall grade, this nursing home fared even better in the area of inspections which is associated with the nursing home's recent government inspection reports. We awarded it an A for this area, which is one of our highest scores. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. The fact that the deficiencies were relatively minor leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Additionally, this facility also received favorable long-term care grades this year. Indeed, we gave it one of our better scores in that category, with a score of B+. In a long-term care environment, the primary objective is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 66.82353 percent of its residents for pneumonia. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, we were pleased to find place was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.69 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Our nursing grade focuses on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of training of the nurses and the number of hours spent with patients. This nursing home provides 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Moving on to the final area, this nursing home was awarded a respectable short-term care grade of B-. Short-term care grades are typically employed to score a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To provide highly rated rehabilitation services, facilities generally must offer better levels of skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This facility provided more registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most facilities. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. It performed decently in this area, with 48 percent of its patients returning home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Jun 22

Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, 9.64% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients that developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, 3.1% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-minus

In Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, 2.09% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poorer hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A

In Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, 11.62% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, 13.11% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-plus

In Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, 13.02% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: F

In Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, 92.45% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A

In Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, 14.69% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: F

In Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, 18.9% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, 1.2 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, 18.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A

In Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, 8.78 Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B

In Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center, 74.53% Percentage of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.

Scores for New York, NY

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=335665