Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center
1249 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10029 · (212) 360-1000 · 79.01% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
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 should work for most prospective patients. We were pleased to learn that this was in line with the other nursing homes in New York, which is one of the better cities in New York to find a nursing home. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 679 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Church related
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
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.
Nurse Quality
Adding to this nursing home's list of strengths, it also received an excellent nursing grade. We awarded them an impressive grade of A- in this category. Our nursing grade is mostly based on the nursing home's nurse staffing. With 4.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily, this facility surpassed the vast majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the number of its patients suffering falls which lead to serious injury, this nursing home performed as well as any facility in the nation.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home is also strong in the area of long-term care, where it was awarded a grade of B+. It outperformed most facilities in this category. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence rather than skilled nursing, long-term care is a very important category. This facility's vaccination records lagged a bit behind a few of its other statistics in this area, such as its number of nursing hours per resident. It provided the pneumonia vaccine to just 84.26556 percent of its patients. We'd love to see some improvement herein this statistic next year. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, at least this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.69 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we graded was short-term care. We awarded this nursing home one of our better grades in this area, with a B. This nursing home turned out to be very solid in each area we assessed. In calculating our short-term care scores, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to formulate a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. This nursing home excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. The facility supplied more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the typical nursing home. This is usually an excellent sign. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this nursing home. We found that 44.6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term care residents which sustained falls leading to major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses 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.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
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.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
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.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
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.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
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.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better