Terrace View Long Term Care Facility is a very-large hospital-based nursing home located in Buffalo, New York. This facility was awarded an A- overall, which is among the best scores we offer. A grade in this range requires superb marks across the board. Even in a city of 20 other nursing homes, this facility is a great option. If you look further down this page, you will see this place's category ratings, which are also impressive.
Terrace View Long Term Care Facility
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Government - County
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Optometry
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection grades weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better grades in this category generally have few 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also was awarded a fine short-term care grade. This actually ended up being this nursing home's second most impressive category score. In that category, this facility received a score of A. Short-term care ratings are based in part on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. We were not able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.1 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, we gave them one of our better scores in our long-term care category as well, with a B. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary objective is to keep patients as healthy and safe as possible. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. One of the statistics we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 84.43432 percent of its patients. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
Nurse Quality
The final area we rated is nursing, in which this nursing home received a B. Believe it or not, this proved to be this facility's least impressive category. A nursing home is doing something right when it's worst score still rates higher than most other facilities. Nursing scores are tied to quality and quantity of nursing care. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place New York in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a policy of turning residents more frequently.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Terrace View Long Term Care Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Terrace View Long Term Care Facility, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric measures the percentage of long-term residents which suffered from pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Terrace View Long Term Care Facility, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure gauges the percent of long-term patients which sustained a fall which caused severe injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Terrace View Long Term Care Facility, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are associated with inadequate hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Terrace View Long Term Care Facility, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Terrace View Long Term Care Facility, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Terrace View Long Term Care Facility, 13.2% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients showing depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Terrace View Long Term Care Facility, 91.26% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Terrace View Long Term Care Facility, 14.75% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the decline of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Terrace View Long Term Care Facility, 17.32% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of patients who maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Terrace View Long Term Care Facility, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Terrace View Long Term Care Facility, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Terrace View Long Term Care Facility, 8.8 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Terrace View Long Term Care Facility, 75.07% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements.
Scores for Buffalo, 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-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Buffalo, New York has 19 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Erie County Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0 miles away462 Grider Street Buffalo New York 14215Voluntary non-profit - Private(716) 898-3936
- Sisters of Charity HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.05 miles away2157 Main Street Buffalo New York 14214Voluntary non-profit - Private(716) 862-1000
- Kaleida HealthAcute Care Hospitals 2.61 miles away100 High Street Buffalo New York 14210Voluntary non-profit - Private(716) 859-8620
- Kenmore Mercy HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.3 miles away2950 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo New York 14217Voluntary non-profit - Church(716) 447-6100
- Mercy Hospital of BuffaloAcute Care Hospitals 5.59 miles away565 Abbott Road Buffalo New York 14220Voluntary non-profit - Private(716) 826-7000
- Western Ny Childrens Psychiatric CenterPsychiatric 7.9 miles away1010 East & West Road Buffalo New York 14224Government - State(716) 677-7000
- Niagara Falls Memorial Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.96 miles away621 Tenth Street Niagara Falls New York 14302Voluntary non-profit - Other(716) 278-4000
- Mount St Mary's Hospital and Health CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.7 miles away5300 Military Road Lewiston New York 14092Voluntary non-profit - Church(716) 297-4800
Nearby Dialysis
- Erie County Medical Center0.17 miles away462 Grider Street Dialysis Unit Buffalo New York 14215Dialysis Stations: 36 (716) 898-1400
- Davita Cleve Hill Dialysis Center1.72 miles away1461 Kensington Avenue Buffalo New York 14215CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (716) 831-8892
- Liberty Rc, Inc.3.03 miles away699 Hertel Ave Buffalo New York 14207Dialysis Stations: 17 (716) 871-4172
- Fms-Kenmore Artificial Kidney Center3.14 miles away1508 Sheridan Drive Buffalo New York 14217CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (716) 871-9988
- Davita Buffalo Downtown Dialysis3.18 miles away520 Ellicott St Suite 100 Buffalo New York 14203Dialysis Stations: 13 (716) 845-5101
- Us Renal Care Amherst Dialysis3.78 miles away2880, Sheridan Dr Tonawanda New York 14150Dialysis Stations: 13 (716) 541-9165
- Us Renal Care West Cheektowaga3.78 miles away2861 Harlem Road Buffalo New York 14225CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (716) 891-7429
- Us Renal Care Cheektowaga Dialysis4.62 miles away2875 Union Road, Suite 13 C/D Buffalo New York 14227CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (716) 684-0276