Terrace View Long Term Care Facility
462 Grider Street, Buffalo NY 14215 · (716) 551-7100 · 98.87% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Terrace View Long Term Care Facility is located in Buffalo, New York. The city has several options. This is a subpar facility, with an overall grade of D. Based on our assessment, we would be very reluctant to recommend this facility. More information on this nursing home's category grades may be found below. Its best category was inspections, which is discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 390 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although this place's overall score was not a highlight, it received a somewhat respectable score in the category of inspections. We awarded it a grade of B- for that area, which is a decent score. We would argue that one of the most important factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. We especially look at the severity of those 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. Lastly, this nursing home was cited by CMS for possible abuse or neglect. This is generally a really bad sign. We would never recommend this facility.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. Our nursing rating analyzes the facility's level of nurse staffing. We weigh both the levels of training of the nurses and the quantity of hours spent with residents. This nursing home provides an impressive 4.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grade also includes applicable quality-based measures. While this nursing home excelled in terms of quantity of nursing hours, it fell short in certain metrics that focused on quality. This facility's nursing grade was pulled down by its subpar performance in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers. We found that 13.3 percent of this nursing home's residents were suffering from pressure ulcers. Since many pressure ulcers could be avoided with sufficient nursing protocols, we reduce a nursing home's nursing score when we find this kind of frequency of pressure ulcers.
Short-term Care Quality
The next highest area we gave this facility in any category came in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of B-. In computing these short-term care ratings, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The objective is to devise a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. One of this nursing home's strengths is registered nurse hours. We found that it offers more care from registered nurses to its residents than most facilities. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that it also fared well in this area with 59.6 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we rated is long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a B- in that category. Long-term care grades are used to assess a nursing home's performance as a traditional nursing home, as opposed to focusing more on the skilled nursing services provided by a skilled nursing facility. This facility's vaccination statistics lagged a bit behind a few of the other data points in this category, such as its nursing hours data. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to just 87.11839 percent of its patients. We would like to see some improvement herein this statistic in the future. Nevertheless, this nursing home keeps its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.22 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a significantly lower hospitalization rate than the majority of nursing homes.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Terrace View Long Term Care Facility Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This statistic gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who suffer from pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents that have sustained a fall which caused major injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who suffered from UTI's. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is problematic to compare different nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic drugs are administered to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in some 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 indicates the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting signs of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility. Many in the industry argue that mobility is critical to residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
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.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better