The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Queens is one of just two available nursing homes in Whitestone, New York. With an overall score of B, this nursing home is a fine choice. Based on our ratings, you could do much worse than this place. This place's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection score, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Queens
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
In addition to performing well in its overall grade, this nursing home 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+. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we were able to find information on deficiency's for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a score of A- for our long-term care grade. Nursing homes that do well in this category typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 95.736435 percent of its residents, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded its next most favorable category score in the area of short-term care. We awarded this nursing home a B- in this category, which is a reasonably acceptable grade. Short-term care ratings are based on a nursing home's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, in addition to other forms of therapy. We weren't able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. We found that just 4.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below average.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's least impressive area is nursing, which is the final area we analyzed. In this category, we awarded this nursing home a grade of D. The nursing grade includes many components, but the primary one is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This place provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is an alarmingly low total. Although this place did not excel in the area of nursing hours, it actually surprised us in a few of the quality-based assessments in the nursing category, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home was better than average in this datapoint, which was one redeeming quality we found in this area.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Queens Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Queens, 8.39% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Queens, 2.71% of Patients had Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term care patients who have experienced falls which caused major injury. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing ratings.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Queens, 4.11% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Queens, 4.22% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic measures the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Queens, 8.16% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Queens, 1.64% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents showing symptoms of depression. Some experts argue this is a measure of quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Queens, 96.6% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Queens, 15.06% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and eating.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Queens, 14.8% of Residents
This is the percentage of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Queens, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Queens, 14.8% of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Queens, 7.73% of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Queens, 50.61% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Flushing Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.15 miles away45th Avenue and Parsons Boulevard Flushing New York 11355Voluntary non-profit - Private(718) 670-5000
- Elmhurst Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.71 miles away79-01 Broadway Elmhurst New York 11373Government - Local(718) 334-1141
- Queens Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.88 miles away82-68 164th Street Jamaica New York 11432Government - Local(718) 883-3000
- Jacobi Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.18 miles away1400 Pelham Parkway South Bronx New York 10461Government - Local(718) 918-5000
- Creedmoor Psychiatric CenterPsychiatric 5.34 miles away80-45 Winchester Blvd Bldg B Queens Village New York 11427Government - State(718) 264-4000
- Bronx-Lebanon Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.48 miles away1276 Fulton Avenue Bronx New York 10456Proprietary(212) 588-7000
- North Shore University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.86 miles away300 Community Drive Manhasset New York 11030Voluntary non-profit - Private(516) 562-0100
- Jamaica Hospital Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.94 miles away89th Avenue and Van Wyck Expressway Richmond Hill New York 11418Voluntary non-profit - Private(718) 262-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Queens Dialysis at the Pavilion, LLC1.59 miles away36-17 Parsons Blvd Flushing New York 11354Dialysis Stations: 12 (718) 888-5200
- Crd Associates LLC Cliffside Nursing Home1.87 miles away119-19 Graham Court Att: Dialysis Center Flushing New York 11354Dialysis Stations: 6 (718) 886-0700
- The Rogosin Institute Auburndale Dialysis2.1 miles away39-20 Utopia Parkway Flushing New York 11358CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (347) 783-7700
- Fms-Bayside Dialysis Center2.66 miles away201-10 Northern Boulevard Bayside New York 11361CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (718) 423-6638
- The Ny Hosp Med Ctr of Queens2.81 miles away56-45 Main Street 8th Floor Hemodialysis Unit Flushing New York 11355Dialysis Stations: 4 (718) 670-1258
- Davita Clearview Dialysis2.84 miles away4560 Francis Lewis Blvd Bayside New York 11361Dialysis Stations: 25 (718) 224-2398
- Bronx Center for Renal Dialysis3.61 miles away1010 Underhill Avenue Bronx New York 10472CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (718) 863-8300
- Davita Soundview Dialysis Center3.92 miles away1622-24 Bruckner Blvd Bronx New York 10473CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (718) 861-2334