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The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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5606 15th Ave,
Brooklyn NY 11219

(718) 851-1000

89.36% estimated occupancy 1

The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center is an average-sized nursing home in Brooklyn, New York. Featuring an overall rating of D, this is a subpar facility. Fortunately, if you aren't satisfied with this facility, there are 40 nursing homes to choose from in the city so you should be able to find a better option. We wouldn't blame you if you are ready to stop reading and find another nursing home. However, if you want to learn more about this place's category grades, long-term care grades are discussed in the next section.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

While we did not give this facility a good overall score, we actually awarded it a fairly strong score in the area of long-term care, where it received a B+. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. One of the datapoints we considered in addition to nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 96.21848 percent of its residents. This is a reliable method to minimize unnecessary hospitalizations for the nursing home population. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Facility Inspections

Grade: B-plus

Another strength for this facility is its impeccable health inspections in recent years. We gave them one of our better grades in that area, with an B+. Our inspection grades are tied to many items found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these inspections. You should especially avoid facilities that have severe deficiencies linked to risks to resident well being. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is always a good sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

In addition, we gave this facility a rock-bottom F in the area of short-term care. Short-term care grades are typically employed to grade a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation To provide quality rehabilitation services, facilities generally need to have better levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other types of therapists. As you might expect, we learned that this facility provides substantially less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the typical nursing home. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the percentage of patients that were able to return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 3.9 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below average.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

The last category we rated is nursing. This nursing home was given a poor grade of F in that area. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with levels of nurse staffing. This particular place offered a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This statistic is significantly below the national average. Unfortunately, this nursing home also had abysmal marks in some of the quality-based metrics to pair with its weak nursing hours. We looked at the percent of patients suffering pressure ulcers and we were quite disappointed. This facility was at approximately 150 percent of the national average in this metric.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, 11.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, 1.68% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric indicates the percent of long-term residents which suffered a fall resulting in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, 3.57% of Patients had UTIs

This metric measures the percent of long-term patients who have suffered from UTI's. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it is difficult to compare between facilities due to facilities having inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, 10.36% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term care residents taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B

In The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, 17.75% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents who were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: F

In The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, 75.65% of Patients

This is the percent of patients showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-minus

In The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, 95.82% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, 9.6% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the erosion of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: C

In The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, 9.24% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, 9.24% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center, 84.64% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living usually correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.

Scores for Brooklyn, NY

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

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  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=335104