The Plaza Rehab and Nursing Center
100 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx NY 10468 · (718) 410-1500 · 87.09% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With more than 20 options to choose from in Bronx, New York, The Plaza Rehab and Nursing Center is one of many possibilities. We gave this nursing home a C overall, which is not a bad grade. This is comparable with the city grade in Bronx, which is a B-. Based on our ratings, this nursing home has some redeeming qualities. One of the major highlights of this facility's profile is its stellar inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 816 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Partnership
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
While this facility's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A+ for that category, which is one of our highest scores. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these issues by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. 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. Based on this, we had favorable view of this nursing home's inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also performed well in the area of long-term care, with top notch score of A- in this area. When facilities receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. After we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 99.11538 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a life threatening health condition for nursing home patients so we prefer when a facility does not leave this to chance. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Although it had 3.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was middle of the road due to it having some more complex patients.
Short-term Care Quality
Tragically, we gave this facility an F for its short-term care grade. Our short-term care grades are crucial for individuals requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. With a grade of this caliber for this category, we weren't stunned to discover this facility was well below average in several staffing metrics we focus on. The nursing home provided far fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most other nursing homes. The final statistic we assessed in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 35.1 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor statistics doomed this facility's short-term care score.
Nurse Quality
Turning to our final category, this nursing home did not fare well. Due to a very poor grade of F in nursing, this is this facility's poorest category grade. The nursing score features numerous data points. The most heavily weighted one is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This place offered a meager 2.9 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Finally, we also looked at a few quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This facility was above average in two of the major statistics we focus on, with good scores for avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Plaza Rehab and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who have suffered a fall leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure measures the percentage of long-term residents who suffered from urinary tract infections. UTI's could be an indication of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint can be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure gauges the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications 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 percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percentage of patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percent of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percentage of short-term residents that experienced functional improvements.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better