Trustees of Eastern Star Hall & Home of the N Y S is an average-sized non-profit facility in Oriskany, New York. We gave this facility an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top fifth of all facilities in the United States. Based on our assessment, you can't go wrong with this place. As you can find below, this place also performed just fine in our category grades. It's hard to poke holes in this nursing home's profile.
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Trustees of Eastern Star Hall & Home of the N Y S
- Nursing Home
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Grade: A-minus
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Colostomy Care
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Facility Inspections
Grade: A-plus
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Our inspection scores are tied to several datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that the government inspectors did not deem 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 an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
Grade: A
We also wanted to note the fact that this nursing home was given a top-shelf score of A in our long-term care area. When facilities receive this kind of grade in long-term care it is typically a good sign for patient care and suggests that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we looked at the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 97.26028 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
Grade: B-plus
This facility is also above average in the area of short-term care, where it was awarded a score of B+. It performed better than most nursing homes in this area. In the category of short-term care, we try to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we considered in this category is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the facility. We found that 5.1 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.
Nurse Quality
Grade: B
The last category we scored is nursing. In this category, we gave this facility a strong grade of B. Our nursing rating consists of many factors, however, the most important consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as good indicators of the caliber of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Trustees of Eastern Star Hall & Home of the N Y S Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
Grade: C
In Trustees of Eastern Star Hall & Home of the N Y S, 9.78% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric indicates the percent of long-term patients who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
Grade: D
In Trustees of Eastern Star Hall & Home of the N Y S, 6.85% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of long-term patients which had a fall leading to major injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
Grade: C
In Trustees of Eastern Star Hall & Home of the N Y S, 3.1% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
Grade: B-plus
In Trustees of Eastern Star Hall & Home of the N Y S, 12.33% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic drugs. These medications may be used for a variety of conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
Grade: B-plus
In Trustees of Eastern Star Hall & Home of the N Y S, 17.14% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
Grade: B
In Trustees of Eastern Star Hall & Home of the N Y S, 3.85% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Grade: B-minus
In Trustees of Eastern Star Hall & Home of the N Y S, 95.3% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Grade: B-minus
In Trustees of Eastern Star Hall & Home of the N Y S, 17.29% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the erosion of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Grade: A
In Trustees of Eastern Star Hall & Home of the N Y S, 26.4% of Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility. Some argue that the ability to move around is important for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
Grade: B
In Trustees of Eastern Star Hall & Home of the N Y S, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Keeping residents out of the hospital is key to maintaining the physical health of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Grade: D
In Trustees of Eastern Star Hall & Home of the N Y S, 26.4% of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Grade: B-plus
In Trustees of Eastern Star Hall & Home of the N Y S, 9.58% of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the overall quality of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Grade: D
In Trustees of Eastern Star Hall & Home of the N Y S, 64.66% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
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