Waters Edge at Port Jefferson for Rehab and Nrsg
150 Dark Hollow Road, Port Jefferson NY 11777 · (631) 473-5400 · 93.58% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Waters Edge at Port Jefferson for Rehab and Nrsg is located in Port Jefferson, New York. This nursing home proved to be a solid facility, with an overall grade of C. Based on our analysis, there are certainly far worse places out there. The best part of this facility's report card is its remarkable inspection score. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
We want to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home outperformed its overall score in the category of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent government inspection report this year. As a result, we gave it one of our best scores in this category with an A+. Our inspection scores are tied to several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that score well in this category tend to have very few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. 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 a generally positive view of this nursing home's recent inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's next highest area turned out to be its long-term care score, where it was awarded a B-. In our long-term care rating, we focus more on the sheer volume of services offered by a facility, as well as a handful of qualitative datapoints. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 93.13432 percent of its patients. This is slightly less than we anticipated but still a decent figure. Nevertheless, this facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 1.69 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
We also gave this nursing home a middle of the pack score in the category of short-term care, where we gave it a C. Our short-term care grade is typically employed to gauge a nursing home's rehabilitation services In order to offer highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must feature higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This nursing home boosted its score in this category by offering more physical therapy hours to its residents than the average facility. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This place outperformed the majority of nursing homes in the nation with 54.4 percent of its residents returning home. This is a higher rate than most facilities.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home's weakest category is nursing, which is the final area we analyzed. It received an F for this area. In spite of multiple respectable grades in other categories, this grade is nevertheless disappointing so we felt obligated to make sure you are aware. Our nursing rating analyzes the nursing home's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of licensure of those nurses and the amount of time spent with patients. This place averaged a meager 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. In addition to receiving below average scores for nursing hours, this facility was a bit less impressive in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at in determining our nursing grades. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing pressure ulcers and found that this place was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in this statistic. This is a bad sign when you consider that so many bed sores are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. This statistic pulled down this nursing home's nursing rating substantially.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Waters Edge at Port Jefferson for Rehab and Nrsg Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a fall which caused severe injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to insufficient hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to patients for many medical conditions, including cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a nursing home 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 prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are administered to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression. High rates of depression may be a sign a less hospitable environment.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of erosion of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
Measures the percent of long-term patients that maintained mobility. Some experts believe that mobility is important for patients health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is key to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Keeping residents out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This indicates the percentage of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better