Waterville Residential Care Center is the sole option we identified in Waterville, New York. We gave this nursing home an overall grade of D. A grade of this caliber generally indicates a few concerning datapoints. This isn't the worse nursing home we found, however, we'd still struggle to recommend it. If you aren't deterred by this nursing home's profile, feel free to continue reading to learn more about its category grades. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.
Waterville Residential Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- No Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
While we were not high on this nursing home's overall score, it received a very impressive inspection report this year. In fact, it received an excellent inspection report this year. As a result, it earned one of our highest grades in that category with an A. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating these inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these can be relatively minor. This facility was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of these deficiencies to create an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a middle of the pack grade in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a C. Short-term care grades are generally employed to score a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To provide highly graded rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Unfortunately, this place was below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. The critical question is whether this also affected quality of care. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.
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Nurse Quality
This facility ended up receiving rock bottom score in our nursing category. It received an F in this category. The nursing score consists of quite a few components, however, the primary consideration is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. With a meager 0.2 hours of nursing care per patient each day, this facility's nurse staffing levels were far below average. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing ratings. This facility performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded was long-term care. It received a lowly F in this category, which is a bottom of the barrel score. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in this category it is a bad sign for patient care and it may mean that the place is not as well-staffed. One of the data points we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccinations. We were a bit concerned this facility provided the pneumonia vaccine to only 73.07693 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Waterville Residential Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Waterville Residential Care Center, 9.58% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of long-term residents who developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Waterville Residential Care Center, 3.04% of Patients had Serious Falls
This gauges the percent of long-term care residents which sustained a fall which caused serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be an indicator of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Waterville Residential Care Center, 2.1% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often linked to worse hygiene protocols. Closer supervision minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Waterville Residential Care Center, 11.59% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Waterville Residential Care Center, 13.3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This gauges the percentage of long-term patients that are prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Waterville Residential Care Center, 13.2% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Waterville Residential Care Center, 91.26% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Waterville Residential Care Center, 14.75% Percentage of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath. Many in the industry argue that this is a reasonable measure of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Waterville Residential Care Center, 17.32% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who remained mobile levels. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Waterville Residential Care Center, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Waterville Residential Care Center, 17.32 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Waterville Residential Care Center, 8.8 Percentage 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 typically a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Waterville Residential Care Center, 75.07% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of independence with ADL's often correlates with superior rehabilitation services.
Nearby Hospitals
- Community Memorial Hospital, IncCritical Access Hospitals 11.42 miles away150 Broad Street Hamilton New York 13346Voluntary non-profit - Private(315) 824-1100
- St Elizabeth Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.25 miles away2209 Genesee Street Utica New York 13501Voluntary non-profit - Private(315) 798-8100
- Mohawk Valley Psychiatric CenterPsychiatric 13.55 miles away1400 Noyes St Utica New York 13502Government - Local(315) 797-6800
- Oneida Health HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.93 miles away321 Genesee Street Oneida New York 13421Voluntary non-profit - Other(315) 363-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Faxton St Luke's Healthcare - Hamilton10.93 miles away10 Eaton Street, Suite 102 Hamilton New York 13346Dialysis Stations: 8 (315) 824-2513
- Faxton-St. Lukes Healthcare12.93 miles away1676 Sunset Ave Utica New York 13502CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (315) 624-5660
- Fslh-St. Luke's Home Renal Dialysis14.18 miles away1650 Champlain Avenue Utica New York 13502Dialysis Stations: 8 (315) 624-8998
- Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare - Masonic14.74 miles away2150 Bleeker Street Utica New York 13501Dialysis Stations: 20 (315) 724-3897
- Utica Partners LLC16.42 miles away2142 Glenwood Shopping Plaza Oneida New York 13421Dialysis Stations: 8 (315) 363-1393
- Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare17.53 miles away131 Main Street Suite 101 Oneida New York 13421Dialysis Stations: 8 (315) 366-0360