Wayne County Nursing Home is a large government-owned facility in Lyons, New York. With an overall grade of B, this nursing home is a great choice. You could definitely do much worse than this place. This place's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.
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Wayne County Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Government - City/county
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Lymphedema Care
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Facility Inspections
On top of being a strong facility overall, this place especially excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A. Not many facilities performed better in this category. Inspection grades are based on datapoints found on 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 places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Unfortunately, we weren't able to track down deficiency counts for this nursing home. Without having deficiency related data for this nursing home, it is challenging to evaluate it in terms of this category.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of long-term care, where it was given a score of B+. It performed better than most nursing homes in this category. For patients seeking a permanent place to live rather than skilled nursing, long-term care grades are very important. After assessing the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 75.89286 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is slightly less than we anticipated but still a respectable percentage. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Nurse Quality
The next highest grade we gave this nursing home came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of B-. This wasn't quite as good as some of its other scores, but a grade in this range is not the end of the world. Our nursing grade is mostly based on the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this place actually fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. In fact, it performed well when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these areas to be reliable measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is just as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.
Short-term Care Quality
Switching gears to the fourth area, this nursing home was awarded a decent short-term care score of C. Short-term care grades are commonly employed to assess a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. In order to provide quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to feature higher levels of skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. It doesn't appear that this nursing home submitted information on registered nurse or physical therapist staffing. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that just 3.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wayne County Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Wayne County Nursing Home, 9.37% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term stay residents which developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are an barometer of nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Wayne County Nursing Home, 7.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many experts to be a measure of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are routinely the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Wayne County Nursing Home, 2.88% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Wayne County Nursing Home, 11.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of long-term residents receiving antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Wayne County Nursing Home, 15.04% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. These drugs are generally used to treat residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Wayne County Nursing Home, 1.12% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Wayne County Nursing Home, 86.72% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Wayne County Nursing Home, 15.82% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Wayne County Nursing Home, 16.27% of Residents
This is the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Wayne County Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to the physical health of nursing home residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Wayne County Nursing Home, 16.27% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Wayne County Nursing Home, 21.68% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Wayne County Nursing Home, 91.31% of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Newark-Wayne Community HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.58 miles away111 Driving Park Avenue Newark New York 14513Voluntary non-profit - Private(315) 332-2022
- Clifton Springs Hospital and ClinicAcute Care Hospitals 9.1 miles away2 Coulter Road Clifton Springs New York 14432Voluntary non-profit - Private(315) 462-9561
- F F Thompson HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.54 miles away350 Parrish Street Canandaigua New York 14424Voluntary non-profit - Private(585) 396-6000
Nearby Dialysis
- Newark Wayne Dialysis Center3.97 miles away1120 South Main Street Newark New York 14513Dialysis Stations: 14 (315) 331-6958
- Fresenius Kidney Care - Newark4.1 miles away305 West Shore Boulevard Newark New York 14513CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (315) 331-2472
- Geneva General Hospital13.2 miles away196 North Street Dialysis Unit Geneva New York 14456Dialysis Stations: 13 (315) 787-4580
- Fms-Finger Lakes18.4 miles away6385 Victor Manchester Road Victor New York 14564Dialysis Stations: 12 (585) 742-1370