Wells Nursing Home is an average-sized non-profit facility in Johnstown, New York. We awarded this facility an A- overall grade, ranking it in the top fifth of all facilities in the nation. This is really as good of a place as you'll find. Keep reading to find this nursing home's category ratings, which are also strong. It's hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
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Wells Nursing Home
- Nursing Home
- Adult Day Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
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Facility Inspections
We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility earned near flawless inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. Inspection ratings 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. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was dominant in the area of long-term care, where we gave it a score of A-. Only a select group of nursing homes received a better grade in this category. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to provide patients with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. After we finished looking at the volume of nursing care, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is too frequently a dangerous condition for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a nursing home does not roll the dice on this issue. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Nurse Quality
Among its many impressive grades, this facility received an excellent nursing grade. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in that category. We analyzed the licensure of nurses employed by the facility, in addition to the quantity of time those nurses worked with residents, in computing our score in this area. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
In our last area, we gave this nursing home a grade of A+ for its short-term care rating. This completed a very strong report card. In computing our short-term care grades, we look at the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is more often than not a reliable measure of the nursing home's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 4.7 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Wells Nursing Home Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Wells Nursing Home, 7.31% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Wells Nursing Home, 2.76% of Patients had Serious Falls
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients that suffered falls which resulted in severe injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing grades.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Wells Nursing Home, 6.67% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who have sustained urinary tract infections. UTI's may be a sign of a facility with worst hygiene practices. Nevertheless, this datapoint may also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Wells Nursing Home, 9.47% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Wells Nursing Home, 13.64% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are administered antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Wells Nursing Home, 0% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who are showing symptoms of depression. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Wells Nursing Home, 100% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Wells Nursing Home, 13.06% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Wells Nursing Home, 18.44% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Wells Nursing Home, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Wells Nursing Home, 18.44% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Wells Nursing Home, 10.34% of Patients
This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to assess patient care during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Wells Nursing Home, 83.53% of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Nathan Littauer HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.21 miles away99 East State Street Gloversville New York 12078Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 725-8621
- St Mary's HealthcareAcute Care Hospitals 8.58 miles away427 Guy Park Avenue Amsterdam New York 12010Voluntary non-profit - Private(518) 841-7101
Nearby Dialysis
- Gloversville Dialysis Center5.61 miles away46 Easterly Street Gloversville New York 12078Dialysis Stations: 13 (518) 725-4821
- Mohawk Valley Dialysis Center, Inc.9.88 miles away115 Towne Square Drive Amsterdam New York 12010Dialysis Stations: 15 (518) 627-0280
- Fms-Amsterdam Dialysis Center10.26 miles away1810 Riverfront Center Amsterdam New York 12010Dialysis Stations: 16 (518) 842-4360