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Wells Nursing Home

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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201 W Madison Avenue,
Johnstown NY 12095

(518) 762-4546

85.6% estimated occupancy 1

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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Quick Details

  • 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

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

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

Grade: A-minus

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.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

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

Grade: B-plus

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.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Wells Nursing Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

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

Grade: B

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

Grade: F

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

Grade: A-minus

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

Grade: A-minus

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

Grade: A+

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

Grade: A

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

Grade: B-plus

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

Grade: B-plus

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

Grade: A

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

Grade: B-minus

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

Grade: B-plus

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

Grade: B-plus

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.

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Nearby Dialysis

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