Williamsbridge Manor for Rehabilitation and Nursing
1540 Tomlinson Avenue, Bronx NY 10461 · (718) 892-6600 · 94.28% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Williamsbridge Manor for Rehabilitation and Nursing is in the large metropolitan area of Bronx, New York. This facility received an overall grade of D in our grading scheme. We ranked this as one of the five worst rated facilities in Bronx. In a city with countless other facilities, you will probably be able to find an alternative. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this facility's report card is its strong inspection score. You can continue reading to learn more about inspections and other category scores
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 77 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
Although we didn't rate this facility favorably overall, we actually gave it an excellent score in the area of inspections, where it received an A-. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. It is generally best to avoid places that had too many deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not the end of the world.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's long-term care grade turns out to be one of its higher scores. The facility received a B- in this category. Our long-term care ratings are more critical for residents requiring more conventional assistance associated with activities of daily living. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 99.609375 percent of its patients, which is higher than the average nursing home. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. Here we found that this place had 2.95 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. While this figure is quite a bit higher than the national average, this number may be skewed for some facilities due to the medical complexity of residents.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility wound up receiving a a very poor score in our short-term care category. It was given an F in this area. Our short-term care grade is often employed to measure a facility's performance with rehabilitation In order to offer highly scored rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must have higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other types of therapists. Not surprisingly based on its grade in this area, this place was well below average in one of the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied substantially fewer registered nurse hours per patient than most other nursing homes. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely was not a strength for this facility. We found that just 24.9 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most facilities, around half of their residents are able to return home so this is well below average.
Nurse Quality
Turning to our next category, this nursing home really didn't perform very well here either. With a poor grade of F in nursing, this is just about as as uninspiring as it gets. Our nursing score assesses many subcategories, however, the primary consideration is the level of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is slightly below average. Unfortunately, this facility also had terrible marks in some of the quality-based metrics to pair with its weak nursing hours. We looked at the percent of patients sustaining pressure ulcers and we were disappointed. This place was at roughly 1.5 times the national average in this area.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Williamsbridge Manor for Rehabilitation and Nursing Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay residents that have new or worsened pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a solid indicator of a facility's nursing care quality.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term care residents who experienced falls resulting in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Additional nurse staffing can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are typically used to treat residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percentage of residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. High levels of depression may be an indicator worse patient care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percentage of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
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. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term stay residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better