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Williamsville Suburban

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: D
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Williamsville Suburban's website

163 South Union Road,
Buffalo NY 14221

(716) 276-1900

77.04% estimated occupancy 1

Williamsville Suburban is a very-large nursing home located in Buffalo, New York. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of D. A score of this caliber typically indicates some red flags. Fortunately, this nursing home is one of 19 nursing homes in this city so if you aren't impressed, you should have better options. Despite all this, one of the few highlights of this nursing home's report card is its strong inspection score. You can scroll down to find out about inspections and other category grades

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company

Specialized Services

  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Pharmacy

Registered Staff Hours

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

While this nursing home's overall grade was not a highlight, it actually excelled in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it an A for that area, which is one of our best scores. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: C

This facility's second highest area turned out to be long-term care. In that category, we awarded this nursing home a C. In a long-term care environment, the primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 98.666664 percent of its residents, which is more than most nursing homes. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

Moving on to the category of short-term care, this facility was awarded just a D in that category. In the area of short-term care, we try to evaluate indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical and occupational therapists. Not surprisingly, we found that this nursing home provides far less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 4.9 percent of its patients returning home.

Nurse Quality

Grade: F

The last area we rated was nursing. This facility was given a rock bottom grade of F in this category. There are many factors included in this area. Many of the factors relate to nurse staffing. This place provided only 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient per day. This is well below average. In addition to rating below average in nursing hours per resident, this facility also had poor scores in the quality-based measures we looked at in computing our nursing scores. We looked at the percentage of residents sustaining pressure ulcers and major falls. This facility was at roughly 150 percent of the national average in both of these data points. This is likely a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. These scores pulled down this facility's nursing grade significantly.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

Williamsville Suburban Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: D

In Williamsville Suburban, 13.4% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: D

In Williamsville Suburban, 6.67% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care residents who suffered a fall which caused severe 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

Grade: B-plus

In Williamsville Suburban, 1.18% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely associated with facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Williamsville Suburban, 11.24% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care patients taking antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs serve an important medical purpose, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Williamsville Suburban, 14.93% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This measures the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Williamsville Suburban, 6.77% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In Williamsville Suburban, 98.59% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: D

In Williamsville Suburban, 23.84% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In Williamsville Suburban, 14.6% of Residents

This metric measures the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Williamsville Suburban, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In Williamsville Suburban, 14.6% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In Williamsville Suburban, 15.26% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: C

In Williamsville Suburban, 71.75% of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Scores for Buffalo, NY

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

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Nearby Dialysis

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