Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation

2340 Cropsey Drive, Brooklyn, New York 11214

Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation is located in Brooklyn, New York. It has 240 certified beds that have been approved by the federal government to participate in Medicare and Medicaid, with an average of 225.5 residents per day. Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation is not in a Continuing Care Retirement Community, and it is not in a hospital. It has a resident and family council to facilitate communications with the staff. The facility is a for profit partnership doing business under the legal business name of Haym Salomon Home for the Aged, LLC. The overall rating for Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation is “average” or 3 out of 5 stars.

Health Inspections

Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation’s star rating for health inspections is 2 stars which is a “below average” rating. New York State inspectors regularly conduct full inspections of nursing homes for compliance with federal Medicare and Medicaid regulations. In addition, at any time during the year a nursing home may also be inspected based on a complaint submitted by a resident or based on an incident self-reported by the facility.

The date of the most recent health inspection of Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation was June 6, 2018. In that report 5 health citations were noted. The average number of citations for New York is 4.8 and the average number of citations in the United States is 7.8.

During the inspection, three of the deficiencies noted included:

• The facility did not ensure that a resident's dignity was maintained. Specifically, a resident
  was observed multiple times, in the public areas, wearing a hospital-type gown.
• The facility did not ensure that residents' personal privacy was maintained. Specifically, a
  staff member was observed videotaping multiple residents with a personal phone in the day
  room. The recreation leader was interviewed and stated she was videotaping the resident because the daughter always wants to see a video. The recreation leader further
  stated that this was not the first time she has recorded videos and taken photographs to
  send to a family. She also stated that she is fully aware of the protocol that the family
  has to verbally agree to it. She was not sure whether a signed consent is needed. She
  denied sharing photos and videos on social media.
• The facility did not ensure a resident was free from neglect. Specifically, a CNA did not follow the plan of care and provide necessary supervision to a resident during a shower. The CNA showered a confused resident alone when the plan of care required a two-person assist for showers. The CNA left the resident alone in the shower room, and the resident fell from the shower chair. After the resident fell, the CNA did not call for the assistance of a nurse, picked the resident up alone, and placed the resident back onto the shower chair.

Staffing

According to the CMS, higher staffing levels may mean higher quality of care for residents. Thus, the CMS reviews the staffing levels. For example, the CMS looks at the number of hours per resident of licensed nurses, registered nurses, and physical therapists. Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation received a below average rating for staffing. This means that it received two stars out of a possible five.

The total number of licensed nurse staff hours per resident per day at Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation is 1 hour and 44 minutes whereas the New York average is 1 hour and 33 minutes and the national average is 1 hour and 33 minutes. The registered nurse hours per resident per day at the facility is 40 minutes compared to 42 minutes for New York and 41 minutes for the United States. Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation provides physical therapy staff hours per resident per day an average of 10 minutes. The New York average in this category is 7 minutes, while the national average is 5 minutes. However, not all nursing home residents require physical therapy.

Quality of resident care CMS reviews nursing home records for information related to a number of areas related to patient health. Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation’s star rating for overall quality of resident care is 5 stars. Facilities are also rated on their quality of care for short-stay residents and long-stay residents. Short-stay residents are those who spent 100 days or less in a nursing home, or residents covered under the Medicare Part A Skilled Nursing Facility benefit. Long-stay residents are those who spent over 100 days in a nursing home. Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation also received 5-star ratings for both short-stay residents and long-stay residents.

Short-stay residents. For short-stay residents, the CMS reviews resident records related to hospitalizations, illness, mobility, flu and pneumonia prevention, and rate of returning home.

• Hospitalizations: 20.6% of Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation’s short-stay residents were re-hospitalized after a nursing home admission. This is consistent with the New York average of 20.4% and slightly better than the national average of 22.6%.
• Pressure ulcers. Bedsores, also referred to as pressure ulcers, are injuries to skin and underlying tissue resulting from prolonged pressure on the skin, such as staying in one position for a long time. 0.2% of the skilled nursing facility residents at Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation had pressure ulcers that were new or worsened while residing at this facility. The national average is 1.6%.
• Mobility. For Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation, the percentage of short-stay residents who improved in their ability to move around on their own is 67.3%, which is in line with both the New York rate of 67.7% and the national rate of 66.8%.
• Flu and pneumonia. Nursing facilities are also evaluated for their flu and pneumonia prevention measures. 84.7% of Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation’s short-stay residents received the needed flu shot for current flu season. This percentage is slightly better than both the New York and national averages which stand at 82.6% and 82.3%, respectively. As for the percentage of short-stay residents who needed and got a vaccine to prevent pneumonia, the percentage for Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation is 87.9%, while the average for New York is 79.3% and the average for the nation is 83.2%.
• Returning home. The goal for short-stay residents is generally for them to ultimately return home. For Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation the Rate of successful return to home and community is better than the national rate of 48.6%.

Long-stay residents. The CMS reviews similar statistics for long-stay residents.

• Hospitalizations: For Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation, the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 long-stay resident days is 2.18, which is higher than both the New York average of 1.55, and the national average of 1.75. As for the number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1,000 long-stay residents, for Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation the number of days is 0.41, while the New York average is 0.74, and the national average is 1.03.
• Falls. The percentage of long-stay residents at Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation experiencing one or more falls with major injury is 2.7%, while the New York average is 2.9%, and the national average is 3.4%.
• Pressure ulcers. The percentage of long-stay high-risk residents at Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation with pressure ulcers is 14.3%, compared to the New York average of 8.6% and the national average of 7.4%.
• Mobility. For Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation, percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened is 11.9%, while the New York rate is 16.0% and the national rate is 17.9%
• Flu and pneumonia. Nursing facilities are also evaluated for their flu and pneumonia prevention measures. 94.5% of Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation’s long-stay residents received the needed flu shot for current flu season. This percentage is lower than both the New York and national averages which stand at 97.0% and 95.6%, respectively. As for the percentage of long-stay residents who needed and got a vaccine to prevent pneumonia, the percentage for Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation is 99.2%, which is higher than both the New York and national averages of 93.6% and 93.7%.
• Depression. Nursing facilities are also evaluated for the rate at which long-stay residents show signs of depression. For Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation, the percentage of long-stay residents who have symptoms of depression is 1.7% compared to the New York average of 6.0% and the national average of 4.6%.

Penalties

When a nursing home gets a serious citation or takes too long to fix a problem for which it received a citation, that facility may be assessed a penalty. The federal government assessed Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation a fine of $6,893 on June 8, 2018.

*Disclaimer

The information about the performance of Haym Salomon Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation is from Medicare.gov and is based on past performance. Past performance is not an indicator of future performance. Further, we recommend that you check the statistics yourself at Medicare.gov for both accuracy and updates. Choosing a nursing home is a very difficult decision, and we make no representation as to the quality of any of the facilities or their ratings on the site.

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