Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home

191 06 Hillside, Hollis, New York 11423

Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home is in Hollis, New York. It has 80 certified beds that have been approved by the federal government to participate in Medicare and Medicaid, with an average of 77.3 residents per day. Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home is not in a continuing care retirement community, and it is not in a hospital. It has a family council to facilitate communications with the staff. The facility is a for profit corporation doing business under the legal business name of Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home Inc.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gives each nursing home an overall rating* on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. The overall rating for Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home is “average” or 3 stars. The nursing facilities are also regularly inspected to ensure that they are following fire safety rules.

Health Inspections

New York State inspectors regularly conduct full inspections of nursing homes for compliance with federal Medicare and Medicaid regulations. Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home’s star rating for health inspections is 3 stars. The date of the most recent health inspection of Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home was August 28, 2018. As a result of that inspection 6 citations were issues which is more than the New York average of 4.9, but less than the national average of 8.0. Some of the problems noted include:

• The facility did not provide Housekeeping and maintenance services necessary to maintain a sanitary, orderly interior. In addition, the facility did not provide residents with a clean and homelike environment. Specifically, windows from 1st floor to 3rd floor units were observed with dirt, debris and birds dropping on exterior. This was evident for 3 resident care units.

• The facility did not ensure that a resident with limited mobility received appropriate services, equipment, and assistance to maintain or improve mobility with the maximum practicable independence unless a reduction in mobility is demonstrably unavoidable. In addition, the Facility did not reassess the effectiveness of the interventions and review and revise the Plan of Care.

• The facility did not ensure that a Resident with a sacral pressure ulcer receive the
  necessary care and treatment to prevent infection of ulcer. Specifically, there was no
  dressing observed to the sacral area for a resident with a stage 3 pressure ulcer.

Staffing

For staffing, Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home received 3 stars which is an average rating. When reviewing and rating nursing homes for staffing the CMS looks at staff hours per resident per day. Staffing hours is an important statistic as higher staffing may mean a higher quality of care.

Licensed nurse staff. The average total number of licensed nurse staff hours per resident per day at Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home is 1 hour and 38 minutes. This average is higher than both the New York average and national averages which are 1 hour and 31 minutes and 1 hour and 33 minutes respectively.

Registered nurse staff. The averaged registered nurse hours per resident per day at Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home is 53 minutes. This average is also higher than both the New York and national averages of 42 minutes and 40 minutes.

Licensed practical nurse/licensed vocational nurse staff. Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home staffing for licensed practical nurses/licensed vocational nurses is also lower than the state and national averages. For Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home, LPN/LVN hours per resident per day is 45 minutes compared to 49 minutes for New York and 53 minutes for the nation.

Nurse aide staff. The nurse aide hours per resident per day is 2 hours and 45 minutes, which is higher than the New York average of 2 hours and 15 minutes and the national average of 2 hours and 19 minutes.

Physical therapist staff. Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home provides 6 minutes of physical therapist staff hours per resident per day, compared to the New York average is 7 minutes and the national average is 5 minutes.

Quality of Resident Care

Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home’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. Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home also received 5-star ratings for both short-stay residents and long-stay residents.

Short-stay residents. CMS reviews nursing home records for information related to several areas related to patient health.

Re-hospitalizations: 20.5% of Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home’s short-stay residents were re-hospitalized after a nursing home admission. The average for New York is 20.4% and national average is 22.6%.

Pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores or pressure injuries, 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 Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home had pressure ulcers that were new or worsened while residing at this facility, which is much less than the national average of 1.6%.

Mobility. For Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home, the percentage of short-stay residents who improved in their ability to move around on their own is 63.7%, while the New York rate is 67.6% and the national rate is 66.8%. One of the reasons that this statistic is important is that the goal for short-stay residents is that they be able to leave the facility and return home or to the community. This is much more likely to happen to residents who are mobile.

Flu and pneumonia prevention. Nursing facilities are also evaluated for their flu and pneumonia prevention measures. 90.4% of Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home’s short-stay residents received the needed flu shot for current flu season. This percentage is higher than both the New York and national averages which stand at 82.7% and 82.4%, respectively. As for the percentage of short-stay residents who needed and received a vaccine to prevent pneumonia, the percentage for Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home is 96.7%, while the average for New York is much lower at 79.4% and the average for the United States is also lower at 83.2%.

Long-stay Residents

Hospitalizations. A part of a nursing home’s quality of resident care rating is the number of resident hospitalizations, including both general hospital admissions and emergency room visits. Lower rates of hospitalizations are preferable. For Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home, the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 long-stay resident days is 1.63, while the New York average is 1.55, and the national average is 1.75. As for the number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1,000 long-stay resident, for Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home the number is days is 0.42, while the New York average is 0.74, and the national average is 1.03.

Falls. When an older person falls, there is a possibility of a major injury such as a fracture, head injury, or dislocation. However, measures can be taken to prevent falls or minimize the likelihood of falls. The percentage of long-stay residents at Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home experiencing one or more falls with major injury is 3.1, 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 Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home with pressure ulcers is 4.5%, compared to the New York average of 8.6% and the national average of 7.4%.

Mobility. For Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home, percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened is 15.1%, 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. 99.7% of Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home’s short-stay residents received the needed flu shot for current flu season. This percentage is higher than both the New York and national averages which stand at 97.1% and 95.6%, respectively. As for the percentage of short-stay residents who needed and got a vaccine to prevent pneumonia, the percentage for Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home is 98.3%, while the average for New York is 93.7% and the average for the United States is 93.7%.

Penalties

Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home received a fine of $18,427 on 05/16/2017. Citations can result in penalties. If the citation is particularly serious or if the nursing home takes a long to cure the citation, the federal government may either fine the nursing home, or deny payment from Medicare.

Fire Safety Inspections

The most recent fire safety inspection was August 24, 2018. The inspectors issued no fire safety citations.

Nursing homes that are certified by Medicare and/or Medicaid must meet standards set by the government to ensure residents are safe. Fire safety specialists inspect nursing homes to determine if a nursing home meets the Life Safety Code (LSC) requirements, a set of fire safety and emergency preparedness requirements set by the CMS. These requirements are aimed at preventing fires, or protecting residents in the event of an emergency like a fire, hurricane, tornado, flood, power failure, or gas leak.

*Disclaimer

The information about the performance of Hollis Park Manor Nursing Home 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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