91 Tompkins Avenue, Staten Island, New York 10304
Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare is located in Staten Island, New York. It has 300 certified beds that have been approved by the federal government to participate in Medicare and Medicaid, with an average of 302.50 residents per day. Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare is not in a Continuing Care Retirement Community, and it is not in a hospital. It has a Resident Council to facilitate communications with the staff. The facility is a for profit partnership.
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 Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare is 2 stars which is a “below average” rating. The CMS also assigns a star rating in each of 3 categories: health inspections, staffing, and quality of resident care measures. Nursing homes vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their residents. Health inspection results, staffing data, and quality of resident care information are 3 important ways to measure the quality of a nursing homes.
Health InspectionsRichmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare’s star rating for health inspections is 1 star which is a “much below average” rating. Nursing homes in New York are periodically inspected on behalf of the federal government. However, additional inspections will occur if there are complaints or if there are incidents reported by the facility such as a resident suffering an injury. The date of most recent health inspection was June 9, 2017. In that report 9 health citations were noted. The average number of health citations in New York is 4.8, while the national average is 7.8. In the past 3 years there were no complaints that resulted in citations and there were no facility-reported incidents that resulted in citations.
StaffingRichmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare received a “much below average” rating (1 star) for staffing. The total number of licensed nurse staff hours per resident per day at Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare is 1 hour and 37 minutes which is slightly higher than the New York average of 1 hour and 31 minutes and the national average of 1 hour and 33 minutes. The registered nurse hours per resident per day at Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare is 36 minutes compared to 42 minutes for New York and 41 minutes for the United States. Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare provides 2 minutes of physical therapist staff hours per resident per day, compared to the New York average of 7 minutes and the national average of 5 minutes.
Quality of Resident CareRichmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare’s star rating for quality of resident care is 4 stars which is an “above average” rating. Nursing homes that are certified by Medicare and Medicaid regularly report clinical information for each of their residents to the CMS. This information is used to determine the facility’s overall rating for quality of resident care, as well as ratings for quality of resident care for short-stay residents and for 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.
Short-stay residents. Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare’s star rating for short-stay residents is 4 stars which is an “above average” rating.
21.3% of Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare’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%. Antipsychotic medications can be used to treat certain mental health conditions. 2.1% of short-stay residents of Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare received antipsychotic medication for the first time, while the New York average is 1.5% and the average for the United States is 1.8%.
Pressure ulcers, also referred to as bed sores or pressure injuries, are areas of damaged skin caused by long-term pressure, such as staying in one position for a long time. 1.1% of the skilled nursing facility residents at Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare had pressure ulcers that were new or worsened while residing at this facility, which is slightly lower than the national average of 1.6%.
Nursing facilities are also evaluated for their flu and pneumonia prevention measures. 90.2% of Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare’s short-stay residents received the needed flu shot for the current flu season. This percentage is higher 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 received a vaccine to prevent pneumonia, the percentage for Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare is 83.7%, while the average for New York is 79.3% and the average for the United States is 83.2%.
Long-stay residents. Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare’s star rating for long-stay residents is 5 stars which is a “much above average” rating.
9.3% of long-stay residents at Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare need for help with daily activities increased, compared to the New York average of 13.3% and the national average of 14.8%.
1.4% of Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare’s long-stay residents experienced one or more falls with major injury. The New York average is 2.9%, and the national average is 3.4%. Furthermore, none of long-stay residents of Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare reported moderate to severe pain, compared to the New York average in this category of 4.0%, and the national average of 6.9%. As for pressure ulcers, 21.7% of Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare’s long-stay high-risk residents developed pressure ulcers. The New York average is 8.6% and the national average of 7.4%. 2.5% of Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare’s long-stay residents had a urinary tract infection. The New York average is 2.4%, with the national average being 2.8% in this category.
99.8% of Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare’s long-stay residents received the needed vaccine to prevent pneumonia, while the New York average is 93.6%, and the national average is 93.7%.
Fire Safety InspectionsFire safety specialists inspect nursing homes to measure if a nursing home meets Life Safety Code standards set by CMS, based on codes established by the National Fire Protection Association. The fire safety inspection covers building design and construction and operational features designed to provide safety from fire, smoke, eleCenterical failures, and gas leaks.
The date of the most recent standard fire safety inspection of Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare was June 9, 2017. The result of the inspection was 0 fire safety citations. The average number of fire safety citations in New York is 3.5, and the average number of fire safety citations in the United States is 2.9.
FinesWhen a nursing home gets a serious citation or fails to correct a citation for a long period of time, that facility may be assessed a penalty. A penalty can be a fine against the facility or a denied payment from Medicare. Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare has received 1 penalty from the federal government in the last 3 years. The penalty was a fine in the amount of $7,803 issued on June 9, 2017.
*DisclaimerThe information about the performance of Richmond Center For Rehab And Specialty Healthcare 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.