Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing

4195 10^th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219

Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is located in Brooklyn New York. It has 510 certified beds that have been approved by the federal government to participate in Medicare and Medicaid, with an average of 489.6 residents per day. Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing 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 corporation doing business under the legal business name of Boro Park Operating Co LLC. The overall rating for Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is “average” or 3 out of 5 stars.

Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing’s star rating for health inspections is 3 stars which is an “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 Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing was September 18, 2017. In that report 1 health citation was 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, inspectors observed that the facility did not ensure that food was stored and served under sanitary conditions. Specifically, multiple cases of canned food were observed to be expired in the food storage area. Additionally, during the tray line service, several food service employees were without facial hair covering.

In addition, during the last 3 years, there were 3 complaints that resulted in citations, but no facility-reported incidents that resulted in citations.

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. Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing received an average rating for staffing. This means that it received 3 stars out of a possible 5.

The total number of licensed nurse staff hours per resident per day at Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is 1 hour and 23 minutes, which is consistent with 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 the facility is 42 minutes which is fairly consistent with both the New York and national averages which are 42 minutes and 41 minutes respectively. Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing provides physical therapy staff hours per resident per day an average of 8 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. Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing’s star rating for overall quality of resident care is 4 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. Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing received a 3-star rating for short-stay residents and a 4-star rating for 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: 20.1% of Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing’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. 1.2% of the skilled nursing facility residents at Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing had pressure ulcers that were new or worsened while residing at this facility. The national average is 1.6%.
• Mobility. For Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, the percentage of short-stay residents who improved in their ability to move around on their own is 38.6%, which is much lower than 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. 96.2% of Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing’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 82.6% and 82.3%, respectively. As for the percentage of short-stay residents who needed and got a vaccine to prevent pneumonia, the percentage for Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is 92.5%, 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 Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing the rate of successful return to home and community is better than the national average of 48.6%.

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

• Hospitalizations: For Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 long-stay resident days is 2.22, 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 Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing the number of days is 0.88, while the New York average is 0.74, and the national average is 1.03.
• Falls. The percentage of long-stay residents at Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing experiencing one or more falls with major injury is 1.8, 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 Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing with pressure ulcers is 12.1%, compared to the New York average of 8.6% and the national average of 7.4%.
• Mobility. For Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened is 15.4%, 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. 99.3% of Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing’s long-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 97.0% and 95.6%, respectively. As for the percentage of long-stay residents who needed and got a vaccine to prevent pneumonia, the percentage for Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing is 99.4%, while the average for New York is 93.6% and the average for the United States is 93.7%.
• Depression. Nursing facilities are also evaluated for the rate at which long-stay residents show signs of depression. For Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, the percentage of long-stay residents who have symptoms of depression is 15.3% compared to the New York average of 6.0% and the national average of 4.6%.

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 Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing a fine of $8,518 on December 6, 2017.

The information about the performance of Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing 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.