Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing

1160 Teller Avenue, Bronx, New York 10456

Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing is located in Bronx, New York. It has 515 certified beds that have been approved by the federal government to participate in Medicare and Medicaid, with an average of 395.2 residents per day. Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing 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 corporation doing business under the legal business name of DOJ Operations Associates LLC.

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 Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing 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.

Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing’s star rating for health inspections is 2 stars which is a “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 September 18, 2017. In that report 5 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. The report from September 18, 2017described an incident where there was a deficiency related to the facility not ensuring that services were provided to maintain a sanitary and orderly environment.
Specifically, floors in resident's bathrooms were heavily soiled with a ground-in black

Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing received a “much below average” rating (1 star) for staffing. The total number of licensed nurse staff hours per resident per day at Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing is 57 minutes, while the New York average is 1 hour and 31 minutes and the national average is 1 hour and 33 minutes. The registered nurse hours per resident per day at Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing is 29 minutes compared to 42 minutes for New York and 41 minutes for the United States. Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing provides 3 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.

Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing’s star rating for overall quality of resident care is 4 stars which is an “above average” rating.

Short-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 (SNF) benefit. Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing’s star rating for short-stay residents is 3 stars which is an “average” rating.

23.2% of Triboro 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%. Antipsychotic medications can be used to treat certain mental health conditions. 0.4% of short-stay residents of Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing 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. 3.4% of the skilled nursing facility residents at Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing had pressure ulcers that were new or worsened while residing at this facility. The national average is 1.6%.

Nursing facilities are also evaluated for their flu and pneumonia prevention measures. 78.5% of Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing’s short-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 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 Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing is 76.9%, while the average for New York is 79.3% and the average for the United States is 83.2%.

Long-stay residents. Long-stay residents are those who spent over 100 days in a nursing home. Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing’s rating for long-stay residents is 5 stars which is a “much above average” rating.

7.8% of long-stay residents at Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing need for help with daily activities increased, compared to the New York average of 13.3% and the national average of 14.8%. 0.6% of Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing’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%. None of long-stay residents of Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing reported moderate to severe pain, compared to the New York average in this category of 4.0%, and the national average of 6.9%.

In addition, 12% of Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing’s long-stay high-risk residents developed pressure ulcers, while the New York and national averages are somewhat lower at 8.6% and the 7.4% respectively. 3.0% of Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing’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.

98.0% of Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing’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 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, electrical failures, and gas leaks.

The date of the most recent standard fire safety inspection of Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing was September 18, 2017. The result of the inspection was 5 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. 5 deficiencies were noted, including 4 smoke deficiencies.

Automatic sprinkler systems were found in all required areas.

When 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. Triboro Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing has not received a penalty from the federal government in the last 3 years.

The information about the performance of Triboro 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.