ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CTR S N F / ERIE COUNTY HOME - BUFFALO, NY

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Address

462 GRIDER STREET
BUFFALO, NY, 14215

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (716) 898-3000

Number of Certified Beds: 722
Total Number of Residents: 497
Percent of Occupied Beds: 69%
Sprinkler Status: Partially Sprinklered
Program Participation: Medicare and Medicaid
Type of Ownership: Government - County
Located Within a Hospital?: Yes
Multi Nursing Home Ownership?: No
Resident and Family Councils: Resident
Continuing Care Retirement Community?: No
Quality Indicator Survey?: Yes
Special Focus Facility?: No
Type: Skilled Nursing Facilities

Overall Star Rating: 1 Star
Health Inspections Star Rating: 1 Star
Nurse Staffing Star Rating: 3 Stars
Quality Measures Star Rating: 2 Stars
RN Only Star Rating: 3 Stars

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Administrative Staff - Full Time: 27.61
Administrative Staff - Part Time: 0.99
Certified Nurse Aides - Full Time: 228.27
Certified Nurse Aides - Part Time: 28.30
Dietitians - Under Contract: 10.24
Housekeeping Personnel - Full Time: 57.24
Licensed Practical/ Vocational Nurses - Full Time: 66.76
Licensed Practical/ Vocational Nurses - Part Time: 12.96
Medical Directors - Under Contract: 1.09
Mental Health Services Personnel - Under Contract: 0.23
Nurses With Administrative Duties - Full Time: 24.69
Persons Not Included In Any Other Categories - Full Time: 7.81
Registered Nurses - Full Time: 38.01
Rn Director Of Nursing - Full Time: 2.17
Social Workers - Full Time: 7.70
Activities Professionals - Full Time: 6.03
Activities Professionals - Part Time: 2.29
Dentists - Under Contract: 0.34
Food Service Personnel - Under Contract: 60.40
Persons Not Included In Any Other Categories - Under Contract: 0.46
Podiatrists - Under Contract: 0.29
Other Physicians - Under Contract: 1.03
Physician Extenders - Under Contract: 0.57
Sppech Pathologists - Full Time: 0.80
Persons Not Included In Any Other Categories - Part Time: 0.11
Registered Nurses - Part Time: 3.19
Occupational Therapists - Full Time: 3.30
Physical Therapists - Full Time: 4.16
Occupational Therapy Assistants - Full Time: 2.81
Speech Pathologists - Part Time: 0.33
Pharmacists - Part Time: 0.57

Provided Services

Activities Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Dental Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Diagnostic Xray Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Dietary Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Housekeeping Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Mental Health Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Nursing Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Occupational Therapy Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Pharmacy Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Physical Therapy Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Physician Extender Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Physician Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Podiatry Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Social Work Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents
Speech/Language Pathology Services Are Provided Onsite To Residents

Staff Information

Number of Registered Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.530
State:	0.637

Number of Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.750
New York:	0.790

Total Number of Licensed Staff Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	1.280
New York:	1.425

Number of ,Certified Nurse Assistant Hours Per Resident Per Day

This Nursing Home:	0.050
State:	0.080

Number Therapy Hours Per Resident Per Day

Here:	0.050
State:	0.081

Quality Measures

Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased

Here:	11.7%
New York:	15.6%

Percent of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

Here:	16.8%
State:	7.6%

Percent of long-stay high-risk residents with pressure ulcers

Here:	15.8%
New York:	8.4%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

This Nursing Home:	4.0%
New York:	6.4%

Percent of long-stay low-risk residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder

Here:	39.3%
State:	41.1%

Percent of long-stay residents who have had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder

This Nursing Home:	6.2%
New York:	3.1%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

Here:	5.7%
New York:	6.8%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

Here:	7.0%
New York:	12.6%

Percent of long-stay residents who were physically restrained

Here:	2.8%
State:	2.3%

Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury

This Nursing Home:	2.0%
New York:	2.9%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	99.1%
State:	96.7%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	95.0%
State:	97.3%

Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

Here:	34.8%
New York:	16.9%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	83.8%
State:	86.9%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	73.5%
New York:	85.0%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

This Nursing Home:	14.1%
New York:	20.8%

Complaint Deficiency

Provide a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Automatic sprinkler systems that have been maintained in working order: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Restrictions on the use of portable space heaters: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

1) Hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

A separate and independent backup electrical power source: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Follow policies and procedures to convey the resident's personal funds to the appropriate party responsible after the resident's death: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that residents with reduced range of motion get proper treatment and services to increase range of motion: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Follow policies and procedures to convey the resident's personal funds to the appropriate party responsible after the resident's death: Few (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety)

Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Approved construction type or materials: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Corridors that are separated from common areas by walls constructed to limit the passage of smoke: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Did not have a written emergency evacuation plan: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Record of quarterly fire drills for each shift under varying conditions: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

An approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems: Many (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Portable fire extinguishers: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Posted No-smoking signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or did not provide ashtrays where smoking was allowed: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly protected cooking facilities: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Proper medical gas storage and administration areas: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Allow residents to easily view the results of the nursing home's most recent survey: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Properly installed hallway dispensers for alcohol-based hand rub: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide care for residents in a way that keeps or builds each resident's dignity and respect of individuality: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Provide housekeeping and maintenance services: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident : Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that residents with reduced range of motion get proper treatment and services to increase range of motion: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give proper treatment to residents with feeding tubes to prevent problems (such as aspiration pneumonia, diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration, metabolic abnormalities, nasal-pharyngeal ulcers) and help restore eating skills, if possible: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Develop policies and procedures for influenza and pneumococcal immunizations: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give or get specialized rehabilitative services per the patient's assessment or plan of care: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

An approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly working alarms on sprinkler valves: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Portable fire extinguishers: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly protected cooking facilities: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly sized and located linen or trash receptacles: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Proper medical gas storage and administration areas: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Weekly inspections and monthly testing of generators: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Keep each resident's personal and medical records private and confidential: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Allow residents to easily view the results of the nursing home's most recent survey: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Develop policies that prevent mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of residents or theft of resident property: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Provide housekeeping and maintenance services: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that residents with reduced range of motion get proper treatment and services to increase range of motion: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that the nursing home area is free from accident hazards and risks and provides supervision to prevent avoidable accidents: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give or get specialized rehabilitative services per the patient's assessment or plan of care: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure each resident has 1) at least one window to the outside in a room; 2) a room at or above ground level; 3) adequate bedding; 4) furniture that meets the resident's needs; or 5) adequate closet space: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Keep accurate, complete and organized clinical records on each resident that meet professional standards: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Corridor and hallway doors that block smoke: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Construction that can resist fire for one hour or an approved fire extinguishing system: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are accessible at all times: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Portable fire extinguishers: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly sized and located linen or trash receptacles: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give each resident a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. Tell each resident who can get Medicaid benefits about 1) which items and services Medicaid covers and which the resident must pay for: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly hold, secure and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home: Some (Potential for minimal harm)

Provide proof that all residents' personal money which is deposited with the nursing home, is secure: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Send and promptly deliver unopened mail to residents: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Give notice to the resident before a room or roommate change: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Allow the resident the right to participate in the planning or revision of the resident's care plan: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide care by qualified persons according to each resident's written plan of care: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Provide necessary care and services to maintain the highest well being of each resident : Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Assist those residents who need total help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that each resident gets a nutritional and well balanced diet, unless it is not possible to do so: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

CLEVE HILL DIALYSIS CENTER (1.75 miles)
NIAGARA LUTHERAN HOME AND REHABILITATION CENTER, INC (1.04 miles)
SISTERS OF CHARITY HOSPITAL (1.11 miles)
ST CATHERINE LABOURE HEALTH CARE CENTER (1.11 miles)
ST FRANCIS OF BUFFALO (1.06 miles)
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL (1.11 miles)
THE GARDENS AT MANHATTAN HEALTH AND REHAB CTR LLC (0.96 miles)

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