New Math Revisited
In Orange County, we
now employ “Reverse-Inverse Proportion” (OK, Auntie made that up-but read on!).
The more the cost of
maintaining Valley View decreases-the more the urgency to sell it!
Really? It is according
to Orange County spokesman, Dain Pascocello. DAIN SAID: "If Valley View were sold soon, we estimate that
after paying all expenses of the sale, the county will easily realize a
significant amount of revenue that can help address the budget gap,"
Please explain the
logic, if any, employed when issuing that statement, Dain, because it defies
any logic with which Auntie and the Team are familiar.
DAIN CONTINUES:
"There are 10 nursing homes in Orange County
whose residents are of equal value to the rest, yet why are taxpayers asked
only to subsidize only those living at Valley View? Valley View costs more per
patient and only offers mid-level quality of care among those 10 nursing homes,
based on the NYS Department of Health's own annual deficiencies report."
(Source: THR today, thank you! to Chris
McKenna)
Oh Really? Mid-level
care? Let’s take a look at that. (Please note: Auntie really dislikes when
people present just enough information to support their viewpoint instead of a
complete look at the data. Now that Auntie knows Dain is prone to doing so,
Auntie and the team will keep a close watch on all of Dain’s statements. Also, we are not going to address the first sentence which implies a grading system or valuation of a patient's worth).
There are 10 (ten) Nursing Homes in Orange
County:
Campbell
Hall
|
Orange
|
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Goshen
|
Orange
|
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Newburgh
|
Orange
|
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Goshen
|
Orange
|
|
Middletown
|
Orange
|
|
Middletown
|
Orange
|
|
Montgomery
|
Orange
|
|
Warwick
|
Orange
|
|
Port
Jervis
|
Orange
|
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Goshen
|
Orange
|
Page last modified: May 9,
2014 http://nursinghomes.nyhealth.gov/searches/county/36
Click on “compare quality” to
get:
Percent of short-stay residents who self-report moderate
to severe pain.
(NYS DOH, this is one
parameter to compare quality):
“These quality
measures are among the most reliable, but measuring quality is difficult
because of the variation among nursing homes in the complexity of residents
they care for. The reporting period for this measure is January to December
2013” (underlines ours)
Nursing Home
|
Score
|
8%
|
|
8%
|
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11%
|
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14%
|
|
State
Average
|
15%
|
15%
|
|
16%
|
|
National
Average
|
19%
|
20%
|
|
21%
|
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26%
|
|
28%
|
Yes, Valley View is in
the middle, but it is incorrect to say it offers only “mid-level care” just because
it is in the middle of a chart! And, look! It is actually better than
the national average and better than the 2 Elants (you know, the fancy places) according
to the Department of Health. That is better than “mid-level care”, Dain. Maybe
you should ask the nursing home “expert” Legislator Amo, to help you do a
better spin on the issue.
But Wait!!! There’s
more!!!
According to US News
and World Reports Best Nursing Homes, Valley View receives an overall four out
of five stars, only four, which may be due to the two out of five stars it received on “Nurse
Staffing”. Isn’t it the COUNTY that is responsible for hiring practices at
Valley View? Gee, maybe it would be worth it to increase the nurse staffing, that
is, if a few nurses’ salaries don’t set the County finances into a whirlwind
decline.
http://health.usnews.com/best-nursing-homes/area/ny/the-hudson-valley-ny?sort=rating&state=ny&page=3
Look at
the results for Elant in Goshen, which also received an overall four star
ranking, but had higher nurse staffing than Valley View, with four out of five
stars for nurse staffing compared to Valley View’s two out of five. http://health.usnews.com/best-nursing-homes/area/ny/the-hudson-valley-ny?sort=rating&state=ny&page=2
To summarize:
Valley View:
Overall 4 stars
Health Inspections 4
Nurse Staffing 2
Quality Measures 4
Elant (Goshen):
Overall 4 stars
Health Inspections 3
Nurse Staffing 4
Quality Measures 5
Also, Nieces and
Nephews, take a look at the federal website, where Valley View is ranked
overall “above average” and this also includes the info on Elant for a valid comparison.
So, the new math utilized
by our County Spokesman is as follows:
1 Valley View = county debt – 1
New Government Center
Who knew?
1 Comments:
Dain = Neuhaus. When Dain says VV is mid-level, that's coming straight from Neuhaus...only difference is Neuhaus is a coward and doesn't want the quote attributed to him.
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