Our Lady Of Consolation Nursing And Rehab Care Center sits at 111 Beach Drive in West Islip, NY, and holds 450 certified beds as a nursing facility run by Catholic Health, with James Ryan, LNHA, as its Chief Administrative Officer. The center gives skilled nursing services that include 12-16 hour nursing care, a 24-hour call system, and daily help with bathing, dressing, and taking medication, which means folks who need help every day get steady support and folks with trouble moving around can count on non-ambulatory care plus help with transfers. The staff includes nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and a bunch of medical specialists ranging from cardiology and neurology to pediatrics and oncology, so you see plenty of types of care including critical care, hyperbaric medicine, neurodiagnostic testing, and even speech and physical therapy.
For folks who want activities or social time, there's a library, a game room, an arts room, and a movie theater, and you'll also find things like a fitness room, scheduled fitness programs, garden walking paths, outdoor programs, and a small café named Babylon Bean-Coffee Extreme where people can gather. There's a Resident Council where residents and staff talk out concerns, and people can join in on resident-run activities, movie nights, and music programs, which help create a sense of community. The facility isn't part of a hospital or a big retirement community but does offer different services like rehabilitation, hospice, home care, palliative care, and infusion therapy. It's tied to both Medicare and Medicaid, accepts insurance like Aetna and Blue Cross, and has diagnostic services such as radiology and neuroradiology, plus specialized units for neonatal, pediatric, and maternal fetal medicine.
Safety and health ratings look strong, as the center's had no federal fines or penalties in the past three years. Pneumonia vaccines go to 99.0% of long-stay and 98.7% of short-stay residents, and every long-stay resident and nearly every short-stay resident gets a flu shot. Major injury falls, worsened mobility, and pressure ulcer rates are all lower than state and national averages, and hospitalizations and emergency visits don't happen very often when compared to other places. The facility received a 5-star rating for short- and long-stay resident care, got an overall quality care star rating of 5 stars, and earned 4 stars overall from CMS. Staffing and health inspection ratings land at 3 stars, which means about average. The short-stay mobility improvement is high at 76.7%, and re-hospitalization rates are managed at 22.1% for short-stay residents.
The center operates as a non-profit and says its commitment is to give compassionate and high-quality care to people with wide-ranging health and daily living needs. The mix of care options covers everything from simple help with getting dressed to more complex critical care needs, and there's quite a few opportunities for social and physical activity along with medical support.
