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St Joseph's Home for Elderly

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  • Independent Living

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-plus
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140 Shepherd Lane,
Totowa NJ 07512

(973) 942-0300

63.41% estimated occupancy 1

St Joseph's Home for Elderly is a small non-profit nursing home located in Totowa, New Jersey. This nursing home is an A+ rated facility, which is our very best rating. Based on our analysis, this facility is just about as as good as it gets. One of the best aspects of this facility's exemplary profile is its inspection rating. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling

Awards

Best Nursing Home in New Jersey badge

Best Nursing Home in New Jersey Awards 2021

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2022)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating these inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are quite insignificant. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-plus

This nursing home also received an A+ for its nursing grade. Nursing scores are largely based on a nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving residents at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

This facility also fared very well in the category of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A. Not many nursing homes received a better grade in this area. In determining our short-term care ratings, we analyze a nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other licensed professionals. This area is considered to be a fair assessment of a facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final measure we assessed in this area is the number of patients that returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A

In our final category, this facility also was given an impressive long-term care score, with a grade of A. This topped off an elite profile. Nursing homes that do well in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to residents. In addition to looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 96.36364 percent of its patients, which is more than most nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

St Joseph's Home for Elderly Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In St Joseph's Home for Elderly, 7.5% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A

In St Joseph's Home for Elderly, 0.91% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a fall leading to major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: F

In St Joseph's Home for Elderly, 11.43% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by poor nursing care. Additional nurse staffing limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B

In St Joseph's Home for Elderly, 13.21% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-minus

In St Joseph's Home for Elderly, 20.62% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric gauges the percent of long-term stay residents that were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to patients suffering from depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In St Joseph's Home for Elderly, 4.76% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B-plus

In St Joseph's Home for Elderly, 98.18% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-minus

In St Joseph's Home for Elderly, 10.53% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as taking medications and continence. Many in the industry would argue that this is a reasonable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In St Joseph's Home for Elderly, 6.47% of Residents

This tells you the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In St Joseph's Home for Elderly, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In St Joseph's Home for Elderly, 6.47% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding the hospital during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.

Nearby Hospitals

  • St Joseph's University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.24 miles away703 Main St Paterson New Jersey 07503Voluntary non-profit - Church(973) 754-2010
  • Essex County Hospital CenterPsychiatric 4.69 miles away204 Grove Avenue Cedar Grove New Jersey 07009Government - Local(973) 571-2801
  • St Mary's General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.31 miles away350 Boulevard Passaic New Jersey 07055Proprietary(973) 365-4300
  • Chilton Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.02 miles away97 West Parkway Pompton Plains New Jersey 07444Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 831-5000
  • Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.3 miles away223 N Van Dien Avenue Ridgewood New Jersey 07450Voluntary non-profit - Private(201) 447-8000
  • Hackensack University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.96 miles away30 Prospect Ave Hackensack New Jersey 07601Voluntary non-profit - Private(551) 996-2000
  • Bergen New Bridge Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.13 miles away230 East Ridgewood Ave Paramus New Jersey 07652Government - Local(201) 967-4000
  • Holy Name Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.46 miles away718 Teaneck Rd Teaneck New Jersey 07666Voluntary non-profit - Private(201) 833-3000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Woodland Park Dialysis Center1.36 miles away1225 Mcbride Ave Suite 100 Little Falls New Jersey 07424CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (973) 890-2394
  • St. Joseph's Paterson Dialysis2.24 miles away11 Getty Avenue 275 Hospital Plaza Paterson New Jersey 07503CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 60 (973) 684-3490
  • St. Joseph's Sjrmc Dialysis2.27 miles away703 Main Street r2n Paterson New Jersey 07503Dialysis Stations: 8 (973) 754-3570
  • St. Joseph's Wayne Dialysis2.85 miles away57 Willowbrook Blvd Wayne New Jersey 07470Dialysis Stations: 20 (973) 890-2792
  • Davita North Haledon Dialysis2.93 miles away953 Belmont Avenue Haledon New Jersey 07508Dialysis Stations: 19 (973) 427-4675
  • Ara Great Falls Dialysis, LLC3.14 miles away498 East 30th Street Paterson New Jersey 07504CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (973) 569-0500
  • Davita East Paterson3.24 miles away680 Broadway Ste 103 Paterson New Jersey 07514CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (973) 357-8079
  • Ara Clifton Dialysis Center4.57 miles away251 Clifton Avenue Unit A Clifton New Jersey 07011Dialysis Stations: 13 (973) 546-3750