Alameda Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare
303 Elm Street, Perth Amboy NJ 08861 · (732) 442-9540 · 92.52% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
Alameda Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare is a very-large facility located in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. We awarded this nursing home an overall grade of B. A grade of this caliber requires quality marks in most areas. Based on all of the relevant data, you can do much worse than this place. This nursing home's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 250 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall score, this nursing home also earned first-rate inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our best scores in that area, with an A-. Inspection grades are based on datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area typically have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.
Nurse Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, nursing proved to be its second best category grade. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an A-. When calculating our nursing ratings, we look at both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This particular nursing home provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to another strength for this facility, we gave them one of our better grades in our short-term care category as well, with a B+. Our short-term care grades are thought to be most meaningful for folks in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The final measure we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. It was above average in this metric with 55.3 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's least impressive category was long-term care, which is the final area we looked at. Sadly, it received an F for this category. Even with several strong scores in other areas, this score is still a bit disappointing so we would like to to make a note of it. Facilities that do not fare well in this category typically are not as well-staffed and are lagging in some of the areas of routine healthcare services we assessed. After considering the quantity of nursing care, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. Frankly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home vaccinated a relatively low 79.31035 percent of its patients for pneumonia. To our surprise, this facility was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.22 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Alameda Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care limits the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This figure tells you the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered falls resulting in serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing scores.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poorer hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients taking antianxiety drugs.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for seniors, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percent of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of erosion of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This tells you the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with ADL's often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better