Alaris Health at Belgrove

Nursing Home

Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Alaris Health at Belgrove's website

195 Belgrove Drive,
Kearny NJ 07032

(973) 844-4800

52.41% estimated occupancy ¹

Alaris Health at Belgrove is a senior living facility located in Kearny, New Jersey. This city has a total of 40,684 people. With an A- overall grade, we ranked this facility in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the nation. You simply can not do much better than this nursing home. The best aspect of this facility's strong report card is its inspection score. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Individual
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Medication Management
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Pharmacy
Laboratory
X-Ray
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Catheter Care
Aquatic Therapy

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Facility Inspections

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing our inspection ratings. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be relatively 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Short-term Care Quality

We also awarded this nursing home a score of A+ for its short-term care grade. Our short-term care ratings are arguably more critical for patients requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of residents who eventually returned home from the facility. We found that 6.1 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

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Nurse Quality

Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B+. Nursing ratings are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

The last area we scored is long-term care. In this area, we gave this nursing home an acceptable grade of B-. This actually proved to be this facility's least impressive category. In computing our long-term care scores, we look at the personal care offered to a nursing home's patients. In addition to looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this facility administered the vaccine to 97.2477 percent of its patients, which is an above average percentage. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Alaris Health at Belgrove Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Alaris Health at Belgrove, 9.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This statistic is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents which have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Alaris Health at Belgrove, 2.57% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents which have had a fall which caused major injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Alaris Health at Belgrove, 1.73% of Patients had UTIs

This statistic measures the percent of long-term patients which sustained a UTI. Although a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a facility's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to differing reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Alaris Health at Belgrove, 10.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of conditions, including cognitive disorders. Tragically, in limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Alaris Health at Belgrove, 17.5% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This measures the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Alaris Health at Belgrove, 5.81% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who are exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Alaris Health at Belgrove, 92% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Alaris Health at Belgrove, 10.99% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate the decline of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Alaris Health at Belgrove, 14.79% Percentage of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Alaris Health at Belgrove, 1.49 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Alaris Health at Belgrove, 14.79 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Alaris Health at Belgrove, 8.17 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Alaris Health at Belgrove, 80.57% Percentage of Resident

This indicates the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living typically correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.21 miles away150 Bergen St Newark New Jersey 07101Government - State(973) 972-5658
East Orange General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.92 miles away300 Central Ave East Orange New Jersey 07018Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 266-4401
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.53 miles away201 Lyons Ave Newark New Jersey 07112Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 926-7850
Hudson Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.02 miles away55 Meadowlands Pkwy Secaucus New Jersey 07094Proprietary(201) 392-3200
Carepoint Health-Christ HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.78 miles away176 Palisade Ave Jersey City New Jersey 07306Voluntary non-profit - Church(201) 795-8200
Jersey City Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.26 miles away355 Grand Street Jersey City New Jersey 07302Voluntary non-profit - Private(201) 915-2000
Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.52 miles away308 Willow Ave Hoboken New Jersey 07030Voluntary non-profit - Church(201) 418-1000
Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.76 miles away29 East 29th St Bayonne New Jersey 07002Voluntary non-profit - Private(201) 858-5000

Nearby Dialysis

Fmc Harrison Dc1.17 miles away620 Essex Street Harrison New Jersey 07029CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (973) 482-7772
Fmc North Newark1.31 miles away155 Berkeley Avenue Newark New Jersey 07107CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (973) 412-0066
Fkc Belleville2.03 miles away36 Newark Avenue Suite 304 Belleville New Jersey 07109Dialysis Stations: 16 (973) 450-0385
Davita Renal Center of Newark2.18 miles away571 Central Ave Newark New Jersey 07107CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (973) 484-4994
Ara Dialysis at East Orange2.26 miles away20 Sussex Ave East Orange New Jersey 07018Dialysis Stations: 13 (973) 266-1093
Fmc East Orange Dc2.47 miles away110 South Grove Street East Orange New Jersey 07018CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (973) 414-6100
Fmc Newark Univ Dc (Miele)2.54 miles away91-101 Hartford Street Newark New Jersey 07103Dialysis Stations: 18 (973) 624-7100
Fmc Ironbound2.7 miles away248 South Street Newark New Jersey 07114CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (973) 344-0655