Alaris Health at Hamilton Park
525 Monmouth Street, Jersey City NJ 07302 · (201) 653-8800 · 83.46% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in Jersey City, New Jersey, Alaris Health at Hamilton Park is one of five available nursing homes there. Sporting an overall score of A-, this nursing home is ranked among the higher-rated nursing homes we assessed. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all nursing homes in the United States. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection rating, which we will address in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 260 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this ended up being a great nursing home is it received an A+ in our inspections category. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection grades. One critical factor is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively minor. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Compounding its top-shelf accomplishments in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a score of A- for its short-term care score. Short-term care scores are important for prospective residents looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a wide range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. This place provides more services with physical therapists and registered nurses than most nursing homes we looked at. This is an encouraging sign. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents that returned home from this nursing home. We found that it fared better than most nursing homes in this area with 52.6 percent of its patients able to return home.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was given an impressive long-term care grade. In fact, we gave it an above average grade of B+ in this area. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. One of the criteria we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a great way to minimize unnecessary deaths for the elderly population. The last datapoint we assessed was the nursing home's hospitalization rate. While it had 2.13 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was middle of the road since it had more complex patients.
Nurse Quality
The final category we assessed was nursing, where this nursing home was given a grade of B-. Although this ended up being its lowest category score, this is still nothing to be ashamed of. Our nursing rating analyzes the facility's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of training of those nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home averages just 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low figure. Lastly, despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is often a reliable indicator that a facility has quality controls in place.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Alaris Health at Hamilton Park Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Some believe that mobility is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better