Optima Care Harborview is one of five nursing homes located in Jersey City, New Jersey. This nursing home is a very solid facility, with an overall grade of B. The facilities in Jersey City received high grades across the board with a B+ city grade, making this one of the best places in New Jersey to find a nursing home. Lastly, this nursing home's ownership changed in the last year, so we will need to monitor it to confirm it maintains its high level of care.
Optima Care Harborview
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Please note our records indicate that Optima Care Harborview has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Partnership
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This indicates that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an immediate threat to patient health or safety. Remember that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
Short-term Care Quality
One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it was awarded a dominant short-term care grade. In fact, short-term care ended up being its second best category grade. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of A-. In the area of short-term care, we seek to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. While this didn't quite match its scores in some of the categories discussed above, this is still a decent score. Nursing grades are based in large part on quantity of nursing care available. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This is a relatively low total compared with most facilities. Lastly, our nursing scores also consider quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours, this place actually performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a reliable indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Many falls could be avoided if a facility supplies enough nurses to assist its residents.
Long-term Care Quality
Moving on to our fourth area, this facility really did not fare well. Due to an abysmal grade of F in that area, this is clearly this facility's weakest grade. If you are seeking services other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. One of the criteria we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Fortunately, this facility administered the pneumonia vaccine to 98.84792 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this facility was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Sadly, some of its other scores in the category were not as favorable as these.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Optima Care Harborview Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Optima Care Harborview, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care limits the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Optima Care Harborview, 2.53% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are routinely associated with lower levels of patient supervision. Additional nurse staffing can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Optima Care Harborview, 1.65% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections could be associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Optima Care Harborview, 10.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term patients that were administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of patients with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Optima Care Harborview, 17.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Optima Care Harborview, 5.95% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term residents exhibiting symptoms of depression. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Optima Care Harborview, 91.97% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Optima Care Harborview, 10.68% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Optima Care Harborview, 12.9% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Optima Care Harborview, 1.68 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Optima Care Harborview, 12.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Optima Care Harborview, 8.37 Percentage of Patients
Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Optima Care Harborview, 80.92% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term care residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Scores for Jersey City, NJ
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Jersey City, New Jersey has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
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- Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.63 miles away308 Willow Ave Hoboken New Jersey 07030Voluntary non-profit - Church(201) 418-1000
- Jersey City Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 1.67 miles away355 Grand Street Jersey City New Jersey 07302Voluntary non-profit - Private(201) 915-2000
- Mount Sinai Beth IsraelAcute Care Hospitals 3.35 miles awayFirst Avenue at 16th Street New York New York 10003Voluntary non-profit - Private(212) 420-2000
- Bellevue Hospital CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.59 miles away462 First Avenue New York New York 10016Government - Local(212) 562-4141
- Mount Sinai WestAcute Care Hospitals 3.68 miles away1000 Tenth Avenue New York New York 10019Voluntary non-profit - Private(212) 523-4000
- Nyu Langone HospitalsAcute Care Hospitals 3.68 miles away550 First Avenue New York New York 10016Voluntary non-profit - Private(212) 263-7300
- Hudson Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 3.82 miles away55 Meadowlands Pkwy Secaucus New Jersey 07094Proprietary(201) 392-3200
Nearby Dialysis
- Hamilton Pk Dialysis Center0.87 miles away328 Ninth Street Jersey City New Jersey 07302CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (201) 516-7700
- Davita Jersey City Summit Dialysis1.14 miles away414 Summit Avenue Jersey City New Jersey 07306Dialysis Stations: 21 (201) 420-8431
- Davita Jersey City Akc No Bergen1.26 miles away1310 5th Street North Bergen New Jersey 07047CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 17 (201) 770-9220
- Fmc Hoboken Dialysis Ctr1.42 miles away1600 Willow Ave Hoboken New Jersey 07030Dialysis Stations: 16 (201) 656-7500
- Pershing LLC1.69 miles away422 Grand Street Jersey City New Jersey 07302Dialysis Stations: 4 (201) 332-6413
- Fmc Jersey City2.27 miles away107-123 Pacific Avenue Jersey City New Jersey 07304CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 41 (201) 451-3760
- Fmc Union Hill2.37 miles away508 31st Street Union City New Jersey 07087CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (201) 902-9382
- New York Dialysis Services, Inc.2.53 miles away510-526 Avenue of the Americas Sub Cellar New York New York 10011CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 26 (212) 675-6880