Amboy Care Center

While this nursing home's overall grade was decent, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our highest scores. Inspection ratings account for a host of factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area usually have few of these severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. A couple minor deficiencies should not stop you from considering a nursing home.

One of the other reasons we rated this nursing home so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing score. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. Our nursing grade is based on the facility's nurse staffing levels. We consider both the levels of training of the nurses and the number of hours spent with residents. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics. While this nursing home got dinged a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed very well in this statistic. This is generally an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving patients more often.

This nursing home's third highest category turned out to be long-term care. In that area, we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. Our long-term care grades are important for residents in need of personal care. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Frankly, we were a bit worried that this nursing home provided the vaccine to just 76.45631 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this facility excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

The next category we analyzed is short-term care. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F for this category, which is a very poor grade. This is clearly a major disappointment. Our short-term care scores are based on a nursing home's quantity of skilled skilled healthcare professionals. This includes a vast spectrum of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Considering its poor grade in this category, we weren't stunned to find this place provides substantially fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most nursing homes. Lastly, we assessed the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from this facility. This nursing home didn't fare well here either. In fact, we found that just 4.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit off the national average.