Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center

Updated May 1, 2022 by Sara Levinsohn

Historical Rating

3325 Highway 35,
Hazlet NJ 07730

83.41% estimated occupancy ¹

Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center is a facility located in Hazlet, New Jersey, a city with a total of 17,396 people. It looks like this nursing home is ranked among the higher-graded facilities we assessed. A score of this caliber requires high-end scores across the board. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all facilities in the country. This nursing home was also given strong grades in all of the major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Partnership

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Facility Inspections

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. Inspection scores are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that receive favorable grades in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this place had some minor dings on its report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Among its many impressive grades, this nursing home was awarded first-rate long-term care score. In fact, we gave it a grade of A- in this area. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.3 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has fewer hospitalizations than most nursing homes.

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Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home received an impressive short-term care grade as well. We awarded it one of our higher scores in that category with a score of B+. Our short-term care grades are arguably most critical for individuals needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires additional highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home elevated its grade in this category by offering more care from registered nurses to its residents than the average facility. Finally, we assessed the percentage of residents who returned home from this nursing home. This place outperformed most facilities with 51.1 percent of its patients returning home. This is a higher rate than most facilities.

Nurse Quality

The last category we looked at is nursing. In that area, we gave this facility a favorable grade of B. Our nursing rating weighs a handful of factors, however, the main consideration is the number of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home provides 3.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also assessed certain nursing quality measures in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these data points as predictive measures of the caliber of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 9.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of long-term care patients who developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We factor in this statistic in computing both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 2.59% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall which caused serious injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 1.67% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely the result of facilities with worst hygiene practices. Closer supervision minimizes the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 10.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 17.39% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric tells you the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 5.91% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression. High levels of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 92.7% of Patients

This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 11.08% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 14.69% Percentage of Residents

This is the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 1.49 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 14.69 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 8.11 Percentage of Patients

This metric measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to assess the well-being of patients during rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center, 81.01% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

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Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy DivisionAcute Care Hospitals 8.04 miles away530 New Brunswick Ave Perth Amboy New Jersey 08861Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 442-3700
Jfk Medical Ctr - Anthony M. Yelencsics CommunityAcute Care Hospitals 12.37 miles away65 James Street Edison New Jersey 08818Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 321-7000
Staten Island University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.57 miles away475 Seaview Avenue Staten Island New York 10305Voluntary non-profit - Private(418) 226-9761
Monmouth Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.88 miles away300 Second Avenue Long Branch New Jersey 07740Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 222-5200
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayAcute Care Hospitals 14.1 miles away865 Stone St Rahway New Jersey 07065Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 381-4200
Centrastate Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.64 miles away901 West Main Street Freehold New Jersey 07728Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 431-2000
Saint Peter's University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.88 miles away254 Easton Ave New Brunswick New Jersey 08901Voluntary non-profit - Church(732) 745-8600

Nearby Dialysis

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Matawan Dialysis2.93 miles away764 Highway 34 Suite A Matawan New Jersey 07747Dialysis Stations: 19 (732) 583-1085
Dva Old Bridge Dialysis Ctr5.93 miles awayDavita Kidney Care 262 Texas Rd Old Bridge New Jersey 08857CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 13 (732) 591-4931
Dva Perth Amboy Dialysis Ctr7.02 miles away271 King Street Perth Amboy New Jersey 08861CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (732) 442-3836
Meridian Fresenius Dialysis Red Bank8.21 miles away48 East Front Street Red Bank New Jersey 07701CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (732) 530-2239
Knickerbocker Dialysis Inc.8.24 miles away30 Sneden Ave Staten Island New York 10312Dialysis Stations: 16 (718) 356-2678
Shining Star Davita Middletown Dc8.4 miles awayUnion Square Plaza 500 Route 35 South Red Bank New Jersey 07701Dialysis Stations: 15 (732) 576-9900