Aristacare at Whiting is a large nursing home located in Manchester Township, New Jersey. This nursing home is a decent facility, with an overall grade of C. In our view, this place would be a solid choice for most people. The best part of this nursing home's report card is is its inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section.
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Aristacare at Whiting
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Catheter Care
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Facility Inspections
This facility received a solid overall grade as described above, but we really wanted to point out its nearly flawless inspections in recent years. We gave them an A- in this category. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. 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. Based on this, we still had favorable view of this facility's recent inspections.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility received its next best category grade in the category of long-term care. We awarded this nursing home a C in this category, which is a respectable score. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary goal is to maintain patients' quality of life and keep them safe. On top of assessing the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We found that this facility vaccinated a relatively low 71.55172 percent of its patients, which is several points lower than we expected. Nevertheless, this nursing home was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
We also awarded this facility a respectable score in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a C. Our short-term care ratings are likely most meaningful for those in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually requires additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not just nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. We were surprised to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we assessed. The facility supplied fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. It is still important to determine whether this is adversely impacting the quality of care. The final item we assessed in this category is the number of patients that ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that just 5.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
The final area we analyzed is nursing, turned out to be this facility's worst area. We gave this facility a grade of D in that area. Nursing grades are mostly based on a nursing home's nurse staffing. This facility provided a meager 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in calculating our nursing ratings. This nursing home fared well in the area of avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these metrics to be good measures of the quality of nursing care.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aristacare at Whiting Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Aristacare at Whiting, 16.86% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term residents who developed new or worsened pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a solid barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Aristacare at Whiting, 1.94% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are often associated with lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Aristacare at Whiting, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. However, this datapoint can also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Aristacare at Whiting, 4.32% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Aristacare at Whiting, 20.99% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Aristacare at Whiting, 8.76% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. Many would argue that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Aristacare at Whiting, 84.05% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Aristacare at Whiting, 13.4% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Aristacare at Whiting, 14.07% of Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients who remained mobile levels. Some experts would argue that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Aristacare at Whiting, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of long-term care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Aristacare at Whiting, 14.07% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Aristacare at Whiting, 16.8% of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Aristacare at Whiting, 81.49% of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
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Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Whiting Dialysis Ctr2.19 miles away400-430 Route 530 Pinewald-Keswick Road Manchester Township New Jersey 08759CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (732) 350-8405
- Fmc John J De Palma Renal Center5.82 miles away1 Plaza Drive Toms River New Jersey 08757CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (732) 505-0637
- Fresenius Medical Care Toms River12.31 miles away970 Hooper Avenue Toms River New Jersey 08753CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (732) 286-6502
- Fmc Lakewood Dialysis12.55 miles awaySeagull Shopping Plaza 1328 River Avenue Ste 16 Lakewood New Jersey 08701Dialysis Stations: 18 (732) 730-2222
- Davita Dialysis at Deborah12.91 miles away107 Trenton Road Browns Mills New Jersey 08015CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (609) 893-3950
- Kamakee Dialysis (Davita Ocean County Dc)13.44 miles away635 Bay Avenue Suite 215 Toms River New Jersey 08753Dialysis Stations: 10 (732) 341-2730
- Physicians Dialysis Brick13.72 miles awayRenal Center 150 Brick Boulevard Brick New Jersey 08723CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (732) 477-2247
- Davita Jackson Township Dialysis14.5 miles away260 North County Line Road Suite 120 Jackson New Jersey 08527Dialysis Stations: 10 (732) 364-2055