Armenian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Armenian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is one of only two facilities located in Emerson, New Jersey. After receiving an A+ overall grade, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 50 best nursing homes in New Jersey. You simply can not do any better than this nursing home. Scroll down to find this place's category grades, which are equally impressive. You really can't do any better than a straight A report card.

In addition to being an elite nursing home overall, this facility also performed well in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Very few facilities fared this well in this area. 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. Fortunately, although this nursing home had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS did not consider 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.

In addition, this facility received high marks in the area of nursing. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with a score of A+. Our nursing rating is largely tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This place provides an incredible 4.7 hours of nursing care per patient daily. Out of this total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to providing high levels of care, this nursing home was also above average in several of the major quality measures we looked at in this category. It performed well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls.

Turning the page to our next category, this facility was given first-rate short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A in this area. In calculating our short-term care grades, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our objective is to create a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different facilities. This place offered more registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most facilities. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it performed decently in this metric, with 48.3 percent of its patients able to return home.

Switching gears to our final category, this nursing home also performed admirably in the long-term care category. In fact, we gave it an A- in this area. This finalized truly elite profile. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are kept in good health. On top of patient-friendly nursing hour statistics, this facility's vaccination records is first-rate also. Indeed, it vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.63 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.