Asbury Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

While we did not rate this nursing home well overall, we wanted to point out its decent health inspection reports in recent years. We awarded it a somewhat respectable grade of B- in this area. Inspection grades are based on many items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key item to look for on these reports. Severe deficiencies indicate a risk to the well being of residents. This nursing home received 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, CMS flagged this nursing home for possible abuse or neglect. This is not what you want to see. We advise you to direct your search elsewhere.

This nursing home actually received a decent grade in the area of nursing as well. We awarded it a grade of B- for that category, which is not a bad score. The nursing category analyzes a handful of subcategories, most of which are associated with quantities of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.4 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 measures. Although this place got docked a bit for its nursing hours, it excelled in some of these quality metrics. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared well in this metric. This can be an indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as having a system of moving residents more often.

This nursing home's next best area was short-term care. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of B-. In determining these short-term care ratings, we quantify the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our purpose is to devise a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. In this nursing home's case, we were surprised to learn that it actually provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the typical facility. The hope is always that this does not adversely impact the quality of care. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most nursing homes, closer to half of their residents are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Switching gears to the next area, this facility did not fare well in this area either. With a bottom of the barrel grade of F in long-term care, this is just about as bad as it gets. In a long-term care setting, the facility's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. After assessing the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination data. We were pleased to discover that this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. To our surprise, this place also keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, a few of its other scores in the category weren't as favorable as these.