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Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center

Nursing Home

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

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1610 Raritan Road,
Scotch Plains NJ 07076

(908) 889-5500

72.01% estimated occupancy ¹

Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home located in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, which has a total of 23,480 people. Sporting an overall grade of B+, this nursing home should work for most prospective patients. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top third of all nursing homes in the United States. We were also pleased to find that this place did not have any poor grades in any of the four major categories. More information about its category grades can be found below.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
Has Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab
Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Peritoneal Dialysis
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Facility Inspections

To go along with its strong overall score, we awarded this facility an A+ for our inspections rating. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One key factor is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Adding to this nursing home's list of achievements, it also was awarded a very favorable long-term care score. We awarded them a dominant strong of A- in this category. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 98.701294 percent of its patients. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents out of the hospital. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Nurse Quality

In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B+. Nursing ratings are heavily correlated with quantity of nursing care available. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the state in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can typically be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a system of moving a patient more often.

Short-term Care Quality

The next category we assessed was short-term care. We gave this nursing home a solid score in this area, with a B-. Even though this isn't as dominant as several of its other scores, it is still a middle of the pack score. Our short-term care ratings are likely most critical for patients needing rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the information this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. 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.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center, 8.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center, 2.79% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a fall leading to major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center, 1.44% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care patients that were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center, 17.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure gauges the percent of long-term patients who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center, 6.37% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. Many would argue that this is a measure of patient quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center, 89.73% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center, 10.05% Percentage of Patients

This is the percent of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center, 10.04% Percentage of Residents

This indicates the percent of residents who retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center, 1.88 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center, 10.04 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center, 9.47 Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center, 81.82% Percentage of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.

Nearby Hospitals

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Jfk Medical Ctr - Anthony M. Yelencsics CommunityAcute Care Hospitals 4.22 miles away65 James Street Edison New Jersey 08818Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 321-7000
Overlook Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.65 miles away99 Beauvoir Avenue Summit New Jersey 07902Voluntary non-profit - Other(908) 522-2000
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy DivisionAcute Care Hospitals 8.08 miles away530 New Brunswick Ave Perth Amboy New Jersey 08861Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 442-3700
Trinitas Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.31 miles away225 Williamson Street Elizabeth New Jersey 07207Voluntary non-profit - Private(908) 994-5000
Saint Peter's University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.57 miles away254 Easton Ave New Brunswick New Jersey 08901Voluntary non-profit - Church(732) 745-8600
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.19 miles away201 Lyons Ave Newark New Jersey 07112Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 926-7850
Saint Barnabas Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.76 miles away94 Old Short Hills Road Livingston New Jersey 07039Voluntary non-profit - Other(973) 322-5000

Nearby Dialysis

Dva Plainfield Dialysis Center2.31 miles away1200 Randolph Road Kenyon House Plainfield New Jersey 07060CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (908) 757-6030
Dva Edison3.11 miles away29 Meridian Road Edison New Jersey 08820CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (732) 205-9883
Fmc Edison3.64 miles away2 Olsen Ave Edison New Jersey 08820Dialysis Stations: 19 (732) 549-3286
Fmc Colonia Dialysis Ctr3.81 miles away1250 Route 27 Colonia New Jersey 07067CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (732) 382-7333
Davita Rahway4.16 miles away800 Harrison Street Rahway New Jersey 07065Dialysis Stations: 18 (732) 680-0370
Fmc So Plainfield4.43 miles away2201 S Clinton Ave South Plainfield New Jersey 07080Dialysis Stations: 15 (908) 668-8007
Dva Summit Dialysis Ctr4.55 miles away1139 Spruce Drive Mountainside New Jersey 07092CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (908) 232-7800
Fmc Linden Dialysis4.91 miles away630 West St. Georges Ave Linden New Jersey 07036CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (908) 925-5161