Atlantic Coast Rehab & Health
485 River Ave, Lakewood NJ 08701 · (732) 364-7100 · 89.68% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
With an address in Lakewood, New Jersey, Atlantic Coast Rehab & Health is one of six available nursing homes there. Sporting an overall score of B-, this is likely a decent nursing home. While there isn't anything wrong with a B-, it is worth noting that Lakewood received a city grade of B+ so there are plenty of good options here. The best part of this nursing home's profile was its stellar inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 160 Beds
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For profit - Limited Liability company
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place also excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in computing our inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some end up being quite minor. 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
We also gave this facility a strong grade in long-term care. This nursing home received a grade of B+ in this area, which turns out to be one of our more impressive grades. In a long-term care environment, the 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 residents. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 82.66129 percent of its patients. This is slightly less than we expected. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. With 1.9 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility was just about middle of the road in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
Sadly, this nursing home's third highest score was short-term care. Nevertheless, with a D in this area, it still fared relatively badly. Our short-term care scores are thought to be more critical for residents requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually mandates more skilled nursing. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Unfortunately, this place was below average in terms of its quantity of registered nurse and physical therapy hours offered to its patients based on the measures we looked at. The last metric we looked at in this area is the percentage of residents that who were able to eventually return home from the facility. This nursing home a bit in this area as well, with just 45.4 percent of its patients returning home.
Nurse Quality
Switching gears to the final category, we awarded this facility a grade of D for the area of nursing. This was the nursing home's weakest category rating. Sadly, this score hurt the facility's overall grade a bit. The nursing score includes a handful of components, most of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 3.2 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This number is significantly below the national average. To go along with its low totals in the area of nursing hours per resident, this place also didn't fare as well in the quality-based measures we looked at in calculating our nursing scores. We looked at the percent of residents experiencing major falls and pressure ulcers. This place had more pressure ulcers and falls than the average facility. This may be a bad sign when you consider that many falls and bed sores are preventable with better nursing care. Unfortunately, these statistics pulled down this facility's nursing rating significantly.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Atlantic Coast Rehab & Health Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a fall leading to serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that had a urinary tract infection. Although more of these infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it is difficult to compare different facilities due to facilities having differing reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used only where medically required. In some situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who are showing depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percentage of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents that were able to retain mobility. Some believe that mobility is important for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better