Avenue at Lyndhurst

On top of being a great facility overall, it also received A+ government inspections recently. Its inspections are virtually flawless. These inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. We weren't able to locate deficiency data for this nursing home. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

To add to its top-shelf accomplishments in other areas, we awarded this facility a score of A- for its long-term care grade. Facilities that receive this kind of grade in this category typically provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are well cared for. This facility performed favorably enough in these metrics to receive an impressive score in this area.

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+. When calculating our nursing ratings, we weigh both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home averages 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This place performed very well when it comes to avoiding major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

The final area we analyzed is short-term care, where this nursing home was awarded a grade of B+. This rounded out a very impressive report card. Only a select few nursing homes received a B+ or better in each of our categories. Our short-term care ratings are considered to be most meaningful for those needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires higher levels of skilled nursing. This includes not merely nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we considered in this category is the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from the nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.