Barn Hill Care Center is a large nursing home in Newton, New Jersey. This facility received an A- overall, which is one of the best scores that we offer. A score of this caliber requires excellent scores across the board. We simply can not say enough great things about this place. This place also received very consistent grades in all of the major categories we assessed. Additional information about its category grades is available below.
Barn Hill Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Awards
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home also received excellent inspections recently. We gave it one of our highest grades in that category, with a grade of A. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining these inspection scores. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some can be relatively insignificant. This nursing home was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that CMS did not deem any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its first-rate resume, this facility also received a superb short-term care score, with a grade of A. In the area of short-term care, we seek to assess indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We assess a nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 6.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
Turning our next category, this nursing home received a top-shelf long-term care score. In fact, we gave it a score of A- in that area. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is usually a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 98.765434 percent of its patients, which is much higher than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to the next area, this nursing home was given an excellent nursing rating. While this is not as dominant as some of its other grades, this remains one of our better scores a facility can receive. Our nursing rating is primarily based on a facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Barn Hill Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Barn Hill Care Center, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This metric gauges the percent of long-term care patients who have pressure ulcers or bed sores. We use this statistic in calculating our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Barn Hill Care Center, 2.53% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely linked to lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Barn Hill Care Center, 1.65% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this metric could also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Barn Hill Care Center, 10.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for many conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in some situations, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Barn Hill Care Center, 17.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety medications. These drugs are given to residents suffering from depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Barn Hill Care Center, 5.95% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Barn Hill Care Center, 91.97% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Barn Hill Care Center, 10.68% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of deterioration of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Barn Hill Care Center, 12.9% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Barn Hill Care Center, 1.68 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Barn Hill Care Center, 12.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Barn Hill Care Center, 8.37 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Barn Hill Care Center, 80.92% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Newton, NJ
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A
Looking for more options? Newton, New Jersey has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Newton Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 0.2 miles away175 High St Newton New Jersey 07860Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 579-8300
- Hackettstown Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 13.68 miles away651 Willow Grove St Hackettstown New Jersey 07840Voluntary non-profit - Church(908) 852-5100
- Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusAcute Care Hospitals 19.07 miles away25 Pocono Road Denville New Jersey 07834Proprietary(973) 983-5569
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Renal Ctr Newton0.85 miles awayRenal Center of Newton 7 East Clinton Street Newton New Jersey 07860CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (973) 940-0965
- Physicians Dialysis Hackettstown13.62 miles away657 Willow Grove Street Suite 202 West Wing Medical Plaza Hackettstown New Jersey 07840Dialysis Stations: 14 (908) 684-0630
- Davita Renal Ctr Succasunna14.7 miles away175 Righter Road Succasunna New Jersey 07876Dialysis Stations: 12 (973) 584-3294
- Fmc Dover15.29 miles away400 West Blackwell Street 2 West Dover New Jersey 07801Dialysis Stations: 13 (973) 328-1812
- Fmc Kenvil16.72 miles away677 Route 46 Suite C Kenvil New Jersey 07847CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (973) 252-1301
- Davita - Delaware Valley Dialysis Center18.78 miles away102 Davita Drive Milford Pennsylvania 18337Dialysis Stations: 16 (570) 491-9210