Barnegat Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
859 West Bay Ave, Barnegat NJ 08005 · (609) 698-1400 · 74.08% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Barnegat Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is an average-sized nursing home located in Barnegat, New Jersey. With an overall rating of B-, this is likely a middle of the road nursing home. You could definitely do worse than this nursing home. The best part of this nursing home's profile is its remarkable inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 115 Beds
CCRC :
For profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an excellent inspection grade. Its inspection grade was far superior to its overall grade. In our inspections category, we gave this facility an A+. Our inspection ratings weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A few minor dings aren't the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
In addition, we also wanted to draw your attention to the fact that this facility received impressive short-term care marks in this assessment. We awarded them one of our more impressive scores in this category, with a grade of B. This proved to be the facility's second best score. In computing our short-term care ratings, we analyze the nursing home's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. Our goal is to create a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of various facilities. When we looked at this facility's physical therapist hours, we found it offered more hours of physical therapy per day to its residents than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the majority of nursing homes with 53.5 percent of its residents returning home. This is a better rate than most nursing homes.
Nurse Quality
This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. The nursing score assesses a handful of subcategories, most of which are associated with levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as good indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we analyzed was long-term care, proved to be this nursing home's worst category. We awarded this facility a D in this area. This really is one of the couple of weak links of an otherwise strong profile. For prospective patients looking for a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. On top of assessing the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents, which is better than most nursing homes. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. We found that this nursing home had 2.49 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. Unfortunately, this figure is far less favorable than its vaccination record.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Barnegat Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This metric tells you the percentage of long-term residents who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls resulting in major injury are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with lower quality nursing care. However, this metric could be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for several medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are generally prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This indicates the percentage of residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may indicate the erosion of a resident's health.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percent of residents that maintained mobility over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical well-being of residents.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better