Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
120 Park End Place,
East Orange NJ 07018
93.11% estimated occupancy 1
Brookhaven Health Care Center is a large nursing home located in East Orange, New Jersey. This nursing home received an overall grade of B+, which is a strong grade. You could certainly do much worse than this nursing home. This nursing home's impressive profile was highlighted by its inspection rating, which you can find in the next section.
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Perhaps the most important factor we consider in determining our inspection scores is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. While this place had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.
Among its many impressive grades, this nursing home received an excellent nursing score. In fact, we gave it an B+ in that area. There are many criteria within this category. Most of the criteria are tied to staffing levels. This nursing home provides 3.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these datapoints as reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
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This facility received a favorable short-term care grade as well. We gave it one of our higher grades in that category with a score of B. Short-term care ratings are vital for patients requiring rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more skilled nursing services. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other types of therapy. One reason for this facility's strong score in this category is that it provides more care with registered nurses to its residents than the average nursing home. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. It performed decently in this area, with 47.2 percent of its patients returning home.
The last area we rated was long-term care, in which this facility was given a grade of B-. While this turned out to be its lowest category score, this is nevertheless not a major area of concern. With our long-term care category, we focus more on the sheer volume of care offered by a facility, as well as a few qualitative statistics. In addition to looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Thankfully, this nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents, which is an above average datapoint. Lastly, we looked at the nursing home's number of hospitalizations. While it had 2.24 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score was not too bad.
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 9.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents that 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 often caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 2.59% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Major falls leading to injury are routinely caused by poor nursing care.
In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 1.67% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for these infections.
In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 10.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 17.39% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients receiving antianxiety medications.
In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 5.91% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents showing depressive symptoms.
In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 92.7% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of patients who have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 11.08% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 14.69% Percentage of Residents
This tells you the percent of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a good sign for residents' health.
In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 1.49 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the overall quality of care.
In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 14.69 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 8.11 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding medical emergencies is one way to measure patient care during rehabilitation.
In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 81.01% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percent of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
