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Brookhaven Health Care Center

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-plus
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120 Park End Place,
East Orange NJ 07018

(973) 676-6000

91.14% estimated occupancy 1

Brookhaven Health Care Center is a nursing home located in East Orange, New Jersey, a city with 64,267 people. Sporting an overall grade of B+, this is a strong nursing home. Based on our analysis, you can do much worse than this facility. The best aspect of this facility's strong profile was its inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

Awards

Best Nursing Home in East Orange, New Jersey badge

Best Nursing Home in East Orange, New Jersey Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in East Orange, New Jersey badge

Best Nursing Home in East Orange, New Jersey Awards 2020

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A

In addition to receiving a great overall score, this nursing home also received first-rate inspections in recent years. We gave it one of our higher grades in this area, with an A. Inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. We should point out that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in the industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

Another strong feature for this facility is that it was awarded an impressive long-term care score. Indeed, this ended up being its second best category score. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of B+. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it generally means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to live on a permanent basis. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility provided the vaccine to 99.2126 percent of its residents, which is very impressive. Pneumonia sadly can be a life threatening health condition for nursing home residents so we prefer when a nursing home does not leave its residents vulnerable. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. The nursing rating is based on a variety of datapoints. The most heavily weighted variable is the quantity of hours nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: B-minus

Turning to the final area, this nursing home was awarded a decent short-term care score. While this isn't as impressive as a few of its other category grades, this is still not a bad grade. Our short-term care grades are believed to be more meaningful for those needing a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes higher levels of skilled nursing. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.2 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, closer to half of their patients are able to return home so this figure is below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Brookhaven Health Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: C

In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 10.05% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A+

In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 0% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term residents who sustained a fall which resulted in severe injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indication of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A+

In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are often the result of poor nursing care. However, this datapoint can also be skewed for some facilities due to different reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 9.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are given to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as dementia. Tragically, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-plus

In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 5.59% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: D

In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 17.92% of Patients

This tells you the percent of patients showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 99.61% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 12.17% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and continence. Many argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 13.66% of Residents

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that mobility is vital to residents' mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: F

In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 13.66% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: A-plus

In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 4.49% of Patients

This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-minus

In Brookhaven Health Care Center, 84.66% 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. Higher levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with better rehabilitation services.

Scores for East Orange, NJ

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
  • Short-term Care Rating has a grade of C
  • Inspection Rating has a grade of A

Looking for more options? East Orange, New Jersey has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • East Orange General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.01 miles away300 Central Ave East Orange New Jersey 07018Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 266-4401
  • University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.33 miles away150 Bergen St Newark New Jersey 07101Government - State(973) 972-5658
  • Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.35 miles away201 Lyons Ave Newark New Jersey 07112Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 926-7850
  • Saint Barnabas Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.64 miles away94 Old Short Hills Road Livingston New Jersey 07039Voluntary non-profit - Other(973) 322-5000
  • Essex County Hospital CenterPsychiatric 6.63 miles away204 Grove Avenue Cedar Grove New Jersey 07009Government - Local(973) 571-2801
  • Trinitas Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.84 miles away225 Williamson Street Elizabeth New Jersey 07207Voluntary non-profit - Private(908) 994-5000
  • Overlook Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.05 miles away99 Beauvoir Avenue Summit New Jersey 07902Voluntary non-profit - Other(908) 522-2000
  • Carepoint Health - Bayonne Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.7 miles away29 East 29th St Bayonne New Jersey 07002Voluntary non-profit - Private(201) 858-5000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Ea Orange Gen Hospital0.7 miles away310 Central Avenue Medical Arts Building - Dialysis Unit East Orange New Jersey 07017CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (973) 395-4035
  • Fmc Orange Dc0.72 miles away258 Central Ave Orange New Jersey 07050CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (973) 675-3400
  • Davita East Orange Dialysis1.12 miles away14-20 Prospect Street East Orange New Jersey 07017CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (973) 672-2025
  • Fmc East Orange Dc1.46 miles away110 South Grove Street East Orange New Jersey 07018CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (973) 414-6100
  • Ara Dialysis at East Orange1.65 miles away20 Sussex Ave East Orange New Jersey 07018Dialysis Stations: 13 (973) 266-1093
  • Davita Irvington Dialysis1.83 miles away468 Chancellor Avenue Suite Ws-3 Irvington New Jersey 07111Dialysis Stations: 19 (973) 373-0294
  • Davita Renal Center of Newark1.88 miles away571 Central Ave Newark New Jersey 07107CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (973) 484-4994
  • Fmc Newark Univ Dc (Miele)2.19 miles away91-101 Hartford Street Newark New Jersey 07103Dialysis Stations: 18 (973) 624-7100