Burlington Woods
115 Sunset Road, Burlington NJ 08016 · (609) 387-3620 · 77.39% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Sara Levinsohn
With an address in Burlington, New Jersey, Burlington Woods is one of just a few available facilities in this city. Featuring an overall score of B+, this nursing home should work for most people. We were pleased to find out that this matched the average grade of nursing homes in Burlington, which is one of the better cities in New Jersey to find a nursing home. The best part of this facility's impressive report card is its inspection rating. Inspection reports are discussed in the next section
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 215 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to earning a strong overall rating, this facility performed even better in our inspections category which is associated with the nursing home's recent government inspection reports. In fact, we awarded it an A for that area, which is one of our highest scores. Our inspection grades account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher scores in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B+ for its nursing rating. This is a well above average score in this category. Nursing ratings are primarily tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, 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 statistics as predictive indicators of the quality of nursing care offered, since better care tends to reduce these problems.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility received a favorable short-term care score as well. We gave it one of our better grades in that area with a score of B+. In determining our short-term care scores, we look at a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. This category is typically a meaningful assessment of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the majority of nursing homes with 53.3 percent of its patients returning home. This is a higher rate than most nursing homes.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we rated was long-term care. In this category, we gave this nursing home a decent grade of B-. This ended up being this nursing home's least impressive category. Our long-term care grade focuses on a facility's assistance with daily living instead of the highly skilled therapy or healthcare services that are critical to a rehabilitation facility. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. Fortunately, this nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its patients, which is a very respectable percentage. This nursing home was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. While it had 1.88 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted statistic was better than most nursing homes since it had some more complex patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Burlington Woods Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term care patients who suffered from new or worsened pressure ulcers . We factor in this statistic in computing our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a fall which resulted in major injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic drugs may be vital to many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percent of patients given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric measures the percent of long-term residents who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and using the bathroom. Some experts would argue that this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents who remained mobile levels.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand 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 saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better