Care One at East Brunswick
599 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick NJ 08816 · (732) 967-0100 · 79.01% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
With an address in East Brunswick, New Jersey, Care One at East Brunswick is the sole option we were able to find in the area. This turns out to be an A rated facility. It was given one of the highest scores that we offer. A score in this range requires superb marks across the board. You really can not do much better than this facility. Headlining this facility's exemplary report card is its inspection score, which you can find in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 132 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this place ended up being a quality nursing home is it received an A+ inspection grade. This is as good as it gets in this very important category. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these items by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. 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 was given a superb short-term care grade, with a score of A. In computing our short-term care ratings, we look at the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our goal is to devise a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. This place provided more physical therapist and registered nurse hours per patient than most facilities. This is what we like to find when assessing a facility in this category. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of facilities in the nation with 61.8 percent of its residents returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also performed well in the area of long-term care, where it received a score of A-. Very few facilities fared better in this category. Facilities that excel in this category typically provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of offering elite levels of nursing care and other staffing, this nursing home gave the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This statistic is also much higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. While it had 1.96 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.
Nurse Quality
The next area we assessed is nursing. We awarded this facility a decent grade in that area, with a B-. Even though this is not as favorable as some of this facility's other grades, it is still not a poor grade. We looked at the qualifications of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses spent with residents, in calculating our grade in this category. This facility provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is an impressive figure. Finally, we baked a few quality measures into our nursing grades. This place was relatively weak in two of the areas we focus on, with below average scores for minimizing its patients' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Care One at East Brunswick Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint tells you the percent of long-term stay residents that are suffering from pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of the quality of nursing care a nursing home provides.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a fall resulting in serious injury.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who have had urinary tract infections. While a higher rate of these infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to nursing homes having inconsistent reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term patients which were administered antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This tells you the percent of patients showing signs of depression. High rates of depression could reveal a lower level of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is the percent of patients that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and taking a bath. Some believe that this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of patients that maintained mobility over time. Optimizing mobility can be a great sign for residents' well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric tracks 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 indicates the percentage of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better