Care One at Hanover Township is an average-sized nursing home located in Whippany, New Jersey. This facility was awarded an A- overall, which is a high-end rating. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top 25 percent of all nursing homes in the United States. Scroll down to see this nursing home's category grades, which are also impressive. It is hard to find any major flaws in this facility's profile.
Care One at Hanover Township
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Inspection scores account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area tend to have very few severe deficiencies. Although this place had some deficiencies on its report, none of them 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
This facility also excelled in the area of short-term care, where we awarded it a grade of A. Few nursing homes received a better grade in this category. In the area of short-term care, we try to qualify measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess a facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The last item we considered in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 6.7 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This facility is also strong in the category of long-term care, where it was awarded a score of B+. It performed more favorably than most nursing homes in this area. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After looking at the amount of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 97.916664 percent of its residents for pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping residents healthy. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Nurse Quality
Moving on to the last area, this nursing home was awarded an excellent nursing score. While this was not nearly as impressive as several of its other category grades, this is still one of the stronger grades a facility can receive. Our nursing score considers a number of factors. The most important variable is the number of hours nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this facility excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any place the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be avoided by providing better nursing care, such as having a protocol of turning patients more often.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Care One at Hanover Township Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Care One at Hanover Township, 9.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Care One at Hanover Township, 2.57% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injury are routinely caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Closer supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Care One at Hanover Township, 1.73% of Patients had UTIs
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients who have suffered from a urinary tract infection. Although a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare between nursing homes due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Care One at Hanover Township, 10.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term care patients that are administered antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to having more patients suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Care One at Hanover Township, 17.5% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term residents who are given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Care One at Hanover Township, 5.81% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients showing symptoms of depression. Higher rates of depression may reveal lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Care One at Hanover Township, 92% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Care One at Hanover Township, 10.99% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Care One at Hanover Township, 14.79% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who maintained mobility. Some believe that the ability to move around is important for patients mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Care One at Hanover Township, 1.49 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Care One at Hanover Township, 14.79 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Care One at Hanover Township, 8.17 Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. Avoiding emergency medical situations is one way to measure patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Care One at Hanover Township, 80.57% Percentage of Resident
Measures the percentage of short-term stay residents that experienced functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- Morristown Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.16 miles away100 Madison Ave Morristown New Jersey 07960Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 971-5000
- Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusAcute Care Hospitals 5.76 miles away25 Pocono Road Denville New Jersey 07834Proprietary(973) 983-5569
- Saint Barnabas Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.11 miles away94 Old Short Hills Road Livingston New Jersey 07039Voluntary non-profit - Other(973) 322-5000
- Overlook Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.07 miles away99 Beauvoir Avenue Summit New Jersey 07902Voluntary non-profit - Other(908) 522-2000
- Essex County Hospital CenterPsychiatric 9.97 miles away204 Grove Avenue Cedar Grove New Jersey 07009Government - Local(973) 571-2801
- Chilton Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.53 miles away97 West Parkway Pompton Plains New Jersey 07444Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 831-5000
- East Orange General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 11.53 miles away300 Central Ave East Orange New Jersey 07018Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 266-4401
- University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 12.88 miles away150 Bergen St Newark New Jersey 07101Government - State(973) 972-5658
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Parsippany Dialysis3.03 miles away900 Lanidex Plaza Suite 120 Parsippany New Jersey 07054Dialysis Stations: 10 (973) 739-7080
- Fmc East Morris3.16 miles away55 Madison Avenue Ste 100 Morristown New Jersey 07960Dialysis Stations: 19 (973) 993-8495
- Davita Renal Ctr Morristown3.16 miles away100 Madison Avenue 4th Floor Morristown New Jersey 07960CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 11 (973) 538-8201
- Fmc Dial Assoc No Jersey Dc3.45 miles away2200 Route 10 West Suite 107 Parsippany New Jersey 07054CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (973) 267-2009
- Fkc Acc Livingston St Barnabas So Orange Ave4.56 miles awayAcc Livingston Hemodialysis 200 So Orange Avenue Livingston New Jersey 07039CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (973) 322-7150
- Fresenius Medical Care Livingston, LLC6.96 miles away348 East Northfield Road Livingston New Jersey 07039CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (973) 535-0667
- Ara Dialysis Center at West Orange7.19 miles away101 Old Shorts Hills Road Ste 120 Carlstadt New Jersey 07072CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (973) 736-8300
- Fmc Kenvil7.46 miles away677 Route 46 Suite C Kenvil New Jersey 07847CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (973) 252-1301