CareOne at Parsippany

On top of receiving a strong overall grade, this nursing home also received first-rate inspections in recent years. We awarded them one of our best grades in that category, with an A. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in computing our inspection scores is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this category most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Among this facility's other accomplishments is its elite long-term care grade. We awarded them one of our strongest grades in that category, with a grade of A-. Facilities that do well in this category typically provide residents with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 96.61017 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is better than the vast majority of nursing homes. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Turning to the next area, this facility also received a grade of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is an above average grade in this area. Our short-term care ratings are arguably most critical for those in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically requires additional skilled nursing services. This includes not merely nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Unfortunately, we were not able to track down information about this nursing home's registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. The final statistic we assessed in this category is the percentage of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 6.2 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

The final area we graded is nursing. We awarded this nursing home a solid score in that area, with a grade of C. While this isn't on par with several of this nursing home's other grades, it is nevertheless not the end of the world. Our nursing grade analyzes the facility's level of nurse staffing. We factor in both the levels of skill of the nurses as well as the quantity of hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient daily. This figure is far below the national average. Finally, our nursing scores also factor in quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Although this nursing home didn't have as many nursing hours as many other nursing homes we assessed, it was still better than average in the area of preventing major falls.