Care One at Ridgewood Avenue
W-90 Ridgewood Ave, Paramus NJ 07652 · (201) 652-1950 · 86.81% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Care One at Ridgewood Avenue is a facility located in Paramus, New Jersey, a city with 26,342 people. We gave this facility an overall grade of B+. A score of this caliber requires above average marks in most areas. We were pleased to learn that this matched the average grade of facilities in Paramus, which is one of the better cities in New Jersey to find a nursing home. This facility's strong profile was highlighted by its inspection grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the reasons this place turned out to be a great nursing home is that it received an A+ in our inspections category. This is as good as it gets in this category. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in calculating our inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the number of deficiencies, as some of these end up being relatively insignificant. Unfortunately, it does not appear that we were able to find deficiency data for this facility. Without deficiency data for this facility, it is a challenge to evaluate the place in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also received an A+ for its short-term care score. Short-term care grades are typically employed to gauge a facility's performance with rehabilitation. To have quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally must offer better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other licensed professionals. This nursing home is significantly above average in terms of its quantity of both registered nurse and physical therapy hours available to its residents. In fact, it offered about 50% more care per resident from both of these groups of skilled professionals than the average nursing home provided. The final statistic we looked at in this category is the percentage of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in New Jersey in this area with 65.6 percent of its residents returning home. For most nursing homes, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
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. Our nursing rating is largely associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides an incredible 4.2 hours of nursing care per patient per day. Out of this total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the most highly trained levels of nurses. In addition to providing high levels of care, this place also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. In terms of the number of its patients suffering falls leading to major injury, this place performed better than the national average.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we looked at is long-term care, which proved to be a weak link for this nursing home. We awarded this facility a D for our long-term care category, rendering this its least impressive category grade. We'd nevertheless recommend that you look at the bigger picture. For prospective patients in need of a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. After looking at nursing care provided by this nursing home, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. Based on its grade in this category, we were pleasantly surprised to learn that this nursing home fared reasonably well in both of these statistics. In fact, this facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is higher than the average nursing home. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. While it had 1.72 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, its risk adjusted score wasn't bad due to it having more complex patients.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Care One at Ridgewood Avenue Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of residents staying in one position for too long.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This statistic tells you the percent of long-term stay residents which have sustained a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating our nursing grades.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. These medications are used for several conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents prescribed antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically given to residents experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
Measures the percent of long-term care residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and using the bathroom.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This tells you the percentage of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to the physical well-being of residents.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This metric measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 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 care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better