With an address in Clark, New Jersey, Complete Care Clark is the lone nursing home we found there. This nursing home proved to be a very respectable facility, with an overall grade of B. This facility definitely has plenty going for it. One of the better aspects of this facility's profile is its impressive short-term care grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Complete Care Clark
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 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 Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Oncology Care
Registered Staff Hours
Short-term Care Quality
On top of earning a strong overall score, this facility fared well in our short-term care category. In fact, we awarded it an impressive grade of A for that category, which is one of our best scores. Short-term care grades are vital for people looking for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally requires more skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes a vast scope of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final measure we looked at in this category is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. We found that 6 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.
Facility Inspections
We also want to emphasize this nursing home's nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We gave them an impressive grade of A- in this area. Our inspection scores are tied to several datapoints located in the a nursing home's government inspections. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this category have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Fortunately, although this nursing home had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This tells you that CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspection reports are rare in the industry.
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Nurse Quality
This facility is also strong in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of B. It outperformed most nursing homes in this category. We looked at the qualifications of nurses employed by the nursing home, as well as the quantity of hours those nurses were with patients, in computing our grade in this category. This particular nursing home provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
The final area we looked at was long-term care. We gave it a grade of C in that category. This is a perfectly acceptable grade in this category. Our long-term care grades are meaningful for individuals in need of personal care. On top of considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is more than most nursing homes. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Complete Care Clark Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Complete Care Clark, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who developed pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a reliable indicator of quality of care.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Complete Care Clark, 2.53% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents that suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are considered by many experts to be an indicator of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are often the result of poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Complete Care Clark, 1.65% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often associated with lower quality nursing care. Additional nurse staffing can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Complete Care Clark, 10.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Complete Care Clark, 17.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Complete Care Clark, 5.95% of Patients
Measures the percentage of long-term care patients who are showing signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Complete Care Clark, 91.97% of Patients
This metric measures the percent of long-term patients that were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home residents, making these vaccines critical to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Complete Care Clark, 10.68% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of decline of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Complete Care Clark, 12.9% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percentage of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Complete Care Clark, 1.68 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric tracks the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical well-being of residents.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Complete Care Clark, 12.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the physical well-being of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Complete Care Clark, 8.37 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Complete Care Clark, 80.92% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some would argue that this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayAcute Care Hospitals 1.8 miles away865 Stone St Rahway New Jersey 07065Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 381-4200
- Jfk Medical Ctr - Anthony M. Yelencsics CommunityAcute Care Hospitals 5.05 miles away65 James Street Edison New Jersey 08818Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 321-7000
- Trinitas Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.01 miles away225 Williamson Street Elizabeth New Jersey 07207Voluntary non-profit - Private(908) 994-5000
- Overlook Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.2 miles away99 Beauvoir Avenue Summit New Jersey 07902Voluntary non-profit - Other(908) 522-2000
- Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy DivisionAcute Care Hospitals 7.8 miles away530 New Brunswick Ave Perth Amboy New Jersey 08861Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 442-3700
- Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.12 miles away201 Lyons Ave Newark New Jersey 07112Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 926-7850
- Saint Barnabas Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 9.66 miles away94 Old Short Hills Road Livingston New Jersey 07039Voluntary non-profit - Other(973) 322-5000
- University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.5 miles away150 Bergen St Newark New Jersey 07101Government - State(973) 972-5658
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita Rahway2.04 miles away800 Harrison Street Rahway New Jersey 07065Dialysis Stations: 18 (732) 680-0370
- Fmc Linden Dialysis2.61 miles away630 West St. Georges Ave Linden New Jersey 07036CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (908) 925-5161
- Fmc Colonia Dialysis Ctr3.03 miles away1250 Route 27 Colonia New Jersey 07067CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (732) 382-7333
- Trinitas Cranford Dialysis3.2 miles away205 Birchwood Ave Cranford New Jersey 07016Dialysis Stations: 9 (908) 402-2000
- Trinitas Sat Linden3.63 miles away10 North Wood Ave Suite G Linden New Jersey 07036Dialysis Stations: 15 (908) 862-7400
- Dva Edison3.92 miles away29 Meridian Road Edison New Jersey 08820CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (732) 205-9883
- Dva Summit Dialysis Ctr3.96 miles away1139 Spruce Drive Mountainside New Jersey 07092CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (908) 232-7800
- Fmc Kenilworth4.12 miles away131 South 31st Street Kenilworth New Jersey 07033CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (908) 241-0453