Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge

Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating

77 East 43rd Street,
Paterson NJ 07514

63.5% estimated occupancy ¹

Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge is one of just three available facilities located in Paterson, New Jersey. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B+. A score in this range requires strong scores in most areas. Impressively, the facilities in Paterson received high scores across the board, making this one of the better places in New Jersey to find a nursing home. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation

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Facility Inspections

To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with higher grades in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This means the government inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

This facility is also above average in the area of long-term care, where it was given a grade of B+. It performed more favorably than most facilities in this area. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are kept in good health. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 95.57739 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is better than the majority of nursing homes. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With only 1.06 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had less hospitalizations than the average nursing home.

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Nurse Quality

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B. There are several criteria within this category. Many of these criteria relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Short-term Care Quality

The final area we scored is short-term care, where this nursing home was given a B-. While this ended up being its least impressive category rating, this is still not the end of the world. Short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad spectrum of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. We were not able to locate registered nurse or physical therapy staffing data for this facility. The last datapoint we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that just 44.7 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge, 9.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of long-term stay residents who developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge, 2.59% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term patients who sustained a fall which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge, 1.67% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are often caused by lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint can also be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge, 10.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from cognitive disorders.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge, 17.39% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge, 5.91% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge, 92.7% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge, 11.08% Percentage of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's may be a sign of deterioration of a resident's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge, 14.69% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge, 1.49 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge, 14.69 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care. Avoiding rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge, 8.11 Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge, 81.01% Percentage of Resident

This tells you the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living often correlates with successful rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

St Joseph's University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 2.13 miles away703 Main St Paterson New Jersey 07503Voluntary non-profit - Church(973) 754-2010
St Mary's General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.23 miles away350 Boulevard Passaic New Jersey 07055Proprietary(973) 365-4300
Hackensack University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.5 miles away30 Prospect Ave Hackensack New Jersey 07601Voluntary non-profit - Private(551) 996-2000
Bergen New Bridge Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.61 miles away230 East Ridgewood Ave Paramus New Jersey 07652Government - Local(201) 967-4000
Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.8 miles away223 N Van Dien Avenue Ridgewood New Jersey 07450Voluntary non-profit - Private(201) 447-8000
Holy Name Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.83 miles away718 Teaneck Rd Teaneck New Jersey 07666Voluntary non-profit - Private(201) 833-3000
Essex County Hospital CenterPsychiatric 7.11 miles away204 Grove Avenue Cedar Grove New Jersey 07009Government - Local(973) 571-2801
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalAcute Care Hospitals 7.67 miles away250 Old Hook Road Westwood New Jersey 07675Proprietary(201) 383-1035

Nearby Dialysis

Davita East Paterson0.64 miles away680 Broadway Ste 103 Paterson New Jersey 07514CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (973) 357-8079
Ara Great Falls Dialysis, LLC0.97 miles away498 East 30th Street Paterson New Jersey 07504CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (973) 569-0500
Davita Radburn Dialysis1.79 miles away15-00 Pollitt Drive Fair Lawn New Jersey 07410CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (201) 796-1385
Davita Fairlawn Dialysis1.89 miles away18-01 Pollitt Drive Fair Lawn New Jersey 07410CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (201) 796-3873
St. Joseph's Paterson Dialysis1.96 miles away11 Getty Avenue 275 Hospital Plaza Paterson New Jersey 07503CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 60 (973) 684-3490
St. Joseph's Sjrmc Dialysis2.13 miles away703 Main Street r2n Paterson New Jersey 07503Dialysis Stations: 8 (973) 754-3570
Ara Clifton Dialysis Center3.01 miles away251 Clifton Avenue Unit A Clifton New Jersey 07011Dialysis Stations: 13 (973) 546-3750
Fresenius Medical Care Paramus3.16 miles away37 West Century Road Suite 108 Paramus New Jersey 07652CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (201) 262-0429