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Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River

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Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River's website

5101 North Park Drive,
Merchantville NJ 08109

(856) 665-8844

86.61% estimated occupancy 1

Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River is located in Merchantville, New Jersey, a city with 22,407 people. This nursing home was awarded an overall grade of B-, which is a solid grade. As far as we can see, this nursing home would be a good fit for quite a few people. The best part of this nursing home's profile was its exemplary inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Diabetes Management
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Total Parenteral Nutrition

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this facility really excelled in the area of inspections, where it earned an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Inspection ratings account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with higher grades in this area tend to have few severe deficiencies. This facility was hit with 5 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be major deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to create an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are uncommon in this industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

This nursing home also received a favorable grade in our long-term care category. We gave this facility a better than average grade of B+ in this area. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in long-term care it generally means it has plenty of staff and is an overall good place to reside on a permanent basis. Once we looked at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we next considered the nursing home's vaccination record. This nursing home vaccinated 95.40441 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This nursing home's nursing grade appears to be one of its better features. The facility received a grade of C in this category. The nursing grade features numerous subcategories. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spend with residents. This nursing home provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a low total compared with most nursing homes. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this facility surprisingly fared better in some of the quality measures we assessed. It performed well in the area of minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. We consider these areas to be measures of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is every bit as important as the quantity of hours of care offered.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The last category we rated is short-term care, which was this facility's weakest area. Unfortunately, we gave it a lowly F for this area, which is certainly concerning. In the category of short-term care, we attempt to assess measures of a nursing home's rehabilitation services. We analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and various therapists. It appears that this place was below average in several staffing areas we focus on. The facility provided fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than most other facilities. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from the facility. This nursing home struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 4.8 percent of its residents returning home. Unfortunately, this was well below the national average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-plus

In Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percentage of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are often the result of patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: C

In Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River, 2.53% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term patients that sustained falls leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B-plus

In Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River, 1.65% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are often the result of poor nursing care. Closer supervision can limit the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. We want to point out that this metric is affected by by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: B-minus

In Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River, 10.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: B-plus

In Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River, 17.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of long-term patients that are given antianxiety drugs. These medications are prescribed to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River, 5.95% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents exhibiting depressive symptoms. High levels of depression may reveal lower quality care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: C

In Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River, 91.97% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that have received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-minus

In Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River, 10.68% Percentage of Patients

This tells you the percentage of residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B-minus

In Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River, 12.9% Percentage of Residents

This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care patients that were able to retain mobility. Some experts argue that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B

In Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River, 1.68 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of nursing home care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River, 12.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River, 8.37 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In Riverfront Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center at Cooper River, 80.92% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term care residents who experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.33 miles away1600 Haddon Avenue Camden New Jersey 08103Voluntary non-profit - Private(856) 580-6330
  • Cooper University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 2.54 miles away1 Cooper Plaza Camden New Jersey 08103Voluntary non-profit - Private(856) 342-2000
  • Pennsylvania HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.64 miles away800 Spruce Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19107Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 829-3000
  • Thomas Jefferson University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.86 miles away111 South 11th Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19107Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 955-6000
  • Hahnemann University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 5.23 miles away230 North Broad Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19102Proprietary(215) 762-7000
  • St Christopher's Hospital for ChildrenChildrens 6.24 miles away160 East Erie Ave Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19134Proprietary(215) 427-5000
  • Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaChildrens 6.57 miles away34th St & Civic Center Blvd Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 590-3745
  • Temple University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.82 miles away3401 North Broad Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19140Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 707-2000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Pennsauken Dialysis Center0.53 miles away7024 Kaighns Ave Merchantville New Jersey 08109CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (856) 486-1145
  • Davita Lourdes Camden Dialysis1.36 miles away1601 Haddon Avenue Camden New Jersey 08103CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (856) 541-0647
  • Davita Merchantville Dialysis2.01 miles away5000 N Crescent Blvd Suite 1a Merchantville New Jersey 08109Dialysis Stations: 19 (856) 910-8798
  • Davita Cherry Hill Dialysis3.57 miles away1030 N Kings Hwy Suite 100 Cherry Hill New Jersey 08034CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (856) 321-0111
  • South Philadelphia Dialysis Center4.02 miles away109 Dickinson Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19147Dialysis Stations: 20 (215) 468-6616
  • Davita Brooklawn Dialysis4.09 miles away700 Crescent Blvd Ste 10b Gloucester City New Jersey 08030Dialysis Stations: 19 (856) 456-1230
  • Fmc Silver Dialysis4.21 miles awayDialysis Unit 1417 Brace Rd Suite B Cherry Hill New Jersey 08034Dialysis Stations: 35 (856) 216-8463
  • Davita Franklin Dialysis at Home4.36 miles away301 Callowhill Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19123Dialysis Stations: 10 (215) 873-0711

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=315225