Country Arch Care Center is in Pittstown, New Jersey. With an overall rating of B, this nursing home is a very good option. Based on our assessment, this place has quite a bit going for it. The best aspect of this nursing home's impressive report card was its inspection grade. Inspection reports are discussed in the next paragraph
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Country Arch Care Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a strong facility overall, this place also excelled in our inspections category, where it received an A-. Few nursing homes fared better in this area. Our inspection ratings are tied to many pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that receive favorable grades in this area tend to have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. This place was hit with 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe. This means that the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient safety or health. A few minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility truly excelled in the category of short-term care, where it received a grade of A-. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. With our short-term care assessment, we endeavor to create a sound gauge for rehabilitation. In doing so, we look at the nursing home's offerings of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as occupational therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last statistic we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return home. We discovered that 5.5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Another strong feature for this facility is that it received an impressive nursing grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of B. Nursing scores are based largely on quantity of nursing care available. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.
Long-term Care Quality
Our next area is long-term care, where we awarded this facility a grade of C in that area. Our long-term care grades are important for residents requiring non-healthcare services such as personal care. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated just 59.821426 percent of its residents. Nevertheless, this place was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Country Arch Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Country Arch Care Center, 11.37% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Country Arch Care Center, 2.98% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are often caused by lower levels of patient supervision. Better nursing protocols can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Country Arch Care Center, 0.63% of Patients had UTIs
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who sustained a UTI. While a higher rate infections could reflect poorly on a nursing home's cleanliness, it is problematic to compare between nursing homes due to facilities having varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Country Arch Care Center, 14.43% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many residents, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Country Arch Care Center, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric gauges the percent of long-term residents that were administered antianxiety drugs. These medications are typically given to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Country Arch Care Center, 3.8% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Country Arch Care Center, 79.08% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Country Arch Care Center, 22.49% of Patients
This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as moving around and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Country Arch Care Center, 16.44% of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents that remained mobile levels.
Hospitalizations
In Country Arch Care Center, 0.02 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Country Arch Care Center, 16.44% of Residents Rehospitalized
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Country Arch Care Center, 6.66% of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Country Arch Care Center, 89.54% of Resident
This metric measures the percentage of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some would argue this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Nearby Hospitals
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- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital SomersetAcute Care Hospitals 17.95 miles away110 Rehill Ave Somerville New Jersey 08876Voluntary non-profit - Private(908) 685-2200
- St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusAcute Care Hospitals 18.38 miles away1872 St Luke's Blvd Easton Pennsylvania 18045Voluntary non-profit - Private(484) 503-3000
- Hackettstown Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.5 miles away651 Willow Grove St Hackettstown New Jersey 07840Voluntary non-profit - Church(908) 852-5100
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