With an address in Clifton, New Jersey, Daughters of Miriam Center is the lone option located in the city. With an overall grade of A-, this nursing home is one of the better facilities we assessed. At the end of the day, this place would be a no brainer for most people. As you can find below, this facility also performed well in our category grades. It is hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
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Daughters of Miriam Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
Please note our records indicate that Daughters of Miriam Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Optometry
- Audiology
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Inspection ratings are tied to datapoints found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that excel in this area typically have few deficiencies on those reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. We were not able to track down deficiency counts for this nursing home. Without having all of the deficiency related data for this facility, it is a challenge to fully evaluate the place in terms of this category.
Long-term Care Quality
We also would like to point out the fact that this facility received an impressive score of A- in our long-term care area. Long-term care scores of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This nursing home vaccinated 95.50173 percent of its residents against pneumonia. Vaccines are vital to keeping patients healthy. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.
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Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received a strong nursing score. In fact, we awarded it an above average grade of B+ in this area. In computing our nursing scores, we assess both staffing levels and the levels of licensure of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 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 place has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Short-term Care Quality
Turning to our fourth category, this facility was given a high-end short-term care rating. While this isn't nearly as strong as some of its other grades, this is still one of the more impressive grades a facility can receive. Our short-term care grades are based in part on the facility's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a broad range of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, not to mention other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, according to the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at the number of residents that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 5.5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Daughters of Miriam Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Daughters of Miriam Center, 8.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of patients that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Daughters of Miriam Center, 2.79% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered by many experts to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . Major falls resulting in injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Daughters of Miriam Center, 1.44% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better nursing care can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. We want to point out that this metric is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Daughters of Miriam Center, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to patients for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Daughters of Miriam Center, 17.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This metric indicates the percentage of long-term care patients taking antianxiety medications.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Daughters of Miriam Center, 6.37% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Daughters of Miriam Center, 89.73% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines vital to patient care.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Daughters of Miriam Center, 10.05% Percentage of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Daughters of Miriam Center, 10.04% Percentage of Residents
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients that maintained mobility. Many argue that mobility is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Daughters of Miriam Center, 1.88 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Daughters of Miriam Center, 10.04 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is important to restoring the health of patients.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Daughters of Miriam Center, 9.47 Percentage of Patients
This metric measures 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 Daughters of Miriam Center, 81.82% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint measures the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements.
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