Eastern Pines Convalescent Center

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Eastern Pines Convalescent Center's website

29 North Vermont Ave,
Atlantic City NJ 08401

(609) 344-8911

55.16% estimated occupancy ¹

Eastern Pines Convalescent Center is a large nursing home located in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This facility is ranked among the best facilities we found. A grade of this caliber requires top-notch marks across the board. In fact, this facility has the distinction of being one of the top 100 facilities in New Jersey. This is an impressive accomplishment in a state with a long list of high-end facilities. One of the major highlights of this facility's remarkable profile is its 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 Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Mental Health
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)

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Facility Inspections

On top of performing well overall, this nursing home also received a nearly flawless inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A+. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

One of the other reasons we rated this facility so highly is that it earned a very impressive nursing rating. In that area, we awarded this facility an A. There are a variety of datapoints included in this area. Many of the subcategories reflect staffing levels. 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 place 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 generally be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

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Long-term Care Quality

Contributing to its first-rate profile, this facility also was awarded a dominant long-term care score, with a grade of A-. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically provide patients with more supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. On top of looking at the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 99.69136 percent of its residents, which is significantly higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Short-term Care Quality

Moving on to our last area, this nursing home also excelled in our short-term care category. We awarded it a grade of B+ for this category. This finalized a very strong report card. In forming our short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The purpose is to formulate a tool for comparing the rehabilitation services of various nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 4.6 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Eastern Pines Convalescent Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Eastern Pines Convalescent Center, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents which are suffering from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a great barometer of quality of care.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Eastern Pines Convalescent Center, 2.53% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care patients who sustained falls resulting in major injury. We use this statistic in determining nursing ratings.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Eastern Pines Convalescent Center, 1.65% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Eastern Pines Convalescent Center, 10.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Eastern Pines Convalescent Center, 17.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are given to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Eastern Pines Convalescent Center, 5.95% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are showing signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Eastern Pines Convalescent Center, 91.97% of Patients

This is the percentage of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Eastern Pines Convalescent Center, 10.68% Percentage of Patients

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

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Eastern Pines Convalescent Center, 12.9% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry would argue that mobility is important for patients mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

In Eastern Pines Convalescent Center, 1.68 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Eastern Pines Convalescent Center, 12.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Eastern Pines Convalescent Center, 8.37 Percentage of Patients

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

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Eastern Pines Convalescent Center, 80.92% Percentage of Resident

This is a measure of the percentage of short-term care patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Some argue this is a measure of rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAcute Care Hospitals 1.28 miles away1925 Pacific Avenue Atlantic City New Jersey 08401Voluntary non-profit - Other(609) 441-8020
Shore Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.22 miles away100 Medical Center Way Somers Point New Jersey 08244Voluntary non-profit - Private(609) 653-3545

Nearby Dialysis

Fmc Atlantic City0.95 miles away1501 Atlantic Ave Renaissance Plaza #18 Atlantic City New Jersey 08401CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (609) 345-0900
Fkc Boardwalk1.37 miles awayDialysis Unit 1925 Pacific Avenue Atlantic City New Jersey 08401Dialysis Stations: 12 (609) 441-8944
Davita Atlantic County Dialysis6.21 miles away400 West Black Horse Pike Suite 3 Pleasantville New Jersey 08232Dialysis Stations: 13 (609) 646-7202
Fmc Pomona7.66 miles away44 East Jimmie Leads Road Absecon New Jersey 08205CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (609) 652-3070
Fresenius Kidney Care Shore7.67 miles away2605 Shore Road Northfield New Jersey 08225CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (609) 437-2190
Fmc Egg Harbor Dc8.3 miles away6701 Blackhorse Pike Egg Harbor Township New Jersey 08234Dialysis Stations: 18 (609) 383-0066
Fkc Liberty Linwood Dialysis8.86 miles away1201 New Road Ste 170 Linwood New Jersey 08221Dialysis Stations: 18 (609) 926-9090