Fountain View Care Center is one of four nursing homes in Lakewood, New Jersey. This nursing home turns out to be a well above average facility, with an overall grade of B+. In fact, we ranked this facility in the top third of all facilities in the country. This facility's impressive report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next section.
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Fountain View Care Center
- Nursing Home
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
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Bariatric Care
- Optometry
- Audiology
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
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Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall grade, this facility also earned an A+ inspection score. This grade is based on the facility's recent government inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can pay to a facility. Perhaps the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this area most likely avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. While this place had some deficiencies on its report, none were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
We also gave this facility a score of A- for our long-term care grade. Long-term care scores in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by aids and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its patients, which is much higher than the average nursing home. Lastly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to the next category, this facility also received a grade of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is an above average score in this area. Our short-term care grades are considered to be most critical for patients in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation usually mandates additional skilled nursing. This means not only nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. We were not able to track down information on registered nurse or physical therapy staffing for this nursing home. Finally, we looked at the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.3 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
Nurse Quality
The last category we scored was nursing. This nursing home was given a favorable nursing grade this year, with a B-. Although this wasn't quite as elite as some of its other scores, this is still a decent score for that area. Nursing grades are based in large part on levels of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. This is a relatively low total compared with most facilities. Finally, our nursing ratings also consider some quality-focused metrics. We like to look at the percent of residents who suffered pressure ulcers and major falls. These metrics are indicators of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these issues.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Fountain View Care Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Fountain View Care Center, 11.67% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Fountain View Care Center, 1.68% of Patients had Serious Falls
This measures the percent of long-term care residents who had falls which caused serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Fountain View Care Center, 0.29% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many experts to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to poor nursing care. However, this statistic could also be skewed for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for UTI's.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Fountain View Care Center, 0.42% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are given antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior in situations where such medications are not medically required. However, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Fountain View Care Center, 10.75% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is an indication of the percentage of long-term care patients that were prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically used to treat patients experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Fountain View Care Center, 15.04% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who are demonstrating depressive symptoms. High levels of depression could be a sign worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Fountain View Care Center, 100% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Fountain View Care Center, 15.12% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and continence. Many argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Fountain View Care Center, 10.05% of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term care patients who maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Fountain View Care Center, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Fountain View Care Center, 10.05% of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. There is a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Fountain View Care Center, 9.77% 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 Fountain View Care Center, 78.32% of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation services.
Scores for Lakewood, NJ
- Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Lakewood, New Jersey has 3 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
- Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusAcute Care Hospitals 0.04 miles away600 River Ave Lakewood New Jersey 08701Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 363-1900
- Ocean Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 4.59 miles away425 Jack Martin Blvd Brick New Jersey 08724Voluntary non-profit - Other(732) 840-2200
- Community Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.65 miles away99 Rt 37 West Toms River New Jersey 08755Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 557-8000
- Centrastate Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 12.18 miles away901 West Main Street Freehold New Jersey 07728Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 431-2000
- Monmouth Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.86 miles away300 Second Avenue Long Branch New Jersey 07740Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 222-5200
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Lakewood Dialysis0.65 miles awaySeagull Shopping Plaza 1328 River Avenue Ste 16 Lakewood New Jersey 08701Dialysis Stations: 18 (732) 730-2222
- Shining Star Davita Bricktown Dc4.21 miles away525 Jack Martin Boulevard Suite 200 Brick New Jersey 08724CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (732) 836-9669
- Meridian-Fresenius Dialysis at Brick4.28 miles away1640 Route 88 Suite 102 Brick New Jersey 08724CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (732) 785-2690
- Physicians Dialysis Brick4.55 miles awayRenal Center 150 Brick Boulevard Brick New Jersey 08723CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (732) 477-2247
- Fresenius Medical Care Toms River5.28 miles away970 Hooper Avenue Toms River New Jersey 08753CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (732) 286-6502
- Davita Jackson Township Dialysis5.98 miles away260 North County Line Road Suite 120 Jackson New Jersey 08527Dialysis Stations: 10 (732) 364-2055
- Kamakee Dialysis (Davita Ocean County Dc)7.31 miles away635 Bay Avenue Suite 215 Toms River New Jersey 08753Dialysis Stations: 10 (732) 341-2730
- Fmc John J De Palma Renal Center7.54 miles away1 Plaza Drive Toms River New Jersey 08757CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (732) 505-0637