Hackensack-Umc Mountainside

To go along with a strong overall score, we awarded this facility an A+ for our inspection category. Our inspection scores weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this area typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. Unfortunately, it does not look like we were able to find deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

An additional reason we assessed this facility so favorably is that it was awarded an A+ short-term care score. This is just about as strong as it gets in this area. In the area of short-term care, we seek 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 physical, occupational and other therapists. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we looked at the percentage of patients who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 8.2 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

This nursing home also was given a strong long-term care grade. Indeed, this ended up being this nursing home's third most impressive category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A. If you are looking for anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care scores. On top of looking at the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. We were not able to find information about this nursing home's vaccination rates. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Switching gears to the next category, this nursing home was awarded an extremely favorable nursing grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A in that category, resulting in this facility receiving straight A's. The nursing grade considers a number of data points. The most important variable is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.9 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.