Hammonton Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare

Hammonton Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare is a nursing home in Hammonton, New Jersey, which has 24,308 people. We awarded it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the pack grade. This nursing home seems to have some things working in its favor. One of the highlights of this nursing home's report card is its impressive inspection grade, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

To pair with its relatively modest overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. This is far more impressive than the facility's overall grade. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection scores. One key factor is deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies are quite insignificant. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none were considered severe. This tells you that the inspectors did not consider any of the deficiencies to pose an immediate risk to patient health or safety. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe leaves us less concerned with this inspection report.

In addition, we also wanted to note that this facility was awarded positive short-term care marks in this assessment. We gave them one of our more impressive scores in this area, with a B. This turned out to be the facility's second strongest grade. In the area of short-term care, we attempt to evaluate measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. The last item we assessed in this area is the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. This place fared respectably with 49 percent of its patients returning home.

Another reason we rated this facility so highly is that it received an A+ nursing score. Our nursing rating assesses the facility's level of nurse staffing. We look at both the levels of skill of the nurses and the amount of time spent with residents. This nursing home averages 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as good measures of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Moving on to our next area, this facility really did not fare very well. Due to a bottom of the barrel grade of F in long-term care, this was its worst category. For long-term care residents, the nursing home's primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate patients. In addition to assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility gave the vaccine to 99.191376 percent of its patients. To our surprise, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.19 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category weren't as favorable as these.