Hartwyck at Oak Tree

Hartwyck at Oak Tree is located in Edison, New Jersey. The city has 100,058 people. With an overall grade of A, this facility is among the top nursing homes we found. Based on the data we reviewed, you can't go wrong with this facility. If you scroll down, you will see this nursing home's category scores, which are also strong.

On top of receiving an elite overall score, this facility received an A+ inspection score. This is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the best complements we can pay to a facility. Inspection grades account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One key criteria we rely on is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this area typically have few severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Among its many high-end scores, this nursing home received a top-shelf short-term care score. In fact, we gave it a score of A in that area. In calculating our short-term care grades, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The objective is to create a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Remarkably, this facility provides approximately 50% more hours of services from registered nurses and physical therapists than most nursing homes we looked at. The last datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents that were able to return home from the facility. We found that it fared as well as just about any facility in New Jersey in this area with 61 percent of its patients returning home. At most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.

This facility also received a top-shelf long-term care score. Indeed, this turned out to be its third strongest category grade. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of A. Facilities that do well in this category tend to provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. On top of offering very favorable levels of nursing care, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its patients. This percentage is also significantly higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. The last datapoint we looked at is the nursing home's hospitalization rate. Here we found that this place had 3.61 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this wasn't as impressive as most of its other scores in this category, this figure can be skewed for some nursing homes based on some of the preexisting medical conditions of patients.

In the final category, this nursing home also was awarded an impressive nursing score, with a B+. This rounded out a very impressive report card. Nursing ratings are tied to levels of nurse staffing. This facility provides an incredible 4.2 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis. Out of this total, many of the hours were provided by registered nurses, which is one of the more highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering high levels of care, this place also performed well in several of the quality measures we assessed. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its residents suffering falls leading to major injury, this nursing home performed as well as any facility the country. Avoiding serious falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are employed.