Jersey Shore Center
3 Industrial Way East, Eatontown NJ 07724 · (732) 544-1557 · 91.83% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
Jersey Shore Center is a large nursing home in Eatontown, New Jersey. Featuring an overall score of A+, this nursing home is undoubtedly an elite facility. In fact, this nursing home has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 100 best facilities in New Jersey. This is an impressive feat in a state with a long list of elite nursing homes. This also turned out to be a very consistent nursing home with consistent scores in all four of the major categories we assessed. Additional information about these categories is available below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 158 Beds
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For profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these factors by obtaining copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This nursing home was assessed 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but we were relieved to see that none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This means that CMS didn't consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was dominant in the category of long-term care, where it received a score of A. Not many facilities received a better grade in this category. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to ensure patients are well cared for. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is far higher than the average nursing home. This nursing home also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had just 1.71 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Short-term Care Quality
Adding to its high-end assessment, this facility also was awarded a superb short-term care score, with a score of A. In the category of short-term care, we seek to qualify indicators of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess the nursing home's skilled nursing services, such as the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. This nursing home provides a decent amount of services from physical therapists and registered nurses based on our assessment. The final datapoint we looked at in this category is the number of patients who were able to leave the facility and return to the community. This place fared as well as just about any nursing home in New Jersey in this area with 61.2 percent of its residents returning home. With most facilities, fewer than half of their short-stay residents are able to return home.
Nurse Quality
In our last category, we awarded this facility a grade of A+ for its nursing score. This wrapped up a very favorable profile. There are numerous criteria within this area. Most of the subcategories relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provided 3.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Jersey Shore Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a major fall. Falls leading to serious injury are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols reduces the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This is the percent of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections could be linked to poor hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percent of residents given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are prescribed to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Sadly, in limited cases, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay residents taking antianxiety medications.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percentage of long-term stay residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many believe this is a reliable measure of resident quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This indicates the percent of patients that have received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels. Many in the industry believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and the overall quality of long-term care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This datapoint is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe that this is a reasonable measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better