Mcauley Hall Health Care Cente is a small non-profit facility located in Watchung, New Jersey. Sporting an overall grade of A, this facility is one of the most elite nursing homes we looked at. We rated this facility as one of the 100 best facilities in New Jersey, which is a distinguished list. Headlining this facility's stellar report card is its inspection rating, which is addressed in the next section.
Mcauley Hall Health Care Cente
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
1633 Highway 22,
Watchung NJ 07069
92.56% estimated occupancy 1
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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. Perhaps the most significant factor we consider in calculating our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better scores in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving things like patient abuse. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the government inspectors didn't consider any of these deficiencies to create an immediate threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
Adding to its impressive resume, this nursing home also excelled in our nursing category. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category. Nursing grades are primarily associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 4.6 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Finally, this facility also excelled in several quality measures we assessed. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility New Jersey in this category.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed is long-term care. Adding to its first-rate resume, this nursing home also performed well in that area. In fact, it received a of A in that category. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. One of the statistics we considered in addition to nurse's aid hours was vaccines. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 95.798325 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a reliable method to avoid negative health outcomes for the elderly population. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.34 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The final category we graded is short-term care. This nursing home received an impressive short-term care rating in our assessment, with a grade of B-. Although this isn't as elite as several of its other grades, this remains a decent score in that category. Our short-term care grade is often used to measure a nursing home's performance with rehabilitation. To provide quality rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes registered nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. When we assessed this facility's nursing hours, we found it offered more care from registered nurses than most nursing homes. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 42.9 percent of this facility's patients returned home. At most facilities, about half of their patients return home so this facility is below average.
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Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Mcauley Hall Health Care Cente Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Mcauley Hall Health Care Cente, 9.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, which are also referred to as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents staying in one position for too long.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Mcauley Hall Health Care Cente, 2.59% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who have had a fall which caused severe injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Mcauley Hall Health Care Cente, 1.67% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to facilities with worst hygiene practices. Better hygiene protocols can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this metric is affected by by the fact that nursing homes have different reporting standards for these infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Mcauley Hall Health Care Cente, 10.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term residents taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to control patient behavior.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Mcauley Hall Health Care Cente, 17.39% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term stay patients that were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Mcauley Hall Health Care Cente, 5.91% of Patients
This tells you the percent of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Higher rates of depression could be an indicator a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Mcauley Hall Health Care Cente, 92.7% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be fatal for nursing home residents, making these vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Mcauley Hall Health Care Cente, 11.08% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a resident's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Mcauley Hall Health Care Cente, 14.69% Percentage of Residents
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay patients that were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Mcauley Hall Health Care Cente, 1.49 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Mcauley Hall Health Care Cente, 14.69 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Mcauley Hall Health Care Cente, 8.11 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Nearby Hospitals
- Overlook Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.71 miles away99 Beauvoir Avenue Summit New Jersey 07902Voluntary non-profit - Other(908) 522-2000
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayAcute Care Hospitals 6.66 miles away865 Stone St Rahway New Jersey 07065Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 381-4200
- Jfk Medical Ctr - Anthony M. Yelencsics CommunityAcute Care Hospitals 6.83 miles away65 James Street Edison New Jersey 08818Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 321-7000
- Saint Barnabas Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.24 miles away94 Old Short Hills Road Livingston New Jersey 07039Voluntary non-profit - Other(973) 322-5000
- Saint Peter's University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.28 miles away254 Easton Ave New Brunswick New Jersey 08901Voluntary non-profit - Church(732) 745-8600
- Morristown Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.32 miles away100 Madison Ave Morristown New Jersey 07960Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 971-5000
- Trinitas Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.39 miles away225 Williamson Street Elizabeth New Jersey 07207Voluntary non-profit - Private(908) 994-5000
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital SomersetAcute Care Hospitals 10.93 miles away110 Rehill Ave Somerville New Jersey 08876Voluntary non-profit - Private(908) 685-2200
Nearby Dialysis
- Dva Plainfield Dialysis Center2.61 miles away1200 Randolph Road Kenyon House Plainfield New Jersey 07060CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (908) 757-6030
- Dva Summit Dialysis Ctr4.45 miles away1139 Spruce Drive Mountainside New Jersey 07092CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (908) 232-7800
- Fmc So Plainfield4.6 miles away2201 S Clinton Ave South Plainfield New Jersey 07080Dialysis Stations: 15 (908) 668-8007
- Fmc Edison5.46 miles away2 Olsen Ave Edison New Jersey 08820Dialysis Stations: 19 (732) 549-3286
- Dva Edison5.9 miles away29 Meridian Road Edison New Jersey 08820CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (732) 205-9883
- Davita Durham Corners6.05 miles away241 Durham Avenue South Plainfield New Jersey 07080CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (908) 222-2971
- Trinitas Cranford Dialysis6.53 miles away205 Birchwood Ave Cranford New Jersey 07016Dialysis Stations: 9 (908) 402-2000
- Davita Rahway6.97 miles away800 Harrison Street Rahway New Jersey 07065Dialysis Stations: 18 (732) 680-0370