Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation at Ocean Grove is the sole option we identified in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. This nursing home proved to be an A+ rated facility, which is the highest grade that we offer. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top five percent of all facilities in the United States. Finally, this turned out to be a very consistent facility with consistently strong scores in all of the major categories. Additional information about these categories is available below.
Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation at Ocean Grove
- Nursing Home
Updated Jun 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
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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 look at in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this category most likely avoided the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. We were not able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also received a impressive long-term care score. This actually turned out to be its second most impressive category grade. In that area, this facility received a score of A. When facilities receive this kind of grade in this category it is a good sign for patient care and indicates that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses and aids. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 96.95122 percent of its patients, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia sadly is often a life or death illness for nursing home patients so we strongly prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. Finally, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.
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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. There are many factors within this grade. Most of these datapoints reflect the quantity of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality-based metrics and this place excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any nursing home the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented by providing better nursing care, such as employing a protocol of turning a resident more often.
Short-term Care Quality
In the last category we rated, this nursing home was awarded a very strong grade of A in our short-term care category. With this score, the facility rounded out a straight A profile. In computing our short-term care scores, we analyze a facility's levels of skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other types of therapists. This score is frequently a reliable assessment of a facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all facilities employs these skilled professionals. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation at Ocean Grove Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation at Ocean Grove, 9.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are often caused by residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation at Ocean Grove, 2.57% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint tells you the percentage of long-term stay patients who have experienced falls resulting in severe injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing scores.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation at Ocean Grove, 1.73% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes associated with insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation at Ocean Grove, 10.75% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic medication. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior in situations where such drugs aren't medically required. Nevertheless, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to having more residents with cognitive disorders.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation at Ocean Grove, 17.5% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term residents that were administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically prescribed to patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation at Ocean Grove, 5.81% of Patients
Measures the percent of long-term stay residents who are demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many believe that this is a measure of quality of life.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation at Ocean Grove, 92% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation at Ocean Grove, 10.99% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of residents that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation at Ocean Grove, 14.79% Percentage of Residents
This is the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' health.
Hospitalizations
In Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation at Ocean Grove, 1.49 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation at Ocean Grove, 14.79 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation at Ocean Grove, 8.17 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation at Ocean Grove, 80.57% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
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