Hackensack Meridian Health Subacute Rehabilitation - Wall

In addition to being a great nursing home overall, it also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. We weigh several aspects of a nursing home's inspection report in computing these inspection ratings. One of those factors is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the number of deficiencies, as some deficiencies end up being relatively insignificant. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that we were 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.

In addition, this nursing home received high marks in the area of short-term care. As a result, it was given one of our highest scores in that area with a grade of A+. Our short-term care grades are presumably more important for individuals in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation usually mandates higher levels of skilled nursing. This means not just nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The final measure we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who returned home from the facility. We found that 6.6 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this facility received an impressive grade of A in our nursing category. When calculating a nursing home's nursing grade, we look at the amount of time nurses commit to patients and the level of licensure of the nurses. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the country in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving a resident more frequently.

In the last category, we gave this facility a grade of A+ for its long-term care score. This completed a very strong report card. Nursing homes that receive this type of score in this category tend to provide consistent 24/7 care to make sure residents are kept in good health. One of the statistics we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that this facility provided data regarding vaccinations. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.