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Merry Heart Senior Care Services

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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200 Rt 10 West,
Succasunna NJ 07876

(973) 584-4000

77.69% estimated occupancy 1

Located in Succasunna, New Jersey, Merry Heart Senior Care Services is the sole nursing home we found in this area. Featuring an overall grade of A, this nursing home is among the most elite nursing homes we looked at. We ranked this nursing home in the top 100 facilities in New Jersey, which is a distinguished list. Headlining this nursing home's remarkable report card is its inspection score, which is addressed in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Secure Memory Care 
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management

Awards

Top Nursing Home in New Jersey badge

Top Nursing Home in New Jersey Awards 2019

Best Nursing Home in New Jersey badge

Best Nursing Home in New Jersey Awards 2020

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

In addition to being a great overall grade, this facility also received A+ health inspections in recent years. Its inspections were virtually flawless. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in determining our inspection scores. One critical factor is deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of these deficiencies is usually more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these are relatively insignificant. Fortunately, although this facility had some minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means the inspectors didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-plus

This facility also was given an A+ for its short-term care score. With our short-term care score, we attempt to craft a sound measure for rehabilitation. In this process, we analyze a nursing home's levels of highly-skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. However, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from this nursing home. We found that 6.6 percent of this facility's residents returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

We also would like to draw your attention to the fact that this nursing home was given a dominant grade of A- in our long-term care area. When nursing homes receive this kind of score in this category it is a good sign for patient care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. Once we looked at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 95.020744 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which is better than most nursing homes. Lastly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

In the last category we scored, this facility was awarded a very strong grade of A- in our nursing category. With this grade, the facility completed a straight A report card. When calculating our nursing scores, we analyze both nursing hours and the skill levels of the nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these areas as predictive indicators of the caliber of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Merry Heart Senior Care Services Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Merry Heart Senior Care Services, 7.88% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percentage of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can minimize the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-plus

In Merry Heart Senior Care Services, 2.49% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients that sustained a major fall. Falls leading to serious injuries are often associated with poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: A-minus

In Merry Heart Senior Care Services, 0.84% of Patients had UTIs

This metric measures the percent of long-term residents that have experienced UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint may also be misleading for certain facilities due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Merry Heart Senior Care Services, 18.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This indicates the percent of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are given to patients for many medical conditions, such as dementia. Unfortunately, in limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A

In Merry Heart Senior Care Services, 9.45% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients which are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are commonly used to treat residents suffering from anxiety or depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-plus

In Merry Heart Senior Care Services, 2.18% of Patients

This indicates the percentage of residents demonstrating depressive symptoms. Increased levels of depression could indicate a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In Merry Heart Senior Care Services, 97.13% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In Merry Heart Senior Care Services, 4.84% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Merry Heart Senior Care Services, 7.21% of Residents

This indicates the percent of patients that remained mobile levels over time. Optimizing mobility is often a great sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-minus

In Merry Heart Senior Care Services, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care. Avoiding hospitalizations is critical to maintaining the physical health of patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Merry Heart Senior Care Services, 7.21% of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B

In Merry Heart Senior Care Services, 12.16% of Patients

This is a measure of 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

Grade: A

In Merry Heart Senior Care Services, 90.68% of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care patients that experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many would argue this is a measure of a facility's rehabilitation performance.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Hackettstown Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 8.93 miles away651 Willow Grove St Hackettstown New Jersey 07840Voluntary non-profit - Church(908) 852-5100
  • Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusAcute Care Hospitals 9.35 miles away25 Pocono Road Denville New Jersey 07834Proprietary(973) 983-5569
  • Morristown Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 10.69 miles away100 Madison Ave Morristown New Jersey 07960Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 971-5000
  • Newton Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.36 miles away175 High St Newton New Jersey 07860Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 579-8300
  • Overlook Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.33 miles away99 Beauvoir Avenue Summit New Jersey 07902Voluntary non-profit - Other(908) 522-2000
  • Chilton Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.44 miles away97 West Parkway Pompton Plains New Jersey 07444Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 831-5000
  • Saint Barnabas Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 18.92 miles away94 Old Short Hills Road Livingston New Jersey 07039Voluntary non-profit - Other(973) 322-5000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Renal Ctr Succasunna0.64 miles away175 Righter Road Succasunna New Jersey 07876Dialysis Stations: 12 (973) 584-3294
  • Fmc Dover3.6 miles away400 West Blackwell Street 2 West Dover New Jersey 07801Dialysis Stations: 13 (973) 328-1812
  • Fmc Kenvil5.75 miles away677 Route 46 Suite C Kenvil New Jersey 07847CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (973) 252-1301
  • Fmc Dial Assoc No Jersey Dc8.88 miles away2200 Route 10 West Suite 107 Parsippany New Jersey 07054CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (973) 267-2009
  • Physicians Dialysis Hackettstown8.97 miles away657 Willow Grove Street Suite 202 West Wing Medical Plaza Hackettstown New Jersey 07840Dialysis Stations: 14 (908) 684-0630
  • Davita Renal Ctr Morristown10.6 miles away100 Madison Avenue 4th Floor Morristown New Jersey 07960CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 11 (973) 538-8201
  • Fmc East Morris10.6 miles away55 Madison Avenue Ste 100 Morristown New Jersey 07960Dialysis Stations: 19 (973) 993-8495
  • Davita Parsippany Dialysis11.44 miles away900 Lanidex Plaza Suite 120 Parsippany New Jersey 07054Dialysis Stations: 10 (973) 739-7080