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N J Eastern Star Home

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Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

Historical Rating
Grade: A
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111 Finderne Avenue,
Bridgewater NJ 08807

(908) 722-4140

77.43% estimated occupancy 1

N J Eastern Star Home is an average-sized non-profit nursing home in Bridgewater, New Jersey. With an overall score of A, this nursing home is among the most elite nursing homes we found. We were so impressed with this facility that we ranked it in the top fifth of all nursing homes in the United States. This nursing home also received strong scores in each of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • Non profit - Corporation
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Personal Care
  • Medication Management
  • Home Making
  • Dialysis Transportation
  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Cardiac Therapy
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Laboratory
  • X-Ray
  • Recreational Therapy

Awards

Best Nursing Home in Bridgewater, New Jersey badge

Best Nursing Home in Bridgewater, New Jersey Awards 2020

Top Nursing Home in New Jersey badge

Top Nursing Home in New Jersey Awards 2021

Best Nursing Home in Bridgewater, New Jersey badge

Best Nursing Home in Bridgewater, New Jersey Awards 2021

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

To go along with its strong overall score, we awarded this place an A+ for our inspections rating. Our inspection grades weigh several factors included in a facility's inspection reports. One key criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS did not consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. We should note that deficiency-free inspections are rare in this industry.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-plus

Another reason we rated this nursing home so highly is that it received an A+ nursing grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this category. Our nursing grade is mostly based on the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures 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 place New Jersey in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can often be prevented by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving residents at least once a day.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A

Moving on our next category, this nursing home was awarded a strong short-term care grade. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A in this area. In crafting these short-term care ratings, we quantify the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The purpose is to devise a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all facilities employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that 5 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

The last category we rated was long-term care, in which this facility was given a grade of B. This actually is this nursing home's weakest category. A nursing home could be doing a lot worse when their poorest score still rates higher than most other nursing homes. Long-term care grades in this range generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. One of the factors we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility administered the pneumonia vaccination to 99.53704 percent of its patients. Vaccination is a reliable method to avoid unnecessary deaths and hospitalizations for the elderly population. Finally, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

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

N J Eastern Star Home Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A-minus

In N J Eastern Star Home, 8.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This figure tells you the percent of long-term stay patients which developed pressure ulcers. We find that pressure ulcers are a reliable measure of nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In N J Eastern Star Home, 2.79% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure gauges the percent of long-term stay residents that have suffered falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls may be an indicator of lower quality nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In N J Eastern Star Home, 1.44% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents that have had a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to insufficient hygiene.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: A-plus

In N J Eastern Star Home, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This statistic tells you the percentage of long-term care residents who are prescribed antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely more on these drugs due to an increased number of residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In N J Eastern Star Home, 17.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic measures the percentage of long-term stay patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In N J Eastern Star Home, 6.37% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents demonstrating symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In N J Eastern Star Home, 89.73% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: A-plus

In N J Eastern Star Home, 10.05% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percentage of patients who required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of needing for assistance with ADL's could be a sign of the deterioration of a patient's health.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In N J Eastern Star Home, 10.04% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who maintained mobility. Some experts believe that the ability to move around is critical to residents' mental and physical health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-minus

In N J Eastern Star Home, 1.88 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is typically a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In N J Eastern Star Home, 10.04 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In N J Eastern Star Home, 9.47 Percentage of Patients

This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-plus

In N J Eastern Star Home, 81.82% Percentage of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's usually correlates with superior rehabilitation services.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital SomersetAcute Care Hospitals 0.99 miles away110 Rehill Ave Somerville New Jersey 08876Voluntary non-profit - Private(908) 685-2200
  • Saint Peter's University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.57 miles away254 Easton Ave New Brunswick New Jersey 08901Voluntary non-profit - Church(732) 745-8600
  • Jfk Medical Ctr - Anthony M. Yelencsics CommunityAcute Care Hospitals 11.81 miles away65 James Street Edison New Jersey 08818Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 321-7000
  • Hunterdon Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15 miles away2100 Wescott Drive Flemington New Jersey 08822Voluntary non-profit - Private(908) 788-6100
  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at RahwayAcute Care Hospitals 15.19 miles away865 Stone St Rahway New Jersey 07065Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 381-4200
  • Overlook Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 15.5 miles away99 Beauvoir Avenue Summit New Jersey 07902Voluntary non-profit - Other(908) 522-2000
  • Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy DivisionAcute Care Hospitals 15.7 miles away530 New Brunswick Ave Perth Amboy New Jersey 08861Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 442-3700
  • Morristown Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.54 miles away100 Madison Ave Morristown New Jersey 07960Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 971-5000

Nearby Dialysis

  • Davita Bridgewater Dialysis Ctr1.99 miles away2121 Route 22 West Bound Brook New Jersey 08805CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (732) 469-7202
  • Physicians Dialysis Somerville2.16 miles away1 Route 206 North Somerville New Jersey 08876CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (908) 450-0396
  • Davita Hillsborough Dialysis5.46 miles away220 Triangle Road Hillsborough New Jersey 08844Dialysis Stations: 10 (908) 369-0398
  • Fresenius Medical Care Piscataway5.65 miles away1135 Easton Ave Somerset New Jersey 08875Dialysis Stations: 18 (732) 220-1043
  • Shining Star Davita Somerset Dialysis6.83 miles away240 Churchill Avenue Somerset New Jersey 08873CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (732) 937-5000
  • Dci Somerset7.3 miles away950 Hamilton Street Somerset New Jersey 08873Dialysis Stations: 12 (732) 519-6749
  • Davita Hamilton Street Dialysis7.35 miles away920 Hamilton Street Suite C-3 Somerset New Jersey 08873Dialysis Stations: 10 (732) 220-1593
  • Fmc So Plainfield7.62 miles away2201 S Clinton Ave South Plainfield New Jersey 07080Dialysis Stations: 15 (908) 668-8007