New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home Menlo
132 Evergreen Rd, Edison NJ 08818 · (732) 452-4100 · 88.99% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home Menlo is a senior living facility located in Edison, New Jersey, a city with 100,058 people. This nursing home really stands out with a grade of A overall. Remarkably, this is even better than the city grade of A- in Edison, which is one of the higher rated cities in New Jersey. Based on our assessment, this nursing home is just about as as good as it gets. Headlining this nursing home's remarkable report card is its nursing grade, which you can find in the next paragraph.
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Nurse Quality
On top of being a first rate nursing home overall, this nursing home also excelled in the category of nursing, where it received an A+. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Our nursing score is primarily associated with a facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 4.2 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Finally, this facility also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. For example, in terms of the number of its patients suffering falls leading to serious injury, this facility performed as well as any facility in the country. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can generally be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Facility Inspections
In addition, this nursing home also earned a nearly flawless government inspection report. As a result, it received one of our highest grades in that category with an A. Inspection grades are tied to items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this category tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Amazingly, this was one of the few nursing homes in the country that had no deficiencies whatsoever on its inspection report. This is very impressive. This is what you like to see on an inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility also was awarded a strong long-term care grade. In fact, this is this facility's third strongest category grade. In that area, we gave this facility a score of A. Nursing homes that excel in long-term care tend to be well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. In addition to considering the well above average volume of care provided by nurses and other staff at this nursing home, we also were impressed by the facility's vaccination data. For example, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 97.58829 percent of its patients, which is what we like to see. Lastly, we looked at the facility's number of hospitalizations. We found that this place had 3.38 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days. Although this wasn't as impressive as some of its other scores in this category, this statistic can be skewed for some facilities based on some of the preexisting medical conditions of residents.
Short-term Care Quality
The last category we looked at is short-term care, where this nursing home was given a grade of B-. Although this wound up being its worst category rating, this is nevertheless a middle of the pack score. Our short-term care ratings are arguably more critical for individuals in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation typically requires more highly-skilled nursing services. This means not only nursing, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. One of this nursing home's strength is that it offers more hours of care from registered nurses to its residents. The final metric we considered in this area is the number of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. We found that just 3.9 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. Unfortunately, this was below the national average.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home Menlo Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This statistic measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better