Newark Manor Nursing Home

This nursing home received a quality overall score as described above, but we especially would like to point out its nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We gave them an A+ in this category. Arguably the most critical factor we look at in calculating our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities with better grades in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. This facility was assessed 3 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent threat to resident health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Among this facility's other accomplishments is its superb long-term care grade. It received one of our most impressive grades in that area, with a score of A-. Facilities that excel in this category tend to provide patients with closer supervision and stay on top of routine medical care. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home gave the vaccine to 98.22485 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients healthy. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of C. This facility didn't perform quite as well in this category as it did in some other categories. Nevertheless, this is still a respectable score. Our nursing score is primarily tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This particular facility provided just 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This figure is far below the national average. Lastly, we also looked at several nursing quality measures. Although this facility got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of these quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed remarkably well in this subcategory. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as employing a policy of moving a patient more often.

The next category we graded is short-term care, is this facility's least impressive category. We gave this nursing home a grade of D in this area. This really is one of just a few dings of an otherwise impressive report card. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than the typical facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. This was not a strength for this nursing home. We found that just 3.8 percent of this facility's residents returned home. At most nursing homes, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.