Peace Care St Joseph's
537 Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City NJ 07306 · (201) 653-8300 · 90.43% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Peace Care St Joseph's is a large non-profit nursing home located in Jersey City, New Jersey. Featuring an overall score of A, this nursing home is among the top nursing homes we looked at. We can't find many negative things to say about this facility. Its ratings are as good as they get. One of the major highlights of this nursing home's remarkable report card is its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section.
Additional Details:
Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 139 Beds
CCRC :
Non profit - Corporation
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Family Council:
Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall grade, this facility earned an A+ inspection score. This score is based on its recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can offer a nursing home. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a facility's inspection report. One key criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this category generally have very few of these severe deficiencies. 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. You can not go wrong with a deficiency-free inspection report.
Nurse Quality
To complement its strong performance in other areas, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for our inspections rating. Our nursing score is largely tied to the facility's nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 4.1 hours of nursing care per resident per day, which was among the highest totals we found. Lastly, this place also excelled in the quality measures we assessed. For example, it performed as well as any nursing home the country when it comes to avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We view these metrics as good indicators of the quality of nursing care being provided.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home also fared very well in the area of short-term care, where we gave it a grade of A. Only a select group of nursing homes fared better in this category. Short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled highly skilled professionals. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, in addition to other types of therapy. This nursing home excelled in the two key staffing areas we looked at. It supplied more care from physical therapists and registered nurses than the typical facility. Lastly, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in this area with 56.7 percent of its patients returning home.
Long-term Care Quality
The final category we graded is long-term care. We awarded this facility an acceptable grade in that category, with a grade of B-. While this was not as strong as many of its other grades, it is nevertheless a middle of the pack score. If you are looking for services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care grades. After looking at the very respectable amount of nursing care provided by this facility, we then analyzed the facility's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 98.06295 percent of its patients against pneumonia, which appears to be higher than many nursing homes. This combination proved to be effective as this place keeps its patients out of the hospital. It had only 1.59 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Peace Care St Joseph's Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage resulting from remaining in one position for an excessive period of time.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered to be a barometer of nursing care . Major falls are often caused by lower quality nursing care.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This figure indicates the percentage of long-term stay patients who suffered from a UTI. While more of these infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's nursing care, it can be difficult to compare different nursing homes due to reporting standards.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications serve an important medical purpose, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of patients prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to residents suffering from anxiety and depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients showing depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for nursing home patients, making these types of vaccines critical to patient care.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and using the bathroom.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This metric tracks the percentage of long-term stay residents that retained mobility levels. Some believe that the ability to move around is vital to patients physical and mental well-being.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
Measures the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This is the percent of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better