Ridgewood Center

Ridgewood Center is located in Ridgewood, New Jersey. It looks like this is a good nursing home. We gave it an overall grade of B, which is a favorable score. Based on our analysis, this nursing home ought to meet the needs of most people. This nursing home is better in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of our four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

In addition to being a quality nursing home overall, this facility really excelled in the area of inspections, where it received an A+. Not many nursing homes fared better in this area. Our inspection ratings account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we consider is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better scores in this area usually have very few of these severe deficiencies. While this facility had some minor dings on its report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those found in categories G through L. This tells you that the government inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. Remember that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

This facility received a favorable short-term care score as well. We gave it one of our higher grades in that area with a grade of B+. Our short-term care scores are thought to be more meaningful for people in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more highly-skilled nursing services. This includes not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, this nursing home offers both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities offer both. The last measure we looked at in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. It was above average in this area with 51.4 percent of its residents returning home.

This facility's next best category was its nursing grade, where it received a grade of B-. While this didn't quite match its scores in some of the categories discussed above, this is still a decent score. There are several criteria within this category. Many of these factors relate to the quantity of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in some quality-focused statistics. Specifically, we look at the percent of residents who sustained pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these datapoints as good measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Moving on to our next area, this nursing home was awarded a decent long-term care score of C. Our long-term care grades are more meaningful for individuals in need of more traditional services associated with activities of daily living. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinated 96.02888 percent of its patients for pneumonia. This facility keeps its residents out of the hospital. It had only 1.66 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.