Rolling Hills Care Center

Nursing Home
Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Rolling Hills Care Center's website

16 Cratetown Road,
Lebanon NJ 08833

(908) 236-2011

86.41% estimated occupancy ¹

Rolling Hills Care Center is the lone option located in Lebanon, New Jersey. With an A overall grade, we ranked this nursing home in the top 20 percent of all nursing homes in the country. This is just about as good of a place as you're going to find. This place also received consistently good ratings in all of our categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Secure Memory Care
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Medication Management
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Physical Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

We also wanted to point out the fact that this nursing home has received near flawless government inspections recently. We gave them an A+ in this area. Inspection scores take several factors into consideration, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can learn more about each of these issues by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Nurse Quality

This nursing home also received a very impressive nursing grade. In fact, this turned out to be its second best category grade. In that area, we awarded this facility a grade of A. Nursing grades are mostly based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home performed very well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

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Long-term Care Quality

This facility also was given a strong long-term care score. In fact, this turned out to be this facility's third strongest category grade. In that category, we awarded this facility a grade of A-. When nursing homes receive a grade in this range in this category it typically means it's well-staffed and is a quality place to reside on a permanent basis. On top of assessing the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we also looked at the number of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home provided the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccines are critical to keeping patients out of the hospital. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. In fact, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.

Short-term Care Quality

In the final area, this facility also was awarded an excellent short-term care grade, with a B+. This rounded out a very favorable profile. In calculating our short-term care scores, we analyze the facility's levels of highly skilled nursing services, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists respiratory therapists and other highly skilled individuals. This score is often a fair measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, according to the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final statistic we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the facility and return home. We found that 5.4 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Rolling Hills Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Rolling Hills Care Center, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Rolling Hills Care Center, 2.53% of Patients had Serious Falls

This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a fall leading to major injury.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Rolling Hills Care Center, 1.65% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of patients that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to nursing homes with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols can limit the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Note that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have varying reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Rolling Hills Care Center, 10.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This measures the percentage of long-term care patients receiving antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic drugs play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to make sure these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a nursing home is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Rolling Hills Care Center, 17.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This gauges the percentage of long-term patients which are prescribed antianxiety medication. These medications are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Rolling Hills Care Center, 5.95% of Patients

This is the percent of residents who are demonstrating signs of depression. High levels of depression may imply worse patient care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Rolling Hills Care Center, 91.97% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Rolling Hills Care Center, 10.68% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as taking medications and continence. Many believe this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Rolling Hills Care Center, 12.9% Percentage of Residents

This tells you the percent of patients that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In Rolling Hills Care Center, 1.68 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Rolling Hills Care Center, 12.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Rolling Hills Care Center, 8.37 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Rolling Hills Care Center, 80.92% Percentage of Resident

This datapoint measures the percent of short-term care residents that experienced functional improvements.

Nearby Hospitals

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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital SomersetAcute Care Hospitals 13.95 miles away110 Rehill Ave Somerville New Jersey 08876Voluntary non-profit - Private(908) 685-2200
St Luke's Warren HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.05 miles away185 Roseberry St Phillipsburg New Jersey 08865Voluntary non-profit - Other(908) 847-6700
Hackettstown Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.17 miles away651 Willow Grove St Hackettstown New Jersey 07840Voluntary non-profit - Church(908) 852-5100

Nearby Dialysis

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