Seashore Gardens Living Center is a large non-profit nursing home located in Absecon, New Jersey. With an overall rating of B+, this nursing home should work for most people. This place truly has plenty going for it. This nursing home also received consistently good grades in all of the major categories we assessed. Additional information about its category grades can be found below.
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Seashore Gardens Living Center
- Nursing Home
- Independent Living
- Assisted Living
- Memory Care
Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- Is CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- Has Family Council
- Non profit - Corporation
- Secure Memory Care
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Personal Care
- Medication Management
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
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Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
To go along with its strong overall grade, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A for our inspections rating. Arguably the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Places with higher scores in this area most likely dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Although this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. The fact that none of the deficiencies were severe made us feel better about this inspection report.
Long-term Care Quality
Adding to its profile, this facility also earned a grade of B for its long-term care rating. This is a well above average score in this area. When nursing homes receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for resident care and indicates that the place is well-staffed with nurses aids. After we finished looking at the amount of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This facility vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is an impressive figure. Pneumonia is often a life threatening health condition for nursing home residents so we strongly prefer when a nursing home doesn't leave this to chance. Clearly, this nursing home is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
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Short-term Care Quality
Turning to an additional strength for this nursing home, we awarded them one of our more favorable scores in our short-term care category as well, with a grade of B. With our short-term care grade, we strive to forge a sound gauge for rehabilitation services. In this process, we assess a facility's level of skilled nursing services, including both registered nurses and physical therapy, as well as respiratory therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the information this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we considered the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 5.5 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
Nurse Quality
The final area we analyzed is nursing, where this nursing home received a grade of B. This nursing home ended up being very solid across the board. We scrutinized the licensure of nurses at the facility, as well as the quantity of time the nurses were with patients, in computing our rating in this category. This facility provided 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This facility performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Seashore Gardens Living Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Seashore Gardens Living Center, 8.94% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin due to remaining in the same position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Seashore Gardens Living Center, 2.79% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Seashore Gardens Living Center, 1.44% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percent of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely the result of worse hygiene protocols. More frequent bathing reduces the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Keep in mind that this datapoint is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Seashore Gardens Living Center, 10.1% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for treating a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Seashore Gardens Living Center, 17.29% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients that are given antianxiety medication. These medications are typically prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Seashore Gardens Living Center, 6.37% of Patients
This is the percent of patients demonstrating symptoms of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Seashore Gardens Living Center, 89.73% of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be standard at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Seashore Gardens Living Center, 10.05% Percentage of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Seashore Gardens Living Center, 10.04% Percentage of Residents
This indicates the percent of patients who retained mobility levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Seashore Gardens Living Center, 1.88 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. There is usually a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Seashore Gardens Living Center, 10.04 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Seashore Gardens Living Center, 9.47 Percentage of Patients
This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Seashore Gardens Living Center, 81.82% Percentage of Resident
This indicates the percentage of short-term residents who experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAcute Care Hospitals 9.64 miles away1925 Pacific Avenue Atlantic City New Jersey 08401Voluntary non-profit - Other(609) 441-8020
- Shore Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.71 miles away100 Medical Center Way Somers Point New Jersey 08244Voluntary non-profit - Private(609) 653-3545
Nearby Dialysis
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