Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center is a large nursing home in Toms River, New Jersey. We awarded it an overall grade of C, which is a middle of the road rating. At the end of the day, this place ought to be a solid choice for most people. This place is better in some categories than others, but it didn't have any weak links in any of our four major categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
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Facility Inspections
In addition to being a respectable nursing home overall, this place also excelled in the category of inspections, where it received an A. Few nursing homes performed better in this category. Arguably the most significant factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes with better grades in this area typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. 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. Based on this, we had positive view of this facility's inspections.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home received high grades in the area of nursing as well. It earned one of our highest scores in that category with an C. Nursing scores are primarily associated with the facility's nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures. Although this place got docked a bit for its nursing hours per resident, it excelled in a few of these quality-based metrics. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it did well in this statistic. This can be a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can generally be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as by employing a system of moving a patient more often.
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Long-term Care Quality
The next area we graded is long-term care. In that area, we awarded this facility a solid grade of C. Our long-term care grade is often used to measure a facility's performance as a traditional convalescent home, as opposed to focusing on the skilled nursing services provided by a skilled nursing facility. Once we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination records. We were optimistic to discover that this nursing home vaccinates 95.60185 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Lastly, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we assessed was short-term care. For this category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. Our short-term care grades are based on the nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This means a broad spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. We found that this nursing home was below average in the two key staffing areas we looked at. In fact, it supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other nursing homes. It is still important to determine whether this also correlates to a lower quality of care. Finally, we looked at the number of patients who returned home from this nursing home. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents were able to return home. This figure was actually well below the national average.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely caused by residents not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center, 2.53% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term care residents that sustained falls leading to severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indication of lower levels of patient supervision.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center, 1.65% of Patients had UTIs
This metric gauges the percentage of long-term care patients who suffered from UTI's. UTI's may be an indicator of a facility with worst hygiene practices. However, this statistic may be skewed for certain facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center, 10.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who are administered antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some facilities may need to rely more on these medications due to an increased number of patients with dementia.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center, 17.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are prescribed to patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center, 5.95% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients exhibiting signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center, 91.97% of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center, 10.68% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percentage of residents that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center, 12.9% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center, 1.68 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center, 12.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center, 8.37 Percentage of Patients
This is the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center, 80.92% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living usually correlates with successful rehabilitation services.
Scores for Toms River, NJ
- Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Nurse Rating has a grade of B
- Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
- Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
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Nearby Hospitals
- Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusAcute Care Hospitals 3.03 miles away600 River Ave Lakewood New Jersey 08701Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 363-1900
- Community Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.12 miles away99 Rt 37 West Toms River New Jersey 08755Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 557-8000
- Ocean Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.69 miles away425 Jack Martin Blvd Brick New Jersey 08724Voluntary non-profit - Other(732) 840-2200
- Centrastate Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 14.34 miles away901 West Main Street Freehold New Jersey 07728Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 431-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Lakewood Dialysis3.71 miles awaySeagull Shopping Plaza 1328 River Avenue Ste 16 Lakewood New Jersey 08701Dialysis Stations: 18 (732) 730-2222
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- Fresenius Medical Care Toms River5.32 miles away970 Hooper Avenue Toms River New Jersey 08753CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (732) 286-6502
- Physicians Dialysis Brick5.74 miles awayRenal Center 150 Brick Boulevard Brick New Jersey 08723CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (732) 477-2247
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- Kamakee Dialysis (Davita Ocean County Dc)7.28 miles away635 Bay Avenue Suite 215 Toms River New Jersey 08753Dialysis Stations: 10 (732) 341-2730
- Davita Jackson Township Dialysis7.65 miles away260 North County Line Road Suite 120 Jackson New Jersey 08527Dialysis Stations: 10 (732) 364-2055