Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center

Shore Meadows Rehab & Nursing Center is located in Toms River, New Jersey. The city has 122,197 people. With an overall score of C, this is likely a middle of the road facility. Toms River received a city grade of A-, so there are other options in the city worth considering. This facility was better in some categories than others, but it did not have any weak links in any of our major areas discussed below. More information about these categories can be found below.

While this facility's overall grade was not bad, it really excelled in the category of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A for that category, which is one of our best scores. Our inspection grades weigh a host of factors included in a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Nursing homes with better scores in this category typically have very few severe deficiencies. 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 a generally favorable view of this facility's recent inspections.

This facility's next most favorable category was short-term care. In that category, we gave this nursing home a B-. Our short-term care ratings are crucial for individuals in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes more highly-skilled nursing. This means a vast spectrum of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. We were surprised to find that this place was below average in the two key staffing areas we focus on. It supplied fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. The final statistic we considered in this category is the percentage of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that it performed respectably with 47.4 percent of its patients returning home.

The next highest grade we gave this nursing home in any area came in the category of nursing, where we gave it a grade of C. When calculating a facility's nursing rating, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses are caring for patients as well as the level of skill of those nurses. This facility provided just 2.8 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a relatively low total compared to most other facilities. Finally, our nursing scores also consider some quality-focused statistics. We especially look at the percent of patients who experienced pressure ulcers and major falls. Sometimes these datapoints are decent measures of the quality of nursing care, since better care can reduce these problems.

Switching gears to our final category, this nursing home was awarded a C in long-term care, which is generally an acceptable grade. Our long-term care scores are more important for residents in need of more traditional assistance related to personal care. On top of looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we analyzed the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 99.769585 percent of its patients. Unfortunately, this nursing home's hospitalization rate was less favorable. Here we found that this place had 2.53 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days.