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Sycamore Living at East Hanover

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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One South Ridgedale Avenue,
East Hanover NJ 07936

(973) 995-6700

77.32% estimated occupancy ¹

Sycamore Living at East Hanover is an average-sized facility in East Hanover, New Jersey. Sporting an overall score of A, this is clearly a first-rate facility. In fact, this facility has the prestigious distinction of being one of the 100 best nursing homes in New Jersey. This is an impressive accomplishment in a state with a long list of elite facilities. One of the best aspects of this facility's exemplary report card is its short-term care rating. We discuss short-term care in the next paragraph.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company

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Short-term Care Quality

We also found that this nursing home excelled in our short-term care rating. We gave them an A+ in this category. Short-term care ratings are vital for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically requires more skilled nursing. This means a vast range of nursing services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the information they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 6.7 percent of this nursing home's patients returned home.

Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home also was dominant in the area of long-term care, where it received a score of A. Only a select group of facilities fared better in this category. Long-term care grades of this caliber generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine healthcare services. After assessing the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then looked at the facility's vaccination record. This facility vaccinated 80.95238 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is a bit below what we expected but still a decent figure. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, we were pleased to find nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.03 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Facility Inspections

This nursing home also received excellent government inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our best grades in that category, with an impressive grade of A-. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. You should keep in mind that the severity of the deficiencies is usually more important than the quantity of deficiencies, as some of these end up being quite insignificant. It doesn't appear that we were able to find information about this nursing home's deficiencies. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

The fourth category we graded is nursing, where this facility was given an A-. This topped off a very strong profile. Very few nursing homes received an A- or higher in every category. The nursing rating considers many data points. The most heavily weighted variable is the amount of time nurses spend with patients. This nursing home provides 0.5 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at certain nursing quality-based metrics in computing our nursing grades. These include minimizing residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. We look at these data points as good measures of the quality of nursing care being provided, since better care tends to reduce these problems.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Sycamore Living at East Hanover Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Sycamore Living at East Hanover, 10.99% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term care residents which have pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into both nursing and long-term care grades.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Sycamore Living at East Hanover, 9.52% of Patients had Serious Falls

This metric indicates the percent of long-term care residents which experienced falls which caused major injury. This is one of the statistics we use in computing our nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Sycamore Living at East Hanover, 2.11% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients who suffered from a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care. Nevertheless, this datapoint may be misleading for some facilities due to inconsistent reporting standards for these infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Sycamore Living at East Hanover, 2.13% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents prescribed antipsychotic medications. These medications may be used for treating several medical conditions, including dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Sycamore Living at East Hanover, 3% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety drugs are administered to residents experiencing anxiety and depression.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Sycamore Living at East Hanover, 1.03% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts believe this is a reasonable measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Sycamore Living at East Hanover, 82% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Sycamore Living at East Hanover, 11.58% of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and taking a bath.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Sycamore Living at East Hanover, 9.57% of Residents

This is the percentage of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Sycamore Living at East Hanover, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Sycamore Living at East Hanover, 9.57% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of rehospitalizations per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Sycamore Living at East Hanover, 6.83% 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 a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the overall quality of rehabilitation.