The Arbor at Laurel Circle

Nursing Home
Independent Living
Assisted Living
Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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The Arbor at Laurel Circle's website

100 Monroe Street,
Bridgewater NJ 08807

(908) 595-6500

71.4% estimated occupancy ¹

The Arbor at Laurel Circle is a small nursing home located in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Sporting an overall grade of A, this facility is one of the most impressive nursing homes we assessed. We ranked this nursing home in the 100 best facilities in New Jersey, which is a distinguished list. One of the major highlights of this facility's stellar report card is its inspection reports. We discuss inspections in the next section.

Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Meal Delivery
Home Making
Transportation
Medical Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Podiatry
Mental Health
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Recreational Therapy
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)

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Facility Inspections

We also wanted to emphasize the fact that this nursing home earned near flawless government inspections recently. We awarded them an impressive grade of A+ in this category. These inspection grades weigh several factors, including deficiencies, substantiated complaints and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these factors 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. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Short-term Care Quality

We also would like to point out the fact that this nursing home received a superb grade of A in our short-term care area. In calculating our short-term care grades, we size up the nursing home's levels of highly skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This score is more often than not a meaningful measure of a facility's rehabilitation services. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, according to the information they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we assessed in this area is the number of residents that ultimately returned home from the nursing home. We found that 6.4 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the facility on a permanent basis.

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Nurse Quality

This facility also excelled in the area of nursing, where it received a grade of A. Few nursing homes performed better in this area. Nursing scores are heavily correlated with levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.5 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 often be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

In our last category, this facility also was given an impressive long-term care grade, with a grade of A-. This rounded out a very favorable report card. Facilities that receive this kind of score in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to ensure patients are well cared for. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This facility vaccinated 98.46154 percent of its patients for pneumonia, which is far higher than most nursing homes. Clearly, this place 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 a remarkably low number.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

The Arbor at Laurel Circle Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In The Arbor at Laurel Circle, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In The Arbor at Laurel Circle, 2.53% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint is an indication of the percentage of long-term patients who had a fall leading to serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in calculating nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In The Arbor at Laurel Circle, 1.65% of Patients had UTIs

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who experienced a UTI. Although more infections may reflect poorly on a nursing home's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare different nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In The Arbor at Laurel Circle, 10.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This metric gauges the percentage of long-term residents who are administered antipsychotic drugs. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs are not medically required. Nevertheless, some facilities may need to rely on these drugs due to an increased number of residents with dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In The Arbor at Laurel Circle, 17.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This is the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. Antianxiety medications are administered to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In The Arbor at Laurel Circle, 5.95% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients who are exhibiting signs of depression. Some experts argue this is a measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In The Arbor at Laurel Circle, 91.97% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In The Arbor at Laurel Circle, 10.68% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that needed increased assistance with activities of daily living over time.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In The Arbor at Laurel Circle, 12.9% Percentage of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that maintained mobility.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In The Arbor at Laurel Circle, 12.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This tells you the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In The Arbor at Laurel Circle, 8.37 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between staying out of the emergency room and the quality of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In The Arbor at Laurel Circle, 80.92% Percentage of Resident

This metric is a measure of the percent of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements.

Scores for Bridgewater, NJ

Overall Rating has a grade of A-minus
Nurse Rating has a grade of A-minus
Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-plus
Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus

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Nearby Hospitals

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Morristown Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 16.35 miles away100 Madison Ave Morristown New Jersey 07960Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 971-5000
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy DivisionAcute Care Hospitals 16.59 miles away530 New Brunswick Ave Perth Amboy New Jersey 08861Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 442-3700

Nearby Dialysis

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