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The Buckingham at Norwood

Nursing Home

Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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100 Mcclellan Street,
Norwood NJ 07648

(201) 768-6222

64.58% estimated occupancy ¹

With an address in Norwood, New Jersey, The Buckingham at Norwood is the only nursing home we were able to find in this city. We awarded this facility an overall grade of B-. A grade in this range requires some decent scores. You could certainly do worse than this facility. The best part of this place's profile was is its short-term care score. We discuss short-term care in the next section.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
No Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Individual
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
Amputee Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Total Parenteral Nutrition

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Short-term Care Quality

This nursing home received a favorable short-term care grade this year. We awarded them a strong score in that category, with a B+. Short-term care scores are meaningful for prospective residents seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional highly-skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing means a broad range of services, spanning from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Lastly, we looked at 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

This facility also excelled in the category of nursing, where it received an B+. Few facilities fared better in this category. Nursing grades are primarily associated with the facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at several nursing quality measures and this nursing home excelled in some of these areas. With less than five percent of its residents sustaining pressure ulcers, it performed as well as any facility the nation in this category. This is generally a good indicator of quality nursing care. Pressure ulcers can frequently be avoided by offering better nursing care, such as having a system of moving a resident more frequently.

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Facility Inspections

This nursing home also earned a very favorable inspection score. In that area, we gave this facility a grade of B. We take several aspects of a facility's inspection report into consideration in calculating our inspection ratings. One of those factors is health deficiencies. It should be noted that the severity of the deficiencies is arguably more meaningful than the quantity of deficiencies, as some deficiencies can be quite insignificant. 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. Even some of the best nursing homes receive an occasional ding on their inspection report.

Long-term Care Quality

The final category we scored is long-term care. We gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is a poor grade. This is clearly a significant disappointment. For patients seeking a permanent residence rather than rehabilitation, long-term care grades are a key measure. One of the criteria we considered after nurse's aid hours is vaccines. Fortunately, this facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than the average nursing home. Unfortunately, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

The Buckingham at Norwood Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In The Buckingham at Norwood, 6.71% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin resulting from staying in the same position for an excessive period of time.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In The Buckingham at Norwood, 1.91% of Patients had Serious Falls

This figure is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who suffered falls leading to serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but high rates of major falls may be a sign of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In The Buckingham at Norwood, 0.2% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percent of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely caused by poor nursing care. Closer supervision can reduce the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. Keep in mind that this datapoint is affected by by the fact that facilities have incongruent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In The Buckingham at Norwood, 10.26% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for many medical conditions, including dementia. Unfortunately, in limited situations, increased usage of these drugs may mean that a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In The Buckingham at Norwood, 12.98% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of residents who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In The Buckingham at Norwood, 28.6% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents showing depressive symptoms. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of resident quality of life.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In The Buckingham at Norwood, 98.15% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In The Buckingham at Norwood, 4.15% of Patients

This tells you the percentage of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. High levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate decline of a patient's medical condition.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In The Buckingham at Norwood, 4.01% of Residents

This is the percentage of patients that were able to retain mobility over time. Preserving mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

In The Buckingham at Norwood, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of care. There is typically a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In The Buckingham at Norwood, 4.01% of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In The Buckingham at Norwood, 9.6% of Patients

Measures the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In The Buckingham at Norwood, 94.14% of Resident

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

Nearby Hospitals

Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalAcute Care Hospitals 3.3 miles away250 Old Hook Road Westwood New Jersey 07675Proprietary(201) 383-1035
St John's Riverside HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.88 miles away976 North Broadway Yonkers New York 10701Voluntary non-profit - Private(914) 964-4444
Nyack HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.29 miles away160 North Midland Avenue Nyack New York 10960Voluntary non-profit - Other(845) 348-2000
Bergen New Bridge Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.36 miles away230 East Ridgewood Ave Paramus New Jersey 07652Government - Local(201) 967-4000
St Joseph's Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.47 miles away127 South Broadway Yonkers New York 10701Voluntary non-profit - Private(914) 378-7000
Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.49 miles away350 Engle St Englewood New Jersey 07631Voluntary non-profit - Private(201) 894-3000
Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.5 miles away223 N Van Dien Avenue Ridgewood New Jersey 07450Voluntary non-profit - Private(201) 447-8000
Phelps Memorial Hospital AssnAcute Care Hospitals 8.7 miles away701 North Broadway Tarrytown New York 10591Voluntary non-profit - Other(914) 366-3000

Nearby Dialysis

Davita Renal Center of Westwood3.16 miles away363 Old Hook Road Westwood New Jersey 07675Dialysis Stations: 18 (201) 664-6649
Davita Yonkers East Dialysis Center5.04 miles away5 Odell Plaza Suite 131 Yonkers New York 10701CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (914) 376-0296
Regency Dialysis Center5.95 miles away65 Ashburton Avenue Yonkers New York 10701Dialysis Stations: 12 (914) 963-4572
Southern Westchester Dialysis Ctr6.47 miles away44 Vark Street Yonkers New York 10701CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (914) 965-0200
St. Josephs Hosp. Hlth Ctr-Yonkers6.48 miles away127 South Broadway Dialysis Unit Yonkers New York 10701Dialysis Stations: 6 (914) 378-7480
Davita Hudson Valley Dialysis Center6.65 miles away155 White Plains Road Suite 107 Tarrytown New York 10591CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (914) 332-7599
Rockland County Dialysis6.91 miles away203 West Route 59 Nanuet New York 10954Dialysis Stations: 20 (845) 501-7590
Davita Yonkers Dialysis Center7.34 miles away575 Yonkers Avenue Yonkers New York 10704CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (914) 377-2370