The Elms of Cranbury
61 Maplewood Avenue, Cranbury NJ 08512 · (609) 395-0641 · 90.25% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Lata
The Elms of Cranbury is an average-sized facility in Cranbury, New Jersey. It looks like this nursing home is among the best nursing homes we found. Receiving an A+ in our grading scheme requires excellent scores across the board. We were so impressed with this facility that we rated it as one of the top 500 best nursing homes in the United States. Headlining this nursing home's exemplary profile is its short-term care grade, which you can find in the next section.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Short-term Care Quality
On top of performing well in its overall grade, this facility received high marks for short-term care as well. As a result, it received our highest grade in that category with a score of A+. Our short-term care ratings are believed to be more critical for those requiring rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires additional skilled nursing services. Skilled nursing includes not only nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This place excelled at the highest level in two key staffing areas we assessed. In fact, it supplied about 50% more care from registered nurses and physical therapists than the typical facility. Finally, we looked at the percentage of residents who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. We found that it outperformed the vast majority of nursing homes in this area with 67.6 percent of its residents returning home. This is a significantly higher rate than most facilities.
Nurse Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ nursing grade, making it one of the few nursing homes to receive multiple A+ category grades. Our nursing score looks at the facility's nurse staffing levels. We factor in both the levels of licensure of those nurses as well as the amount of time spent with patients. This nursing home boasts a really impressive 4.6 hours of nursing care per resident daily, of which a significant percentage of those hours were provided by registered nurses. This is one of the most highly highly trained levels of nurses. On top of offering impressive levels of care, this facility also excelled in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. With under five percent of its patients suffering from pressure ulcers, it fared as well as any place New Jersey in this category.
Long-term Care Quality
The third category we assessed is long-term care. This nursing home also was awarded an A+ long-term care grade, rendering it one of the few nursing homes to be given more than one A+ category scores. Facilities that excel in this category typically provide residents with better supervision and stay on top of routine healthcare services. On top of considering the elite level of care provided by nurses aids and other staff at this nursing home, we also were pleased by the nursing home's vaccination statistics. For example, this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is what we like to see. This combination proved to be effective as this nursing home also excelled at keeping its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0.99 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Facility Inspections
Adding to its impressive category grades, this facility also excelled in inspections, where it received a score of A. This finished off a straight A report card for this place. Arguably the most important factor we look at in computing our inspection grades is deficiencies. These deficiencies are found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this area typically avoided the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This place received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none were considered to be severe deficiencies. This indicates that the inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an immediate risk to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Elms of Cranbury Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percentage of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough. Better nursing care reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain pressure ulcers.
Percent of Patients with Pressure Ulcers
Lower is Better
Minimizes Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely linked to poor nursing care. Better nursing care minimizes the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Percent of Patients with Serious Falls
Lower is Better
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
This indicates the percentage of patients who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections may be associated with inadequate hygiene.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This is a measure of the percent of long-term patients who are given antipsychotic drugs. Increased usage of these drugs may indicate that a nursing home is using these drugs to subdue residents in situations where such drugs aren't medically indicated. However, some nursing homes need to rely more on these drugs due to having more residents suffering from Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This is the percent of patients prescribed antianxiety drugs. These drugs are generally used to treat patients experiencing anxiety or depression.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating depressive symptoms.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This tells you the percentage of patients that required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living may indicate erosion of a patient's well-being.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percent of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a great sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This metric measures the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Minimizing rehospitalizations during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical abilities of patients.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
This metric measures the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry believe this is a measure of a nursing home's rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better