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The Gardens at Easton

  • Nursing Home
  • Memory Care

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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The Gardens at Easton's website

498 Washington Street,
Easton PA 18042

(610) 258-2985

81.32% estimated occupancy 1

With an address in Easton, Pennsylvania, The Gardens at Easton is one of five nursing homes in the area. This nursing home turns out to be a middle of the pack facility, with an overall grade of B-. Based on our ratings, there are definitely far worse places out there. The best part of this place's report card is its stellar inspection grade. Inspection grades are discussed in the next paragraph.

Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • No Family Council
  • For profit - Corporation
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Speech Therapy
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Pharmacy
  • Recreational Therapy

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)
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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

The main reason this facility received a decent overall score is its impeccable health inspections in recent years. We awarded it one of our better grades in that category, with an A+. This is a much better grade than the place's overall grade, which was decent but certainly not elite. Our inspection ratings are tied to many datapoints located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Facilities that excel in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these nursing homes should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. Although this facility had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' scale. Keep in mind that deficiency-free inspections are rare in the industry.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B-plus

In addition, we awarded this nursing home a B+ in our long-term care category. This is one of our more favorable scores. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally require both around the clock care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. On top of considering the quantity of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is often a deadly illness for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility does not leave this to chance. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. Indeed, it had less than one hospitalization per one thousand long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Nurse Quality

Grade: B-minus

We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of B-. We assessed the licensure of nurses employed by the nursing home, in addition to the quantity of time the nurses spent with patients, in determining our score in this category. This particular nursing home provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This figure is far below the national average. Finally, while this place got dinged a bit for nursing hours per resident, it actually excelled in some of our quality-based measures. With fewer than five percent of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, it performed very well in this area.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: F

The next area we assessed is short-term care. We gave it an abysmal F for this area, which is an abysmal score. This is clearly a significant disappointment. Our short-term care grade is often used to measure a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To offer high-end rehabilitation services, facilities generally must provide higher levels of highly skilled nursing. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other highly trained professionals. In this nursing home's case, we found that it provides less physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than the average facility. Lastly, we looked at the number of patients who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that just 4 percent of this facility's patients returned home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Sep 22

The Gardens at Easton Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: A

In The Gardens at Easton, 7.59% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of patients that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are skin damage caused by staying in one position for too long.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: A-minus

In The Gardens at Easton, 3.37% of Patients had Serious Falls

This statistic indicates the percent of long-term patients that suffered falls which caused serious injury. This is one of the statistics we use in determining our nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: B

In The Gardens at Easton, 1.9% of Patients had UTIs

This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's are considered to be an indicator of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely linked to a facility with lower levels of hygiene. Nevertheless, this metric may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In The Gardens at Easton, 15.54% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This measures the percentage of long-term care patients who were given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in situations where such medications aren't medically indicated. Nevertheless, some facilities need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of residents suffering from dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: F

In The Gardens at Easton, 19.74% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This statistic is an indication of the percent of long-term residents receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A-minus

In The Gardens at Easton, 3.12% of Patients

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who are showing symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: B

In The Gardens at Easton, 88.22% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be deadly for seniors, making these vaccines critical to patient health.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In The Gardens at Easton, 14.84% Percentage of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the deterioration of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: A-minus

In The Gardens at Easton, 21.64% Percentage of Residents

This is the percent of residents that remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: B-plus

In The Gardens at Easton, 1.31 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between staying out of the hospital and the overall quality of long-term care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: C

In The Gardens at Easton, 21.64 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the physical well-being of residents.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: C

In The Gardens at Easton, 8.92 Percentage of Patients

Measures the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: B-minus

In The Gardens at Easton, 72.59% Percentage of Resident

This is a measure of the percent of short-term care patients that saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many argue that this is a reasonable measure of rehabilitation services.

Scores for Easton, PA

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

Looking for more options? Easton, Pennsylvania has 4 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

  • Easton HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.6 miles away250 South 21st Street Easton Pennsylvania 18042Proprietary(610) 250-4076
  • St Luke's Warren HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.98 miles away185 Roseberry St Phillipsburg New Jersey 08865Voluntary non-profit - Other(908) 847-6700
  • St Luke's Hospital - Anderson CampusAcute Care Hospitals 4.78 miles away1872 St Luke's Blvd Easton Pennsylvania 18045Voluntary non-profit - Private(484) 503-3000
  • St Luke's Hospital BethlehemAcute Care Hospitals 10.94 miles away801 Ostrum Street Bethlehem Pennsylvania 18015Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 954-4000
  • Sacred Heart HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 14.49 miles away421 Chew Street Allentown Pennsylvania 18102Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 776-4900
  • Lehigh Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.14 miles away1200 South Cedar Crest Boulevard Allentown Pennsylvania 18105Voluntary non-profit - Private(610) 402-2273
  • St Luke's Quakertown HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 18.92 miles away1021 Park Avenue Quakertown Pennsylvania 18951Voluntary non-profit - Private(215) 538-4500

Nearby Dialysis

  • Fmc Phillipsburg Dialysis Ctr1.97 miles away471 Center Street Kidney Treatment Center Phillipsburg New Jersey 08865CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 12 (908) 454-7440
  • Davita - Palmer Dialysis Center2.23 miles away30 Community Drive Easton Pennsylvania 18045CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (610) 258-8855
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Easton3.68 miles away3501 Northwood Avenue Easton Pennsylvania 18045Dialysis Stations: 30 (610) 253-4278
  • Bio-Medical Applications of Pennsylvania, Inc8.91 miles away1005 Harvard Avenue Bethlehem Pennsylvania 18015Dialysis Stations: 17 (610) 997-8350
  • Davita - St. Luke's Bethlehem10.35 miles away1425 8th Avenue Bethlehem Pennsylvania 18018CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (484) 403-4304
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Bethlehem11.03 miles away2014 City Line Road, Suite 102 Bethlehem Pennsylvania 18017CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 25 (610) 264-9660
  • Fresenius Kidney Care - Slatebelt11.71 miles away525 East West Street Wind Gap Pennsylvania 18091Dialysis Stations: 12 (610) 863-7852
  • Etowah Dialysis, LLC13.97 miles away1220 3rd Street Whitehall Pennsylvania 18052Dialysis Stations: 13 (610) 266-1706