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The Gardens for Memory Care at Easton

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: B-minus
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500 Washington Street,
Easton PA 18042

(610) 253-3574

85.47% estimated occupancy 1

The Gardens for Memory Care at Easton is located in Easton, Pennsylvania. This city has a total of 83,703 people. We gave it an overall grade of B-, which is a middle of the road score. You could certainly do worse than this facility. One of the major highlights of this facility's report card is its stellar inspection rating, which we will address in the next paragraph.

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Quick Details

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

Specialized Services

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

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-plus

We want to draw your attention to the fact that this facility really outperformed its overall grade in the area of inspections. In fact, it received an excellent government inspection report this year. As a result, it received one of our best grades in that area with an A+. Perhaps the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places with better scores in this category typically dodged the most severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. This nursing home was assessed 4 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered to be severe deficiencies. This tells you that the government inspectors did not consider any of these deficiencies to cause an imminent risk to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: B

We also awarded this nursing home a favorable score in long-term care. This facility earned a B in this category, which happens to be one of our more impressive grades. If you are seeking anything other than rehabilitation, you should take a close look at each nursing home's long-term care ratings. In addition to considering the quantity of care provided by nurses and other staff, we also looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated against pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 75.789474 percent of its residents. This is somewhat below what we expected but still a decent figure. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we like to see, this facility was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

Nurse Quality

Grade: C

This facility's next best category grade came in the area of nursing. In that category, we gave this nursing home a grade of C. We analyzed the levels of nurses employed by the facility, as well as the number of hours those nurses worked with patients, in computing our grade in this area. This facility averages just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident each day, which is not an impressive total. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home fared better in some of the quality measures we looked at. It scored well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care. In many cases, the quality of nursing care is as important as the number of hours of care provided.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: D

The last category we looked at was short-term care, which proved to be this facility's worst area. We gave this nursing home a D in that area. Unfortunately, this score hurt the facility's overall grade to a certain degree. In forming these short-term care grades, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. Our objective is to devise a barometer for comparing the rehabilitation services of different facilities. In this facility's case, it looks like it offers fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per resident than a typical facility. Lastly, we assessed the percentage of patients who were able to return to the community from this nursing home. This definitely wasn't a strength for this facility. We found that just 3.7 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home. At most facilities, around half of their patients are able to return home so this is well below average.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

The Gardens for Memory Care at Easton Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B-minus

In The Gardens for Memory Care at Easton, 8.56% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

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

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B

In The Gardens for Memory Care at Easton, 3.16% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term residents who sustained falls which resulted in major injury. We use this statistic in computing nursing scores.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In The Gardens for Memory Care at Easton, 2.92% of Patients had UTIs

This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. UTI's may be an indication of a facility with lower levels of hygiene. However, this datapoint can be skewed for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: F

In The Gardens for Memory Care at Easton, 57.32% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic drugs are prescribed to residents for many conditions, including Alzheimer's or other dementias. Unfortunately, in some cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: F

In The Gardens for Memory Care at Easton, 45.51% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients given antianxiety drugs. These medications are commonly prescribed to patients experiencing depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: A+

In The Gardens for Memory Care at Easton, 0% of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients who are exhibiting depressive symptoms. Some experts believe that this is a reasonable measure of patient quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: D

In The Gardens for Memory Care at Easton, 82.99% of Patients

This indicates the percent of residents who were given the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: C

In The Gardens for Memory Care at Easton, 18.77% of Patients

Measures the percent of long-term care patients who required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and bathing.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: B

In The Gardens for Memory Care at Easton, 15.55% of Residents

This is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that maintained mobility. Many believe that mobility is vital to residents' physical and mental well-being.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In The Gardens for Memory Care at Easton, 0.01 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

Measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is important to maintaining the physical health of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: B

In The Gardens for Memory Care at Easton, 15.55% of Residents Rehospitalized

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is critical to restoring the health of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: B-minus

In The Gardens for Memory Care at Easton, 12.6% of Patients

This tells you the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the emergency room and the quality of rehabilitation.

Scores for Easton, PA

  • Overall Rating has a grade of B
  • Nurse Rating has a grade of B-minus
  • Long-term Care Rating has a grade of B
  • 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

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  • 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 14.48 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

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  • Davita - Palmer Dialysis Center2.22 miles away30 Community Drive Easton Pennsylvania 18045CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (610) 258-8855
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  • 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