The Health Center at Galloway is an average-sized nursing home located in Absecon, New Jersey. With an overall grade of C, this is likely a middle of the road facility. Based on our assessment, this facility likely wouldn't be a bad choice. The best part of this nursing home's profile is is its inspection grade. We discuss inspections in the next paragraph.
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The Health Center at Galloway
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata
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- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Speech Therapy
- Dentistry
- Occupational Therapy
- Podiatry
- Mental Health
- Physical Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Recreational Therapy
- Optometry
- Audiology
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Facility Inspections
While this nursing home's overall grade was decent, it really fared well in the area of inspections. In fact, we awarded it a grade of A- for that category, which is one of our best scores. These inspection ratings weigh several factors, including deficiencies and federal fines. You can find more information about each of these items by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were serious based on CMS' scale. A couple of minor deficiencies should not lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.
Short-term Care Quality
This nursing home was given its second highest category score in the category of short-term care. We gave this nursing home a B- in this category, which is an acceptable score. Our short-term care grades are arguably most critical for residents requiring rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically mandates additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes not just nursing services, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other forms of therapy. Unfortunately, this facility was below average in terms of its level of physical therapy and registered nurse hours provided to its residents based on the measures we assessed. The real question is whether this adversely impacted quality of care. The last measure we considered in this area is the number of patients who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 5 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is actually below average.
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Nurse Quality
We also gave this nursing home a decent score in the category of nursing care, with a grade of C. The nursing grade considers a host of subcategories. The most important factor is the amount of time nurses spent with patients. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, our nursing ratings also factor in quality-based assessments, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the highest total nursing hours per resident, this facility performed admirably in the area of preventing major falls. This is typically a good indicator that a place has sufficient quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home supplies enough nurses to assist its patients.
Long-term Care Quality
This facility's least impressive category was long-term care, which is the last category we assessed. In this area, we gave this facility a grade of D. Long-term care scores in this range generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. Once we finished looking at the volume of care provided by nurses, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination records. Frankly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this facility vaccinated just 89.50437 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually able to limit hospitalizations. With only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this facility had fewer hospitalizations than many nursing homes. This is its best feature in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
The Health Center at Galloway Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In The Health Center at Galloway, 10.65% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This indicates the percent of patients who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are damage to the skin caused by staying in one position for an excessive period of time.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In The Health Center at Galloway, 3.21% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of patients who suffered from a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered by many experts to be a barometer of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls which result in injury are often caused by poor nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In The Health Center at Galloway, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of long-term residents who sustained UTI's. UTI's may be an indication of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may also be misleading for certain facilities due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In The Health Center at Galloway, 7.02% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited situations, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may suggest that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In The Health Center at Galloway, 25.91% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term patients that are administered antianxiety drugs. These drugs are typically prescribed to residents experiencing depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In The Health Center at Galloway, 7.01% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients showing depressive symptoms. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of patient quality of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In The Health Center at Galloway, 91.26% of Patients
This is the percent of residents who were given the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In The Health Center at Galloway, 5.99% of Patients
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as getting dressed and continence.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In The Health Center at Galloway, 3.52% of Residents
This is the percent of residents that retained mobility levels over time. Optimizing mobility is usually a great sign for residents' well-being.
Hospitalizations
In The Health Center at Galloway, 0.03 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This datapoint measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care. Staying out of the hospital is critical to preserving the physical health of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In The Health Center at Galloway, 3.52% of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term resident care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In The Health Center at Galloway, 13.31% of Patients
This metric 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
In The Health Center at Galloway, 96.14% of Resident
This is a measure of the percentage of short-term stay residents who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Many believe that this is a measure of rehabilitation performance.
Scores for Absecon, NJ
- 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
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Nearby Hospitals
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