Union County Hospital L T C

On top of receiving a great overall grade, this facility earned an A+ inspection rating. This grade is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can pay to a nursing home. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in determining our inspection ratings is deficiencies. These deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Places with higher grades in this area most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving health risks or even death. Although this place had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none were serious based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

We also awarded this nursing home a score of A+ for its long-term care grade. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and provide extensive hands on care to patients. Once we concluded our assessment of the quantity of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents for pneumonia, which is very impressive. Pneumonia is often a life threatening ailment for nursing home residents so we prefer when a facility doesn't take any chances. Clearly, this facility is doing something right in this area as it also excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. Indeed, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

We also awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing score analyzes quite a few datapoints, but the paramount consideration is the quantity of nurse hours per patient per week. This nursing home averages 0.7 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at a few quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This nursing home excelled in these areas, with excellent scores for minimizing its residents' major falls and pressure ulcers. These areas are generally reliable indicators of the quality of nursing care a facility provides.

In our final category, we gave this nursing home an A+ for its short-term care rating. This completed a very strong profile. Our short-term care grade is often employed to judge a nursing home's rehabilitation services. To offer high-end rehabilitation services, nursing homes generally need to have better levels of highly skilled nursing services. These types of services include registered nurses, physical therapists, speech therapists and other licensed professionals. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The final metric we considered in this area is the percentage of patients who ultimately were able to return home from the facility. We found that 0 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.