Village Point
Three David Brainerd Drive, Monroe Township NJ 08831 · (732) 786-4175 · 80.58% estimated occupancy 1Updated: Aug 1, 2020 · By Nick Reese
Village Point is a senior living facility located in Monroe Township, New Jersey, a city with 45,620 people. This nursing home received world class overall grade of A+, resulting in it being the number one rated nursing home in the city. Based on our assessment, this nursing home is simply as good as it gets. We also gave this facility impressive scores in each of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.
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Accepts Medicare 1 :
Accepts Medicaid 1 : 120 Beds
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Non profit - Corporation
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Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2019)
Facility Inspections
In addition to receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home earned an A+ inspection rating. This is based on the facility's recent government inspections. An A+ in this area is one of the highest complements we can pay to a facility. Inspection grades weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with better grades in this category typically have few severe deficiencies. This nursing home received 2 deficiencies on its inspection report, but fortunately none of the deficiencies were considered severe. This indicates that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies to be an immediate threat to patient safety or health. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Nurse Quality
We also awarded this nursing home a grade of A+ for its nursing grade. Our nursing grade weighs a handful of subcategories, however, the most important one is the number of nurse hours spent with patients. This facility provided 4.1 hours of nursing care per patient on a daily basis, which is among the highest figures in the country. A significant portion of those hours were provided by registered nurses, which are one of the more skilled levels of nurses. We are really impressed by both of these statistics. On top of offering impressive levels of nursing care, this nursing home also performed well in several of the quality-based metrics we looked at. By way of illustration, in terms of the percentage of its patients suffering falls resulting in major injury, this facility performed as well as any facility the country. Avoiding serious falls is generally a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can many times be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Long-term Care Quality
We also want to alert you to the fact that this nursing home was awarded a top-shelf score of A in our long-term care area. When facilities receive this type of grade in this category it is typically a good sign for resident care and suggests that the nursing home is well-staffed with nurses aids. One of the criteria we considered after nursing hours is vaccinations. This nursing home provided the pneumonia vaccine to 94.35897 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to minimize unnecessary deaths for the senior population. Finally, we looked at its number of hospitalizations. With 1.86 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this place was close to average in this area.
Short-term Care Quality
The fourth category we scored is short-term care, where this nursing home received a grade of A. This completed an elite profile. Only a select few facilities earned an A- or higher in every category. Our short-term care grades are thought to be most critical for patients in need of rehabilitation services. Rehabilitation generally requires additional skilled nursing. This means not just nursing, but also physical and occupational therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. This place provided more registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most nursing homes. This is what we like to find when assessing a nursing home in this category. The final metric we assessed in this category is the number of patients that ultimately were able to return home from the nursing home. We found that it performed as well as just about any facility in New Jersey in this area with 57.1 percent of its residents returning home.
Overall Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Village Point Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
This is the percent of residents who have had a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely the result of residents staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care minimizes 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 indicates the percentage of residents who have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injury are often the result of poor nursing care. Better nursing protocols 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 statistic measures the percent of long-term stay residents who have suffered from a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to inconsistent reporting standards for urinary tract infections.
Percent of Patients with UTIs
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were given antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to ensure these medications are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
This measures the percentage of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These medications are used to treat patients experiencing depression and anxiety.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Managing Depression Among Residents
Measures the percentage of long-term care residents demonstrating symptoms of depression. Many in the industry believe this is a reliable measure of quality of care.
Percent of Patients
Lower is Better
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
This metric measures the percent of long-term stay residents who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines indispensable.
Percent of Patients
Higher is Better
Residents Maintain Autonomy
This is the percent of patients that required additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with ADL's may indicate deterioration of a resident's medical condition.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
This indicates the percentage of residents that were able to retain mobility over time. Retaining mobility is often a good sign for residents' health.
Percentage of Residents
Higher is Better
Hospitalizations
This tells you the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care.
Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per 1,000 days of short-term resident care.
Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: ER Visits
This is the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Percentage of Patients
Lower is Better
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
Measures the percent of short-term patients who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Many in the industry argue this is a reliable measure of rehabilitation performance.
Percentage of Resident
Higher is Better