Wardell Gardens at Tinton Falls

On top of being a first rate facility overall, this nursing home also performed well in the area of long-term care, where it received a grade of A+. Few facilities fared better in this area. If you are looking for services other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care scores. In addition to considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home vaccinated 76.893936 percent of its patients. This is a bit less than we anticipated but still a decent figure. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we had hoped, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. Indeed, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

One of the other reasons we graded this nursing home so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing score. In that category, we awarded this nursing home an A. Our nursing grade is based on a handful of factors, many of which are based on quantities of nurse staffing. This particular nursing home provided 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Lastly, we also looked at some nursing quality measures in determining our nursing grades. This facility performed very well in the area of avoiding pressure ulcers and major falls. We consider these areas to be good indicators of the quality of nursing care.

Adding to this facility's impressive resume, we awarded this nursing home a grade of A- for our inspections rating. Inspection grades weigh a host of factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we look at is the quantity and severity of deficiencies. Places with better scores in this category tend to have very few of these severe deficiencies. This particular nursing home had just a single deficiency on its inspection report and it was not one deemed to pose a threat to patient health or safety. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

The final category we rated is short-term care. This nursing home was awarded an above average nursing rating this year, with a grade of B. Although this isn't quite as good as many of its other grades, this is nevertheless one of our better grades for this area. In the area of short-term care, we endeavor to assess measures of a facility's rehabilitation. We assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical therapists. Fortunately, it appear that this nursing home employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents who were able to return to the community from this facility. We found that 4.4 percent of this facility's patients returned home.