Whiting Health Care

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese

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Whiting Health Care's website

3000 Hilltop Road,
Manchester Township NJ 08759

(732) 849-4400

50.54% estimated occupancy ¹

Whiting Health Care is a large nursing home located in Manchester Township, New Jersey. This facility received an A- overall, which is one of our more impressive ratings. We can not find many negative things to say about this place. Its grades are as good as they get. If you look further down this page, you can see this nursing home's category scores, which are also strong.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Limited Liability company
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Transportation
Speech Therapy
Stroke Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Dentistry
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Podiatry
Mental Health
Diabetes Management
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Nutritional Counseling
Laboratory
X-Ray
Recreational Therapy
Pain Management
Optometry
Audiology
Colostomy Care
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)

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Facility Inspections

One of the many reasons this turned out to be a quality nursing home is that it received an A+ inspection grade. This is simply as good as it gets in this critical category. Inspection scores account for several factors included in a nursing home's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we consider is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this category typically have few of these severe deficiencies. Although this place had a few deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Long-term Care Quality

Contributing to its elite profile, this nursing home also excelled in our long-term care category. In fact, we awarded it a score of A for the area. Facilities that receive this type of grade in long-term care typically provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. Once we assessed the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination records. This nursing home vaccinated 90.20771 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which happens to be a few points below what we expected but still a decent figure. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, we were pleased to find facility was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

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Nurse Quality

This facility received a very good nursing grade this year as well. It received one of our better scores in that category with a grade of B+. Nursing grades are heavily correlated with nurse staffing levels. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality-based metrics in determining our nursing grades. This place 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.

Short-term Care Quality

The final category we graded was short-term care. In this area, we awarded this facility a favorable grade of B. Our short-term care ratings are meaningful for patients seeking rehabilitation. Rehabilitation typically mandates more skilled nursing. This includes a broad scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not every facility employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we assessed the number of residents who who were able to eventually return home from this facility. We found that 5.3 percent of this nursing home's patients were able to return home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Whiting Health Care Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Whiting Health Care, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This is the percent of residents that suffered from a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are routinely caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing protocols can reduce the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Whiting Health Care, 2.53% of Patients had Serious Falls

This is the percentage of patients who sustained a major fall. Falls leading to severe injuries are routinely linked to lower levels of patient supervision. More supervision can minimize the number of major falls sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Whiting Health Care, 1.65% of Patients had UTIs

This is the percent of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are routinely associated with worse hygiene protocols. Better hygiene protocols reduces the percentage of residents in a nursing home who suffer from UTI's. We want to point out that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that nursing homes have incongruent reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Whiting Health Care, 10.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to make sure these drugs are being used appropriately. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Whiting Health Care, 17.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This metric is an indication of the percent of long-term patients receiving antianxiety medications.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Whiting Health Care, 5.95% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients demonstrating signs of depression. High rates of depression may imply a less hospitable environment.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Whiting Health Care, 91.97% of Patients

This tells you the percent of residents that were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. Higher vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Whiting Health Care, 10.68% Percentage of Patients

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term residents that needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Activities of daily living include activities such as moving around and continence. Some believe this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Whiting Health Care, 12.9% Percentage of Residents

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents that remained mobile levels.

Hospitalizations

In Whiting Health Care, 1.68 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Whiting Health Care, 12.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

Measures 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 physical abilities of patients.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Whiting Health Care, 8.37 Percentage of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Whiting Health Care, 80.92% Percentage of Resident

This metric measures the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements.

Scores for Manchester Township, NJ

Overall Rating has a grade of B-plus
Nurse Rating has a grade of B
Long-term Care Rating has a grade of A-minus
Short-term Care Rating has a grade of B-minus
Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus

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Nearby Dialysis

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