Whiting Health Care is a facility located in Manchester Township, New Jersey, which has a population of 33,263 people. Featuring an overall rating of B+, this facility should work for most prospective patients. We were pleased to learn that this was in line with the other nursing homes in Manchester Township, which is one of the better cities in New Jersey to find a nursing home. This nursing home's strong report card was highlighted by its inspection grade, which we will address in the next paragraph.
Whiting Health Care
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
3000 Hilltop Road,
Manchester Township NJ 08759
51.85% estimated occupancy 1
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Facility Inspections
On top of faring well overall, this facility also received nearly flawless government inspections. Therefore, it earned one of our highest grades in that category with an A+. These inspection scores weigh several factors, including deficiencies and substantiated complaints. You can find more information about each of these factors by reviewing copies of nursing homes' inspection reports. While this facility had a few deficiencies on its government inspection report, none were severe based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home performed well in our long-term care category. Indeed, we gave it a grade of A- for that area, which happens to be one of our higher grades. If you are looking for anything other than short-term rehabilitation, you should take a close look at long-term care ratings. Once we finished looking at the quantity of care provided by nurses, we then looked at the facility's vaccination data. This facility vaccinated 87.05882 percent of its patients against pneumonia. While its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 1.25 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this nursing home has less hospitalizations than many nursing homes.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, this facility also received favorable nursing grades this year. In fact, we awarded them one of our better scores in that area, with a grade of B. Our nursing grade consists of many factors, but the most important one is the quantity of nurse hours spent with patients. This particular nursing home provided 3.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, we also looked at some quality-based measures in this category. This facility fared well in some of the quality-based metrics we assessed. For example, in terms of the number of its residents suffering from pressure ulcers, this nursing home performed better than the national average. This is generally an indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Pressure ulcers can many times be prevented with better nursing care.
Short-term Care Quality
The final area we analyzed was short-term care. In this area, we gave this facility a strong grade of B. Our short-term care grades are considered to be most meaningful for folks in need of a nursing home for rehabilitation. Rehabilitation usually requires more highly-skilled nursing. Skilled nursing means not only nursing services, but also physical and speech therapy, as well as other types of therapy. This nursing home employs both physical therapists and registered nurses. Not all facilities employ these skilled professionals. Finally, we looked at the number of patients that eventually returned home from this facility. This facility performed better in this area than in its staffing levels. It fared as well as just about any nursing home in the nation in this area with 56.6 percent of its patients returning home. Most facilities are below 50 percent in this metric.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Whiting Health Care Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Whiting Health Care, 9.57% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term stay patients that developed pressure ulcers or bed sores. We consider this statistic when determining both nursing and long-term care grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Whiting Health Care, 2.59% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of residents that have had a major fall. Falls resulting in severe injuries are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of nursing care . Major falls leading to injury are routinely the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Whiting Health Care, 1.67% of Patients had UTIs
This is the percentage of residents who suffered from a urinary tract infection. These infections may be linked to poorer hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Whiting Health Care, 10.61% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications may be vital to many patients, it is important to confirm these medications are being used appropriately. In some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Whiting Health Care, 17.39% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percent of residents who were prescribed antianxiety medications. Antianxiety medications are given to patients experiencing anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Whiting Health Care, 5.91% of Patients
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay patients who are demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Whiting Health Care, 92.7% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who received the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Whiting Health Care, 11.08% Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term stay residents who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Some experts argue this is a reliable measure of a patient's well-being.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Whiting Health Care, 14.69% Percentage of Residents
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term residents who retained mobility levels.
Hospitalizations
In Whiting Health Care, 1.49 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric measures the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Whiting Health Care, 14.69 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is typically a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Whiting Health Care, 8.11 Percentage of Patients
This metric is a measure of the number of emergency room visits per 1,000 days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to gauge short-term care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Whiting Health Care, 81.01% Percentage of Resident
This is the percentage of short-term stay patients who saw functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. High levels of performance with activities of daily living generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.
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
- Inspection Rating has a grade of A-plus
Looking for more options? Manchester Township, New Jersey has 4 other nursing homes
Nearby Hospitals
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- Monmouth Medical Center-Southern CampusAcute Care Hospitals 11.5 miles away600 River Ave Lakewood New Jersey 08701Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 363-1900
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- Centrastate Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 19.26 miles away901 West Main Street Freehold New Jersey 07728Voluntary non-profit - Private(732) 431-2000
Nearby Dialysis
- Fmc Whiting Dialysis Ctr0.77 miles away400-430 Route 530 Pinewald-Keswick Road Manchester Township New Jersey 08759CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (732) 350-8405
- Fmc John J De Palma Renal Center7.1 miles away1 Plaza Drive Toms River New Jersey 08757CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 32 (732) 505-0637
- Davita Dialysis at Deborah10.85 miles away107 Trenton Road Browns Mills New Jersey 08015CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 16 (609) 893-3950
- Fmc Lakewood Dialysis12.18 miles awaySeagull Shopping Plaza 1328 River Avenue Ste 16 Lakewood New Jersey 08701Dialysis Stations: 18 (732) 730-2222
- Davita Jackson Township Dialysis13 miles away260 North County Line Road Suite 120 Jackson New Jersey 08527Dialysis Stations: 10 (732) 364-2055
- Fresenius Medical Care Toms River13.1 miles away970 Hooper Avenue Toms River New Jersey 08753CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (732) 286-6502
- Physicians Dialysis Brick14.19 miles awayRenal Center 150 Brick Boulevard Brick New Jersey 08723CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (732) 477-2247
- Kamakee Dialysis (Davita Ocean County Dc)14.54 miles away635 Bay Avenue Suite 215 Toms River New Jersey 08753Dialysis Stations: 10 (732) 341-2730