Windsor Gardens Care Center

Nursing Home

Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Lata

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140 Park Ave,
East Orange NJ 07017

(973) 677-1500

74.32% estimated occupancy ¹

Please note our records indicate that Windsor Gardens Care Center has changed ownership recently and while our data on this page is up-to-date there is a chance that the quality of this facility may change under new management.

Located in East Orange, New Jersey, Windsor Gardens Care Center is one of four available facilities there. It looks like this facility is a subpar facility. A grade of this caliber suggests we found a few red flags. This wasn't the worse place we found, however, we would still be very reluctant to recommend it. While this nursing home received suboptimal grades this year, we did want to let you know that there was a recent ownership change. We will keep an eye on their inspections and quality scores to see whether their performance warrants better scores in the future.

Quick Details

Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Post-Acute Care
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Personal Care
Medication Management
Home Making
Speech Therapy
Amputee Recovery
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Palliative Care
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Cardiac Therapy
Tracheotomy Care
Physical Therapy
Respiratory Therapy
Orthopedic Rehabilitation

Registered Staff Hours

Medical Staff Hours Per Patient (2021)

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Facility Inspections

Although we did not rate this facility highly overall, we want to draw your attention to its nearly flawless government inspections in recent years. We awarded them an A- in this category. Perhaps the most important factor we look at in determining our inspection grades is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a nursing home's inspection reports. It is typically best to avoid places that have a long list of deficiencies. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its report, none of them were severe based on CMS' deficiency scale. A couple minor deficiencies are not necessarily the end of the world.

Long-term Care Quality

This nursing home's second best category was long-term care. In that area, we gave this facility a C. In a long-term care setting, the primary goal is to keep patients healthy and safe. This is different than skilled nursing or short-term care where the goal is to rehabilitate residents. After looking at the quantity of care provided by aids and other staff, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination record. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this nursing home vaccinated just 86.17235 percent of its patients for pneumonia. Nevertheless, this facility excelled at keeping its patients out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

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Short-term Care Quality

We awarded this nursing home a grade of just D for our short-term care grade. This is not an impressive grade. In determining our short-term care grades, we size up the nursing home's levels of skilled nursing, which includes registered nurses, physical therapists speech therapists and other highly trained professionals. This area is often a solid measure of the facility's ability to rehabilitate patients. With a grade this poor for this category, we weren't surprised to discover that this facility was below average in multiple staffing metrics we assess. The facility offered far fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most nursing homes. The final metric we looked at in this category is the percentage of patients that who were able to eventually return home from the nursing home. This facility struggled quite a bit in this area as well, with just 0 percent of its patients returning home. This was well below the national average.

Nurse Quality

This facility's weakest area is nursing, which is the last category we scored. In this area, we gave this facility a D. In computing our nursing scores, we weigh both nursing hours and the levels of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Finally, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing ratings. This facility fared 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.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Windsor Gardens Care Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Windsor Gardens Care Center, 9.28% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This gauges the percentage of long-term patients who suffered from pressure ulcers. Many experts believe that pressure ulcers are a reliable barometer of a facility's nursing care quality.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Windsor Gardens Care Center, 2.53% of Patients had Serious Falls

This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term care residents that had falls leading to severe injury. We use this statistic in determining our nursing grades.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Windsor Gardens Care Center, 1.65% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of patients who have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are routinely linked to worse hygiene protocols. Better nursing care limits the number of UTI's sustained by residents in a nursing home. Note that this statistic is affected by by the fact that facilities have different reporting standards for urinary tract infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Windsor Gardens Care Center, 10.6% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This is the percent of residents who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs. These medications are sometimes used for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Windsor Gardens Care Center, 17.42% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This figure indicates the percentage of long-term patients taking antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Windsor Gardens Care Center, 5.95% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term residents exhibiting signs of depression. Some believe that this is a measure of quality of care.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Windsor Gardens Care Center, 91.97% of Patients

This datapoint measures the percent of long-term patients who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Windsor Gardens Care Center, 10.68% Percentage of Patients

This metric is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Windsor Gardens Care Center, 12.9% Percentage of Residents

This is the percentage of patients who remained mobile levels over time. Preserving mobility can be a good sign for residents' well-being.

Hospitalizations

In Windsor Gardens Care Center, 1.68 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This datapoint is a measure of the number of hospitalizations per 1,000 days of patient care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Windsor Gardens Care Center, 12.9 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This is the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is usually a correlation between reduced hospitalizations and the quality of rehabilitation services.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

In Windsor Gardens Care Center, 8.37 Percentage of Patients

This datapoint is a measure of the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

In Windsor Gardens Care Center, 80.92% Percentage of Resident

This is the percentage of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of independence with activities of daily living often correlates with higher quality rehabilitation services.

Scores for East Orange, NJ

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

Looking for more options? East Orange, New Jersey has 3 other nursing homes

Nearby Hospitals

East Orange General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.03 miles away300 Central Ave East Orange New Jersey 07018Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 266-4401
University HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 1.63 miles away150 Bergen St Newark New Jersey 07101Government - State(973) 972-5658
Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 3.84 miles away201 Lyons Ave Newark New Jersey 07112Voluntary non-profit - Private(973) 926-7850
Saint Barnabas Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 5.35 miles away94 Old Short Hills Road Livingston New Jersey 07039Voluntary non-profit - Other(973) 322-5000
Essex County Hospital CenterPsychiatric 6.33 miles away204 Grove Avenue Cedar Grove New Jersey 07009Government - Local(973) 571-2801
Hudson Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 6.9 miles away55 Meadowlands Pkwy Secaucus New Jersey 07094Proprietary(201) 392-3200
Trinitas Regional Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 7.38 miles away225 Williamson Street Elizabeth New Jersey 07207Voluntary non-profit - Private(908) 994-5000
St Mary's General HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 7.39 miles away350 Boulevard Passaic New Jersey 07055Proprietary(973) 365-4300

Nearby Dialysis

Ara Dialysis at East Orange0.62 miles away20 Sussex Ave East Orange New Jersey 07018Dialysis Stations: 13 (973) 266-1093
Fmc East Orange Dc0.79 miles away110 South Grove Street East Orange New Jersey 07018CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (973) 414-6100
Davita East Orange Dialysis0.96 miles away14-20 Prospect Street East Orange New Jersey 07017CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (973) 672-2025
Davita Renal Center of Newark1.02 miles away571 Central Ave Newark New Jersey 07107CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (973) 484-4994
Fmc North Newark1.21 miles away155 Berkeley Avenue Newark New Jersey 07107CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (973) 412-0066
Fmc Newark Univ Dc (Miele)1.78 miles away91-101 Hartford Street Newark New Jersey 07103Dialysis Stations: 18 (973) 624-7100
Fkc Belleville1.81 miles away36 Newark Avenue Suite 304 Belleville New Jersey 07109Dialysis Stations: 16 (973) 450-0385
Ea Orange Gen Hospital1.87 miles away310 Central Avenue Medical Arts Building - Dialysis Unit East Orange New Jersey 07017CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 29 (973) 395-4035