Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, a city with a total of 5,730 people. With an overall rating of A-, this facility is ranked among the more impressive facilities we assessed. This is just about as good of a nursing home as you're going to find. Scroll down to see this facility's category scores, which are also quite good. It is hard to poke holes in this place's profile.
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Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
- Memory Care
Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Reese
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- 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
- Home Making
- Transportation
- Medical Transportation
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- IV Antibiotic Therapy
- Dentistry
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Tracheotomy Care
- Podiatry
- Diabetes Management
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- X-Ray
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Oncology Care
- Colostomy Care
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
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Facility Inspections
With an overall grade this high, it should come as no surprise that this facility excelled in inspections, where it earned an A. Inspection ratings weigh several factors found on a facility's inspection reports. One of the most important criteria we weigh heavily is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher grades in this area generally have few of these severe deficiencies. We were not able to find deficiency data for this facility. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Short-term Care Quality
This facility also was dominant in the category of short-term care, where it received a score of A. Not many nursing homes performed better in this category. Short-term care scores are vital for residents in need of rehabilitation. Rehabilitation generally utilizes additional highly-skilled nursing. This includes a broad spectrum of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and occupational therapists, as well as other types of therapy. Fortunately, it looks like this nursing home has registered nurses on staff. Not every nursing home employs these skilled professionals. On the other hand, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from this nursing home. We found that 6 percent of this facility's patients returned home.
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Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home was awarded an impressive long-term care score as well. We awarded it one of our better grades in that category with a score of B. Facilities that excel in long-term care typically are well-staffed and offer extensive hands on care to residents. After considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we turned to the facility's vaccination statistics. This nursing home vaccinated 100 percent of its residents against pneumonia, which is far higher than the majority of nursing homes. Finally, this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. In fact, it had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low figure.
Nurse Quality
The final category we rated is nursing. We gave this nursing home one of our better scores in that area, with a B. Although this is not on par with some of its other scores, it is still an excellent score. Our nursing score consists of quite a few factors, most of which are associated with nursing hours. This nursing home averages 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This place performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a nursing home has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can frequently be avoided if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 11.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This is an indication of the percent of long-term patients who are suffering from new or worsened pressure ulcers. We've found that pressure ulcers are a solid measure of a facility's nursing care quality.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0.99% of Patients had Serious Falls
This is the percent of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to major injuries are considered to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Falls leading to injury are often the result of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0% of Patients had UTIs
This figure tells you the percent of long-term residents who sustained a UTI. UTI's could be a sign of lower quality nursing care. However, this statistic can also be misleading for some nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 10.95% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In some situations, increased usage of these drugs may suggest a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 9.88% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents taking antianxiety drugs.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 11.92% of Patients
This is the percentage of residents demonstrating signs of depression. Higher rates of depression may imply lower quality care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 100% of Patients
This metric is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 4.17% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 4.51% of Residents
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term stay patients who maintained mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 0.48 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This is the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of care. There is generally a correlation between avoiding hospitalizations and the overall quality of nursing home care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 4.51% 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 avoiding hospitalizations and a nursing homes short-term rehabilitation performance.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 5.27% of Patients
This metric tracks the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the emergency room is one way to assess patient well-being during rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center, 86.41% of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term care patients who experienced functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living.
Nearby Hospitals
- Valley HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 4.62 miles away223 N Van Dien Avenue Ridgewood New Jersey 07450Voluntary non-profit - Private(201) 447-8000
- Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley MedicalAcute Care Hospitals 5.17 miles away250 Old Hook Road Westwood New Jersey 07675Proprietary(201) 383-1035
- Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernAcute Care Hospitals 5.7 miles away255 Lafayette Avenue Suffern New York 10901Voluntary non-profit - Church(845) 368-5000
- Bergen New Bridge Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 6.06 miles away230 East Ridgewood Ave Paramus New Jersey 07652Government - Local(201) 967-4000
- Nyack HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 8.38 miles away160 North Midland Avenue Nyack New York 10960Voluntary non-profit - Other(845) 348-2000
- St John's Riverside HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 10.95 miles away976 North Broadway Yonkers New York 10701Voluntary non-profit - Private(914) 964-4444
- St Joseph's University Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.19 miles away703 Main St Paterson New Jersey 07503Voluntary non-profit - Church(973) 754-2010
- Englewood Hospital and Medical CenterAcute Care Hospitals 11.2 miles away350 Engle St Englewood New Jersey 07631Voluntary non-profit - Private(201) 894-3000
Nearby Dialysis
- Rockland County Dialysis4.64 miles away203 West Route 59 Nanuet New York 10954Dialysis Stations: 20 (845) 501-7590
- Davita Renal Center of Westwood5.39 miles away363 Old Hook Road Westwood New Jersey 07675Dialysis Stations: 18 (201) 664-6649
- Freedom Center of Rockland County, LLC6.82 miles away30 Route 59 Suffern New York 10901CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 31 (845) 357-0452
- Davita Fairlawn Dialysis7.58 miles away18-01 Pollitt Drive Fair Lawn New Jersey 07410CMS Rating: 5 stars Dialysis Stations: 20 (201) 796-3873
- Friedwald Center for Dialysis7.62 miles away475 New Hempstead Road New City New York 10956Dialysis Stations: 9 (845) 678-2000
- Davita Radburn Dialysis7.66 miles away15-00 Pollitt Drive Fair Lawn New Jersey 07410CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 21 (201) 796-1385
- Fresenius Medical Care Paramus7.95 miles away37 West Century Road Suite 108 Paramus New Jersey 07652CMS Rating: 4 stars Dialysis Stations: 19 (201) 262-0429
- Freedom Center of Rockland County, LLC8.4 miles away131 Route 303 Valley Cottage New York 10989CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 18 (845) 268-2777