Background info on Brighton Gardens
Nowadays, many families are electing to entrust their loved ones to nursing homes that are smaller and maintain a lower number of total beds in an effort to secure more personalized and familial care. Brighton Gardens of Edison in New Jersey is one such facility that has seen increased interest. Located at 1801 Oaktree Road in Edison, NJ 08820, Brighton Gardens is one of many nursing homes operated by Sunrise Senior Living, a large nursing home care provider. With just 30 certified beds, the facility accepts both Medicaid and Medicare as a form of payment. It facilitates a resident council, and it can be reached at (732) 767-1031. Because Brighton Gardens of Edison is one of the many independent locations managed by a large operator, it does business as Welltower Opco Group LLC as a for-profit corporation. It rates as an average three out of five stars based upon the generalized criteria from Medicare, but certain categories such as its health inspections drag its score down with only 2 out of 5 stars.
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How Edison’s Brighton Gardens Has Fared
In general, staffing levels at Brighton Gardens of Edison operates at an above average level, likely due to the low number of beds in relation to workers. However, long-stay residents were almost 10% more likely than at other New Jersey facilities to receive antipsychotic medication, at 19.5% of all residents. As many as 20% of high risk patients present with pressure ulcers compared to the national average of 8.3%, and just over 8% of residents who stayed for a long time at the facility (typically categorized as greater than 90 days) were considered to have lost “too much” weight. However, 100% of residents receive their vaccinations for both the seasonal flu and pneumonia, outranking both national and state averages.
History of Health Inspection Deficits and Complaints
It is vital that nursing homes are inspected regularly and unannounced, so that inspectors can gain an unbiased look into how the facility operates. Unfortunately, Brighton Gardens’ most recent health inspection did not shine, with 10 citations in total. One citation noted that the staff failed to maintain resident privacy during treatment, leaving doors open with the resident’s wounds in plain view of the hallway.
Additionally, the facility was cited for failure to adhere to professional standards of quality after staff left a resident in the middle of a nebulizer treatment and did not continue to watch over the patient for the duration of treatment even though the patient was noted to have dementia and should not be left alone with the nebulizer.
After further investigation, the health inspection also noted that one resident’s bed wheels were not locked in place, allowing the bed to slide and move. This presented a hazardous situation and was doubly worrisome since the resident had a consistent history of falling. The facility was cited for failure to adequately address hazards and implement a fall prevention plan for the resident to keep them safe from preventable danger.
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Disclaimer
*The above does not mean your loved one would be in harm at this facility. Each facility gets inspected often. Almost all facilities have deficiencies. Many face civil lawsuits. You should not make a facility placement decision based solely on the above information. Each case is different. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome or indicate an expected outcome on your particular case. The above prior lawsuit information is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The information is not provided in the course of an attorney-client relationship and is not intended to substitute for legal advice from an attorney. This individual case information above is publicly filed information gathered from the publicly filed complaint. This information and these cases are not the work of this law firm. The inspection results are provided from public government agency surveys. The state Department of Health conducts a survey of all nursing home facilities at least once every 15 months. The deficiencies listed on this page may have been corrected after the date of the inspection and date of publishing this material. Citations, ratings and deficiencies are current as of the date of this post and will change later on. The inspection findings published are not complete. You may find the most up to date information at medicare.gov. This material is not endorsed by the facility or by any governmental agency. Speak with an attorney immediately if you believe you have a viable case against a nursing home, assisted living facility or medical facility.
