Nursing Home Comparison: The Laurels Of Walden Park vs. New Albany Care Center

Both facilities, The Laurels Of Walden Park and New Albany Care Center, have comparable CMS overall quality ratings, both scoring 3 CMS Stars. In the TCI Star Rating (a proprietary measure), **New Albany Care Center** scores **4 Stars** compared to The Laurels Of Walden Park's 3 Stars. When reviewing the core nursing resources, New Albany Care Center reports a higher licensed nursing staff ratio, providing 2.11 hours of licensed nurse care per resident day (National Average is 1.4 hours). The Laurels Of Walden Park is part of the Ciena Healthcare/laurel Health Care chain, which holds an average overall rating of 2.70. New Albany Care Center is part of the Optalis Health & Rehabilitation chain, which holds an average overall rating of 2.20. Regarding recent health inspection history, both facilities had deficiencies in their most recent survey, with The Laurels Of Walden Park recording 20 total deficiencies and New Albany Care Center recording 17.Finally, in terms of compliance history, both facilities have incurred past fines; The Laurels Of Walden Park totaling $52,690.25, and New Albany Care Center totaling $12,148.50.