Alaris Health At Kearny

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

49.4% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — which CMS reads as no different from the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 46 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 59.3% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 27 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.21 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 24% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 56% of this home’s weekday level — it runs therapy at close to weekday levels right through the weekend. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 120 beds and averages 114.3 residents a day — about 95% occupied, or roughly 6 beds typically open. It runs essentially full — expect a waiting list. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 3.16 hrs/resident/day is below the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.63 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 1.97 is below the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 2.86 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.27 on weekdays — 13% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.69 to 0.48 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

1 administrator has left in the past year.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are more than at the previous inspection — worsening. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

26 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 16 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · F2026-02-11 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — widespread
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, and review of pertinent facility documents, it was determined that the facility failed to handle potentially hazardous foods and maintain kitchen sanitation practices as well as store, and label in a manner intended to prevent the spread of food borne illness for 2 of 2 days of kitchen observation. This deficient practice was evidenced by the following: On 2/5/26 at 9:48 AM, the surveyor, in the presence of the Food Service Director (FSD), and the Regional Director, toured the 3rd Floor kitchen. The FSD stated the main kitchen was offsite and arrived as cooked at the facility. The FSD further stated that the facility utilized the steam table, temperatures were taken and then food was served to the residents. The FSD also stated that the facility had two satellite kitchens, one on each floor (3rd and 4th). On that same date and time, the surveyor observed the following during the kitchen tour:On 2/5/26 at 10:11 AM, on the 3rd floor satellite kitchen, the surveyor observed the stand-up freezer with open boxes of strawberry and chocolate ice cream and…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-02-11 · tag F0607 — failed to have anti-abuse policies — isolated
  Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview, and review of pertinent documentation provided by the facility, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure licensed staff credentials were verified upon hire. This deficient practice was identified for 1 of 17 newly hired licensed staff reviewed, Staff Member (SM) #35 evidenced by the following: On 2/5/26 at 9:56 AM, during entrance conference, the surveyor requested from the Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (LNHA) the personnel files of the facility's 36 new hire employees since their last recertification survey. A review of the facility provided documents, 1 of 17 licensed staff personnel files included the following:SM #35, a Registered Nurse (RN), with a date of hire (doh) of 1/30/26, had a License Verification Report which was dated 2/1/26. There was no documented evidence that SM #35's license was verified prior to the doh. On 2/10/26 at 12:29 PM, the surveyor interviewed the Business Office Manager (BOM) who stated that she verified licenses on the website. The surveyor asked the BOM when the license verification was done. The BOM stated that…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-02-11 · tag F0628 — isolated
  Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on the interview, review of the medical record, and review of other pertinent facility documentation, it was determined that the facility failed to provide the Resident or Resident Representative with written notification of the facility's bed hold policy for 1 of 2 residents, (Residents #126), reviewed for hospitalizations.This deficient practice was evidenced by the following: The surveyor reviewed the medical records of Resident #126, and revealed the following: The admission Record (an admission summary) reflected that the resident was admitted to the facility with diagnoses that included but were not limited to; personal history of transient ischemic attack (TIA), cerebral infarction (a type of ischemic stroke where a blockage in a blood vessel disrupts blood flow, causing brain or retinal cell death (necrosis) due to lack of oxygen) without residual deficits, unspecified atrial fibrillation, traumatic subdural hemorrhage without loss of consciousness, and unspecified dementia. A review of the most recent Discharge Return Anticipated Minimum Data Set (MDS) revealed in…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-02-11 · tag F0641 — isolated
  Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview and record review, it was determined that the facility failed to accurately complete a portion of the Minimum Data Set (MDS), an assessment tool that facilitate the plan of care, to accurately reflect the resident's status for 1 of 26 residents reviewed (Resident #2). The deficient practice was evidenced by the following:On 2/5/26 at 11:54 AM, Surveyor #1 (S #1) observed Resident #2 being wheeled into the resident's room coming from an activity. The resident stated that they were okay. On 2/9/26 at 12:25 PM, Surveyor #2 (S #2) was given the assignment sheet in which indicated Resident #2 was on the list as a feeder. On 2/9/26 at 12:36 PM, S #2 observed Resident #2 seating in the wheelchair with lunch tray untouched and uncovered. On 2/9/26 at 12:40 PM, S #2 notified the Registered Nurse/Unit Manger (RN/UM) the concern that no one fed the resident when the lunch was served and left uncovered at the bedside when the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) assignment showed that the resident was a feeder. The RN/UM stated that the resident was a set up and not a feeder. S…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-02-11 · tag F0689 — failed to keep residents free of avoidable accidents; supervise adequately — isolated
  Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, interviews, record review and review of other pertinent facility provided documentation, the facility failed to ensure a resident with severe cognitive impairment, who was at risk for elopement and had a known history of wandering was appropriately supervised and monitored to ensure safety, prevent elopement, and/or exiting of the building for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for elopement (Resident #44).This deficient practice was evidenced by the following: On 2/5/26 at 10:25 AM, the surveyor observed Resident #44 asleep in their bed. A review of Resident #44's admission Record face sheet (an admission summary) reflected that the resident was admitted to the facility with diagnoses which included but were not limited to; delirium due to known physiological condition (an acute, fluctuating disturbance in attention, awareness, and cognition directly caused by an underlying medical condition, such as infection, metabolic imbalance, or organ failure), hypertension (high blood pressure), and bipolar disorder (a chronic mental health condition characterized by extreme…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-02-11 · tag F0690 — failed to manage incontinence, catheters, and urinary infections — isolated
  Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, interviews, record review, and review of pertinent facility documents, the facility failed to ensure the indwelling urinary catheter drainage tubing was stored in a manner to prevent Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) for 1 of 1 resident reviewed for urinary catheter care or UTI (Resident #88).The deficient practice was evidenced by the following: On 2/5/26 at 10:46 AM, the surveyor observed Resident #88 seated in a wheelchair (w/c) in their room with a visitor seated in the room. There were no staff members in the room. The surveyor observed that there was a urinary catheter tubing and drainage bag that was hung on the side of the bed that was not connected to Resident #88. Further observation of the tubing that was leaning against part of the bed frame reflected that the end of the tubing was not capped. The urinary catheter drainage bag and tubing was not properly stored. Resident #88 stated that the staff changed the drainage bag to a leg bag but was not sure what they did. On 2/5/26 at 10:48 AM, the surveyor interviewed the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2026-02-11 · tag F0695 — failed to provide proper breathing / tracheostomy care — isolated
  Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, review of the medical record, and review of other pertinent facility documentation, it was determined that the facility failed to a.) ensure that the comprehensive care plan and nursing documentation were updated to reflect a physician's order for oxygen therapy for 1 of 2 residents (Resident #9) and b.) ensure that a resident receiving oxygen therapy had their oxygen saturation monitored as a standard of practice for 1 of 2 residents (Resident #11) reviewed for respiratory care. This deficient practice was evidenced by the following: 1.On 2/10/26 at 10:55 AM, Surveyor #1 (S #1) observed Resident #9 was lying in bed with oxygen (O2) in place via nasal cannula (n/c) at 2 liters per minute (2LPM) delivered by concentrator. The O2 tubing and humidifier on the O2 concentrator were labeled. S #1 reviewed the medical records of Resident #9 and revealed: A review of the admission Record or face sheet (an admission summary) reflected that Resident #9 was admitted at the facility with diagnoses that included but were not limited to; pneumonia, dysphagia…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-02-11 · tag F0698 — failed to provide proper dialysis care — isolated
  Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview and record review, it was determined that the facility failed to provide care and services in accordance with professional standards by adjusting medication times to accommodate for dialysis scheduled times and documenting accurate medication administration times. This deficient practice was identified for 1 of 2 residents, (Resident #12), reviewed for dialysis services. The deficient practice was evidence by the following:Reference: New Jersey Statutes Annotated, Title 45. Chapter 11. Nursing Board. The Nurse Practice Act for the State of New Jersey states: The practice of nursing as a registered professional nurse is defined as diagnosing and treating human responses to actual and potential physical and emotional health problems, through such services as case finding, health teaching, health counseling, and provision of care supportive to or restorative of life and wellbeing, and executing medical regimens as prescribed by a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or dentist.Reference: New Jersey Statutes Annotated, Title 45, Chapter 11. Nursing…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-02-11 · tag F0725 — failed to have enough nursing staff — isolated
  Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, record review, and review of other pertinent facility documentation, it was determined that the facility failed to provide sufficient nursing staff to ensure residents received feeding assistance in accordance with residents' plan of care. This deficient practice was identified for 2 of 4 residents (Resident#2 and Resident #8) observed during meal time, and was evidenced by the following:1.On 2/5/26 at 10:44 AM, Surveyor #1 (S #1) observed the Nursing Home Resident Care Staffing Report (NHRCSR) for 2/5/26, 7 AM-3 PM (7-3) shift with a census of 111, and the ratio of the Certified Nursing Aid (CNA) to Resident was 1:9.3, and was posted on the 3rd floor bulletin board. On 2/6/26 12:34 PM, S #1 reviewed the provided 2/6/26, 7-3 shift CNA Assignment sheet of 3rd floor nursing unit that was provided by the Work Clerk/Central Supply Staff (WC/CSS) and revealed the following: -Assignment #1, CNA #1 with 11 residents and included in the assignment three resident who needed assistance with feeding or eating. -Assignment #2, CNA #2 with 10 residents and…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2026-02-11 · tag F0755 — failed to provide safe pharmacy services — isolated
  Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observations, interviews, record review, and review of other facility documents, it was determined that the facility failed to provide pharmaceutical services in accordance with professional standards to ensure proper documentation of 3 controlled dangerous substances (CDS) medications for 3 residents; 1 Unsampled Resident (Unsampled Resident #1), Resident #44, and Resident #89, by 1 of 3 nurses observed during the medication storage task. The deficient practice was evidenced by the following: Reference: New Jersey Statutes, Annotated Title 45, Chapter 11. Nursing Board. The Nurse Practice Act for the state of New Jersey states: The practice of nursing as a registered professional nurse is defined as diagnosing and treating human responses to actual or potential physical and emotional health problems, through such services as case finding, health teaching, health counseling and provision of care supportive to or restorative of life and well-being, and executing medical regimes as prescribed by a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or dentist.Reference: New…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to ALARIS HEALTH — 8 facilities. Here is how its ratings compare with the chain’s average across all its homes: See the whole chain — ratings, flags, fines and finances →

A home rated well below its chain’s average can signal local problems; a chain with a low average across the board is a bigger pattern worth researching. CMS chain data under-reports private-equity and REIT ownership, so treat this as a floor, not the full picture.

Who owns this facility

1 organizational owner listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

About 90% of this home’s resident-days are paid by Medicaid, which reimburses well below the cost of care in most states. Heavily Medicaid-dependent homes run on thinner budgets — a context worth holding next to the staffing and inspection record, not a fault in itself. This home reported $1.8M paid to related parties — landlords or management companies under common ownership — equal to about 14% of its total expenses. Money routed to affiliated companies can leave a home’s own books looking lean while owners still profit; it is the mechanism regulators watch most closely in private-equity and REIT deals.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2023). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

What families pay in NJ