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Aristacare At Parkside

400 W Stimpson Ave, Linden, NJ 07036 · For profit - Limited Liability company · 240 certified beds · (908) 862-3399 Medicare & Medicaid certified

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1 immediate-jeopardy citation
Insights

This home has serious findings on its record. Read them closely before you consider it.

In its favor
  • no federal fines or payment denials on record
  • lower-than-typical staff turnover (35% vs 45% nationally) — better care continuity
Worth asking about
  • inspectors cited 1 immediate-jeopardy problem — the most serious level
  • a high number of inspection citations overall (23) — worth reading through, though larger and more-often-surveyed homes tend to accrue more lower-severity tags
  • its facility-reported quality-measure score sits well above its independent inspection score
  • its independent health-inspection rating is low (2/5)

One thing this read cannot see: what residents and families actually experience day to day. Public data misses the feel of a place — visit unannounced, ideally at a mealtime or on a weekend, talk to staff and families, and ask your tour questions.

A plain-English summary of the public record below — not a rating, ranking, or recommendation. We take no money from any facility.

3/5
CMS overall
3 of 5
Health inspectionSurveyor-assigned, ranked within your stateInspector-verified 2 of 5
StaffingFrom payroll records (PBJ) 3 of 5
Quality measuresSelf-reported by the facility 5 of 5

Worth a closer look. This home's quality-measure rating runs 3 stars above its independent health-inspection score. The inspection is done by state surveyors; the quality-measure score leans on data the facility reports about itself — so a gap this large is worth reading the inspection record for.

Location & what’s nearby

Hospital
★★★★ 4/5 CMS · Emergency dept. usually open 24/7 · ER 24/7
Urgent care / clinic
850 N Wood Ave · (908) 925-9309 · Call to confirm hours
Pharmacy
937 S Wood Ave · (908) 862-4444 · Call to confirm hours
Grocery
ShopRite0.5 mi
1 N Stiles St · (908) 523-0707 · Call to confirm hours
Park
Wheeler Park, 360 Mitchell Ave · (908) 862-0977 · Typically dawn to dusk
Place of worship

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

Overall quality measures 5 of 5
Long-stay residentspeople who live here 5 of 5
Short-stay residentsrehab / post-hospital 4 of 5

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.

Trend — is this home getting better or worse?

Over 2025-02 to 2026-06, this home’s CMS overall rating fell from 4 to 3 stars. From monthly CMS archive snapshots.

Horizontal axis runs 2025-02 to 2026-06. That is where CMS’s monthly archive ends, so the right-hand edge of each line is that month — not today.

Overall rating3★
Inspection scorelower = better
See all quality measures vs. state & national benchmarks
MeasureThis homeState avgTypical statevs typical state
Long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities increased3.7%8.7%15.4%better
Long-stay residents who lose too much weight2.1%4.6%5.4%better
Long-stay residents with a catheter left in their bladder0.0%0.6%0.9%better
Long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection0.2%0.8%2.0%better than state — see note marked double-dagger below the table
Long-stay residents with depressive symptoms10.4%12.1%6.5%worse
Long-stay residents who were physically restrained0.0%0.1%0.1%better
Long-stay residents with falls causing major injury0.8%2.3%3.3%better
Long-stay residents whose ability to walk worsened4.0%8.2%16.1%better
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or hypnotic medication15.0%18.8%18.9%better
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine97.8%97.2%95.3%typical
Long-stay residents with pressure ulcers3.4%5.4%4.7%better
Long-stay residents with worsening bladder/bowel control13.5%15.6%21.2%better
Long-stay residents who got an antipsychotic medication — see the note below the table16.1%12.7%17.1%typical
Short-stay residents who newly got an antipsychotic medication1.9%1.2%1.4%worse
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine94.8%80.1%79.4%better
Short-stay residents rehospitalized after admission28.9%24.9%22.6%worse
Short-stay residents with an outpatient ER visit4.8%8.1%12.0%better
Long-stay hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days1.762.071.67typical
Long-stay outpatient ER visits per 1,000 resident days0.581.111.80better

On this measure the state average is at least twice (or half) the typical state — a gap that size is usually how the state codes and reports the measure, not how its homes actually perform. Against a benchmark this state does not sit on, a “vs typical state” verdict would mostly be measuring the state, so we compare this home with its own state instead and show both averages.

§ Antipsychotics carry an FDA boxed warning — they raise the risk of death in older people with dementia-related psychosis, and are not approved for that use. So this measure is partly a read on whether a home sedates residents instead of staffing for them. But read a low rate carefully in both directions: CMS excludes residents coded with schizophrenia (and Tourette's or Huntington's) from this measure, and federal auditors have found implausible increases in schizophrenia coding since the measure was published — so a very low rate can reflect recoding rather than less prescribing. Ask the home what share of its residents carry a schizophrenia diagnosis, and how it handles behavioral symptoms without medication.

CMS quality measures, as Care Compare shows them. For most rows lower is better (fewer falls, ulcers, hospitalizations); vaccination rates are the exception. Not every row is risk-adjusted. CMS adjusts some measures for resident mix, but falls with major injury, antipsychotic use, physical restraints and the vaccination rates are unadjusted rates — so a home caring for heavier or more behaviorally complex residents can look worse on them without providing worse care. The “typical state” column is the median of the 50 state averages — not a national average of all homes. We use it because a plain average across homes is pulled badly off course by a few states’ reporting habits (long-stay depressive symptoms is the clearest case: Illinois codes it several times higher than most states, which alone lifted the all-homes figure to about twice what a typical state records). The median of state averages resists that — but it does weigh every state equally, so a large state counts no more than a small one, and it is a benchmark of our construction rather than a CMS-published figure. better/worse means the home differs from that benchmark by more than 10% of it; closer than that reads typical. CMS does not publish how many residents each measure covers, and the counts are often small — a single resident can move a rate by several points — so treat small gaps as noise. These come from data the facility reports, so weigh them against the independent inspection record above.

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.

47.3% 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 107 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

47.3%U.S. median 51.5%
Got home and stayed home
10.8%U.S. median 10.7%
Went back to hospital
76.7%U.S. median 56.6%
Met the expected recovery
0.26U.S. median 0.31
Therapy hours / resident / day
0.14hours / resident / day
Physical therapy
0.09hours / resident / day
Occupational therapy
0.03hours / resident / day
Speech therapy

Met the expected recovery: 76.7% 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 120 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 0.26 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 37% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 23% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. 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.

See every short-stay measure CMS publishes for this home
MeasureThis homeU.S. medianPeriod coveredCMS’s call
Got home and stayed homeRate of successful return to home or community from a SNF47.3%CMS range 38.1–57.351.5%Oct 2022–Sep 2024no different from U.S.
Went back to hospitalRate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from a SNF10.8%CMS range 7.7–14.810.7%Oct 2022–Sep 2024no different from U.S.
Met the expected recoveryPercentage of residents who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge76.7%56.6%Oct 2024–Sep 2025CMS makes no comparison for this measure
Self-care at dischargePercentage of residents who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves at discharge75.8%52.8%Oct 2024–Sep 2025CMS makes no comparison for this measure
Moving around at dischargePercentage of residents who are at or above an expected ability to move around at discharge77.5%50.0%Oct 2024–Sep 2025CMS makes no comparison for this measure
Medication problems followed upPercentage of residents whose medications were reviewed and who received follow-up care when medication issues were identified94.5%98.7%Oct 2024–Sep 2025CMS makes no comparison for this measure
Medication list to the next providerPercentage of residents where the SNF provided a current medication list to the next health care setting98.3%100.0%Oct 2024–Sep 2025CMS makes no comparison for this measure
Medication list to the familyPercentage of residents where the SNF provided a current medication list to the resident, family, and/or caregiver at final discharge96.8%98.7%Oct 2024–Sep 2025CMS makes no comparison for this measure
Falls with major injuryPercentage of SNF residents who experience one or more falls with major injury during their SNF stay1.1%0.0%Oct 2024–Sep 2025CMS makes no comparison for this measure
New or worsened pressure ulcersPercentage of residents with pressure ulcers/pressure injuries that are new or worsened2.2%1.9%Oct 2024–Sep 2025CMS makes no comparison for this measure
Infections that led to hospitalPercentage of infections residents got during their SNF stay that resulted in hospitalization7.9%CMS range 5.2–12.67.1%Oct 2023–Sep 2024no different from U.S.
Medicare spending per stayMedicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) for residents in SNFs1.401.02Oct 2022–Sep 2024CMS makes no comparison for this measure

From the CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program — Medicare short-stay outcomes, which is a different dataset from the long-stay quality measures above and describes a different set of residents. Where CMS risk-adjusts a measure we show its adjusted rate, and the CMS range beside it is the confidence interval CMS publishes: a home whose range is wide is a home with few stays, where one patient moves the number several points. Read the period column. These measures do not share a window — the claims-based ones (getting home, readmission, spending) lag by a year or more, because a stay has to finish and its claims settle before it can be counted. CMS’s call is CMS’s, not ours: it is the only place anyone tests whether this home differs from the national rate at all, and most homes on most measures do not. Two caveats on it. CMS tests only three of these measures — getting home, readmission, and infections that led to hospital; on the other nine it publishes a rate and no comparison, and rather than compute a verdict CMS declined to make, we say so in the column. And on readmission almost every home in the country lands on “no different”, so that row separates homes far less than getting-home does — which is why met the expected recovery, a measure CMS does not test but which spreads across the whole range, is called out above the table rather than left in this list. The U.S. median column is our own, taken across every home CMS publishes that measure for in this same file; it is not a CMS-published benchmark. Homes CMS gives no rate for are left out of it rather than counted as zero. Medicare spending per stay is a ratio, not a percentage — 1.00 means this home’s Medicare spending for a stay matched the national figure CMS compares it against, and it measures cost to Medicare, not quality of care.

Staffing

0.35
RN hours/ resident / day
0.88
LPN hours/ resident / day
2.31
Aide hours/ resident / day
3.54
Total nurse hours/ resident / day
0.22
RN hoursweekends
35.4%
Total nursing turnover
25.0%
RN turnover

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 240 beds and averages 198.5 residents a day — about 83% occupied, or roughly 42 beds typically open. It usually has some room. 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 3.54 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.35 is below the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.31 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 3.21 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.67 on weekdays — 12% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.40 to 0.22 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 35% is below the national median of 45%. 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

10
deficiencies at the latest standard inspection (2025-03-12)
7
at the previous standard inspection (2023-01-18)

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.

ABCDEFGHIJKL

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.

23 citations, most serious first. The 11 most serious are shown; the remaining 12 are one tap away and print in full.

  • Immediate jeopardy · Jdisputed · IIDR2025-05-27 · 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

    COMPLAINT #NJ00186243, NJ00186326 Based on observations, interviews, medical record review, and review of other pertinent facility documentation on 5/15/25 and 5/20/25, it was determined that facility staff allowed a severely cognitively impaired resident to exit the secured locked unit and then exit the facility while wearing a Wander Guard (WG) device. Staff also failed to follow the facility's Secure Care/Wanderguard System and Elopements policies on 5/11/25 for 1 of 3 residents (Resident #1). The resident was located at an off-site location by a relative and returned to the facility on 5/11/25 at approximately 9:30 P.M. This deficient practice placed all cognitively impaired residents who were at risk for elopement in an Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) situation. The deficient practice was evidenced by the following: A Facility Reportable Event (FRE) sent to the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH), dated 5/13/25, indicated that the Receptionist notified the Nursing Supervisor (NS) at 5:29 P.M. that the, . alarm at front door was sounding after multiple visitors exited the front door…

    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 · Fcited before2025-03-12 · 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 observations, interview, and record review, it was determined that the facility failed to handle potentially hazardous foods and maintain sanitation in a safe consistent manner to prevent food borne illness. This deficient practice was observed by the following: On 3/6/2025 from 10:02AM to 10:55 AM, the surveyor observed the following in the presence of the Food Service Director (FSD): Prep Area: 1. Upon washing hands in the prep area, the surveyor did not observe a self-closing waste receptacle next to the handwashing station. When asked if a waste receptacle was required next to the hand washing sink, the FSD responded that there was trash can upon entrance to the room that the kitchen staff use. The surveyor did not observe a lid to the garbage receptacle. 2. The table-mounted manual can opener was observed to be dirty with an unknown brown substance around the cutting blade. The FSD stated that the can opener should be clean at all times. Reach in Refrigerator #1: 1.The Refrigerator/Freezer Temperature Log the 3/6/2025 PM section was filled out identifying the…

    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 · E2025-03-12 · tag F0584 — failed to keep a safe, clean, comfortable home — pattern
    Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, interview, and pertinent facility documentation, it was determined that the facility failed to maintain a homelike environment that was clean, safe, and sanitary. This deficient practice was identified for 3 of 4 floors (2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors). This deficient practice was evidenced by the following: 1. On 03/10/2025 at 12:25 PM, Surveyor #1 observed Shower Room B on the 4th floor: the door was missing a section of the panel facing into the shower room, the white shower curtain for a stall was ripped, there were white debris on a blue shower curtain in another stall, the tiles surrounding the toilet were cracked, brown debris was present in a shower stall, and the drain contained brown matter. During an interview with Surveyor #1 on 03/11/2025 at 10:21 AM, the Housekeeping Director (HD) said that the shower rooms were cleaned twice daily. Certified Nurse Aides (CNAs) were responsible for removing any fecal matter from the showers and notifying housekeeping for necessary disinfection.…

    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 · E2025-03-12 · tag F0804 — failed to serve food at safe, palatable temperature — pattern
    Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    Based on observation, interview, record review, and review of facility documents, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure palatable temperature of food for 1 of 1 lunch meal. This deficient practice was evidenced by the following: On 3/11/25 at 11:08 AM, surveyors conducted a meeting with the Resident Council which included nine residents. All nine residents reported that food not served at proper temperatures. On 3/11/25 at 11:16 AM, the surveyor observed the Regional Food Service Director (RFSD) who calibrated (process to make sure the instrument is taking an accurate temperature reading) before he proceeded to obtain food temperatures from the steam table. The RFSD confirmed that cold items should be below 41 degrees and hot items should be above 160 degrees. During this time, items were removed and reheated to proper temperatures from the steam table. The RFSD asked the kitchen staff if the items were temperature checked prior to placing on the steam table, in which it was discovered that temperature checks were not conducted. On the same date at 3/11/25 at 1:28 PM,…

    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 · Ecited before2025-03-12 · tag F0880 — failed to prevent and control infections — pattern
    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    2. On 03/06/2025 at 11:07 AM during the initial tour, Surveyor # 2 observed Resident # 75 in bed in their room. At that time, Surveyor # 2 observed a nebulizer face mask (Mask used to deliver aerosolized medication through the nose and mouth) on top of the nebulizer machine. The mask was not covered and exposed to the air. On 03/11/2025 at 11:09 AM, Surveyor # 2 observed Resident # 75 in bed in their room. At that time, Surveyor # 2 observed the nebulizer face mask on top of the nebulizer machine. The mask was not covered and exposed to the air. A review of Resident # 75's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) revealed under Order Summary that he/she had an order to Change neb [nebulizer] tubing weekly, sign and date. On 03/11/2025 during an interview with Surveyor # 2, the Director of Nursing (DON) confirmed that nebulizers should be in covered in a bag. She further stated that it is important for infection control. Complaint: NJ174453 Based on observations, interview, record review, and review of pertinent facility documents, it was determined that the facility failed to use appropriate…

    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.

    Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · D2025-03-12 · tag F0640 — isolated
    Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on interview and record review, it was determined that the facility failed to accurately transmit the Minimum Data Set (MDS) for 2 of 3 residents reviewed for Resident Assessment, Residents #46 and #21, and was evidenced by the following: The MDS is a comprehensive federal mandated process for clinical assessment of all residents that should be completed and submitted to the Quality Measure System. The facility must electronically transmit the MDS no later than 14 days after assessment being completed. After transmitting of the MDS, it will generate a quality measure to enable a facility to monitor the residents decline and progress. The following residents were identified that the MDS were not transmitted timely: 1. Resident # 46: the discharge return not anticipated MDS dated [DATE] was completed 11/9/2024 and was due to be transmitted no later than 11/23/2024. It was transmitted on 3/10/25. 2. Resident #21: the discharge return not anticipated MDS dated [DATE] was completed on 11/6/24 and due to be…

    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 · Dcited before2025-03-12 · 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 observation, interview, and record review it was determined that the facility failed to accurately assess the status of a resident in the Minimum Data Set (MDS), an assessment tool used to facilitate care. This deficient practice was identified for 1 of 36 residents (Resident #100) reviewed for MDS accuracy and was evidenced by the following: The surveyor reviewed the medical record for Resident #100. A review of the admission Record, an admission summary, revealed the resident had diagnoses which included, but were not limited to: Parkinsonism, Major Depressive Disorder, and Schizoaffective Disorder, BiPolar Type. A review of the resident's comprehensive Minimum Data Set (MDS), an assessment tool used to facilitate the management of care, dated 1/10/2025 included the resident had a Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score of 10 out of 15, which indicated the resident's cognition was moderately impaired. Section A, Question A1500, of the MDS did not identify Resident #100 as having a postitive 2 Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) Level 2, which…

    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 · D2025-03-12 · tag F0644 — isolated
    Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    Based on observation, interview, and record review it was determined that the facility failed implement the recommendations into the resident's assessment and care planning from a resident's Pre-admission Screening and Resident Review (PASARR) level 2 determination. This deficient practice was identified for 1 of 1 residents (Resident #100) reviewed for PASARR and was evidenced by the following: . A review of the admission Record, an admission summary, revealed the resident had diagnoses which included, but were not limited to: Parkinsonism, Major Depressive Disorder, and Schizoaffective Disorder, BiPolar Type. A review of the resident's comprehensive Minimum Data Set (MDS), an assessment tool used to facilitate the management of care, dated 1/10/2025 included the resident had a Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score of 10 out of 15, which indicated the resident's cognition was moderately impaired. Section A, Question A1500, of the MDS did not identify Resident #100 as having a state level 2 Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) process to have serious mental…

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    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · Dcited before2025-03-12 · tag F0761 — failed to label and store drugs safely — isolated
    Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
    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 keep medications stored and labeled properly specifically by having unpackaged medications in the drawers and not labeling a medication with an opened date. The deficient practice was identified for 3 of 4 medication carts reviewed under the Medication Task. The deficient practice was evidenced by the following: On 03/07/2025 at 11:01 AM while on the second floor, the surveyor inspected the 2-C Cart. At that time while observing the top drawer of the cart, the surveyor observed an opened insulin injection pen (insulin medication needle delivery device) without a date it was opened. In the second and third drawer of the cart, the surveyor discovered ten, loose tablets and capsules. At that time of the inspection, the surveyor interviewed Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) # 1. LPN # 1 said that the night shift is supposed to clean the cart. She also said that the nurse on each shift is responsible for the cart. Lastly, LPN # 1 said that the insulin pen should have an…

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    Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · D2025-03-12 · tag F0803 — failed to meet residents' dietary needs — isolated
    Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    Complaint: NJ00183795, NJ00173600, NJ00174453 Based on observation, interview and review of facility meal tickets it was determined that the facility failed to ensure the preferences on the meal tickets were followed for 2 of 2 residents observed for food concerns. (Resident #89 and Resident #101 This deficient practice was evidenced by the following: According to the admission Record, Resident #89 was admitted to the facility with diagnoses including but not limited to; Morbid (severe) Obesity due to excess calories, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellites with Hyperglycemia (high blood sugar). According to the Minimum Data Set, an assessment tool used to manage care dated 12/26/2024, revealed that Resident # 89 had intact cognition. During a dining observation on 03/11/2925 at 12:23 PM, the surveyor inspected Resident #89's lunch tray and ticket for accuracy. The following items were missing from the tray coffee creamers, vegetarian vegetable soup, chef salad, and green vegetables. According to the admission Record, Resident #101 was admitted to the facility diagnoses including but not…

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    Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · D2025-03-12 · tag F0813 — isolated
    Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    Based on observation, interview, and review of pertinent facility documents, the facility failed to ensure that food brought in from visitors was stored in a safe and sanitary condition by failing to document temperatures on a temperature log for personal refrigerators. The deficient practice was identified for 2 of 2 Residents who had personal refrigerators in their room. The deficient practice was evidenced by the following: On 03/07/2025 at 12:15 PM, the surveyor observed Resident # 70 in bed in their room. At that time, the surveyor observed a black, small refrigerator in their room. At that time, the surveyor observed paper on the side of the fridge titled, Temperature Log indicating the month of March. The log did not have any temperatures recording on it including the current date. On 03/09/2025 at 12:18 PM, the surveyor observed Resident # 49 in bed in their room. At that time, the surveyor observed a small, black refrigerator in the room. The refrigerator did not have a temperature log at all. On 03/11/2025 at 12:02 PM, during an interview with the surveyor, the Director of…

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    Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
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  • Potential for harm · Ecited before2023-01-18 · tag F0761 — failed to label and store drugs safely — pattern
    Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    Based on observation, interview, and review of pertinent facility documentation, it was determined that the facility failed to a.) properly store medications, b.) maintain clean and sanitary medication storage areas, and c.) properly label opened multidose medications. This deficient practice was observed in 2 of 2 medication storage rooms and 3 of 3 medication carts and was evidenced by the following: On 01/05/23 at 11:05 AM, in the presence of the Unit Manager Registered Nurse (UM/RN), the surveyor observed the two main (2M) medication storage room door unsecured and slightly opened. The UM/RN confirmed that the door to the medication storage room should have been closed and secured. The surveyor and the UM/RN entered the 2M medication storage room and observed the following: Three (3) sterile auto guard intravenous (IV) 24-gauge (24GA) catheters expired on 6/30/2021. One (1) sterile auto guard 22GA catheter expired on 10/31/2020. One (1) sterile auto guard 20GA catheter expired on 06/30/2021. One (1) sterile blood collection set expired on 07/31/2019. Six (6) 5 milliliter (ml)…

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    Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · Ecited before2023-01-18 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — pattern
    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 facility documentation, it was determined that the facility failed to a.) properly handle and store potentially hazardous foods in a manner that is intended to prevent the spread of food borne illnesses and b.) maintain equipment and kitchen areas in a manner to prevent microbial growth and cross contamination. This deficient practice was evidenced by the following: On 01/03/2023 at 9:45 AM, the surveyor toured the kitchen, in the presence of the Food Service Director (FSD) and observed the following: In the dry storage room, there was a red food coloring bottle with the date written on it of October 2020. The FSD discarded the bottle and confirmed that the item should have been thrown away. The surveyor selected random cans from the non-dented shelf and observed 2 dented cans on the non-dented can shelf. The FSD removed the 2 dented cans, placed them on the dented can's shelf and confirmed the cans should not have been there. On the clean dry rack, the surveyor observed a personal disposable cup with a straw sticking out of it. The FSD…

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    Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · E2023-01-18 · tag F0814 — failed to dispose of garbage properly — pattern
    Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    Based on observation, interview, and review of other facility documentation, it was determined that the facility failed to provide a sanitary environment for residents, staff, and the public by failing to keep the garbage container area free of garbage and debris. This deficient practice was evidenced by the following: On 01/03/2023 at 10:30 AM, the surveyor accompanied by the Food Service Director (FSD) took an exterior tour of the designated facility's garbage area. In the area, was a trash compactor and a dumpster. The surveyor and FSD observed the area around the facility's trash compactor and dumpster were littered with trash, which included plastic wrappers, cardboard boxes, empty containers, paper, and other unidentifiable objects. There were also two cardboard boxes laid across two holes that were filled with water from the rain. On the same date and time, in an interview, the FSD confirmed that the area was dirty and should remain clean at all times and confirmed the cardboard boxes over the holes in the ground that were filled with rainwater. The FSD removed the cardboards…

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    Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · Dcited before2023-01-18 · tag F0641 — isolated
    Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, interview, and review of medical records and other facility documentation, it was determined that the facility failed to accurately complete the Minimum Data Set (MDS) for 2 of 33 residents reviewed (Residents #29 and #121). This deficient practice was evidenced by the following: The surveyor reviewed the admission Record for Resident #29 which reflected that the resident was admitted with diagnoses that included dementia and essential hypertension. The surveyor reviewed the Physician's orders for Resident # 29. There was an order dated 7/22/22 for: Accutech # 0 and bar code # B-0218-3458 in (R)wrist. (This is a wander/elopement alarm). The surveyor reviewed Resident #29's Quarterly MDS, an assessment tool utilized to facilitate the management of care, dated 11/12/22 reflected the section for wandering was coded as 1 indicating that the resident wandered 1 to 3 days during the lookback period. The section for wander/elopement alarm was coded as 0 indicating that Resident #29 did not utilize…

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    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · D2023-01-18 · tag F0658 — failed to meet professional standards of care — isolated
    Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    Based on observation, interview, and record review, it was determined that the facility failed to maintain professional standard of practice by: a.) ensuring prescribed medications were unavailable and document communication with the physician, b.) administer insulin from a pre-filled insulin pen using appropriate needles per manufacturer instructions, c.) perform proper hand hygiene, and d.) appropriately assess the scale of pain level when administering pain medication in accordance with a physician's order, for 2 of 34 residents (Resident #361 and Resident #11) reviewed for professional standards of nursing practice. 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 casefinding, health teaching, health counseling, and provision of care supportive to or restorative of life and wellbeing, and…

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    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · D2023-01-18 · tag F0688 — failed to keep residents mobile / prevent decline — isolated
    Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    Based on observation, interview, record review and review of other facility documentation, it was determined that the facility failed to a.) clarify and transcribe a Physician's Order (PO) for a gauze roll (a type of splint that provides a barrier between the fingers and the palm to prevent injury to the palm from finger contracture) to the left hand and b.) follow a physician's order for the application of a gauze roll to the left hand, and c.) document in the Electronic Medical Administration Record (EMAR) and Treatment Administration Record (TAR) for 1 of 3 residents ( Resident #10) reviewed for positioning and mobility. On 01/03/23 at 1:52 PM, the surveyor observed Resident #10 lying in bed with his/her daughter at the bedside. The daughter stated that she was concerned with the resident's left hand contracture. On 01/05/23 at 11:07 AM, the surveyor observed Resident #10 lying in bed with his/her eyes closed and the left arm bent upwards towards the resident's chest and the left hand in a clenched fist position. The resident did not have a gauze roll in the left hand. On…

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    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · D2023-01-18 · tag F0868 — isolated
    Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    Based on observation, interview, and record review, it was determined that the facility failed to provide documented evidence on sign-in sheets that the facility's Medical Director had attended the quarterly Quality Assessment and Assurance (QAA) and Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) meetings. This deficient practice was identified for 6 of 8 (QAA/QAPI) monthly meetings and 1 of 3 quarterly meetings reviewed and was evidenced by the following: On 01/20/23 at 10:30 AM, the surveyor reviewed the attendance sign-in sheets for the facility's monthly QAA/QAPI meetings. The surveyor reviewed the sign-in sheets provided by the facility for the months of April, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December of 2022. For the months of June 2022, July 2022, August 2022, September 2022, November 2022, and December 2022 the Medical Director was not signed in on the attendance sheets, indicating he did not attend. On 1/18/23 at 10:30 AM, the surveyor met with the facility Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (LNHA) and the Director of Nursing (DON). The LNHA…

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    Administration Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · D2020-12-14 · tag F0656 — failed to write and follow a full care plan — isolated
    Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    Based on observation, interview, and record review it was determined that the facility failed to develop a comprehensive a care plan addressing pain management for 1 resident (Resident #101) of 30 residents reviewed for care plans. The deficient practice was evidenced as follows: On 12/08/2020 at 10:55 AM, the surveyor observed Resident #101 awake in bed. The resident stated he/she had arthritic pain in the left leg. The resident further stated medication and application of heat helped control the pain. Review of the medical record revealed the following. According to the admission Record the resident was admitted to the facility on 12/2004 with diagnoses including Dementia, Osteoarthritis, and Osteoporosis. The 10/22/2020 quarterly Minimum Data Set an assessment tool, indicated the resident had moderate cognitive impairment as evidenced by a Brief Interview for Mental Status interview. The resident scored 9 of a possible 15. Additionally, a pain interview was conducted that in the past 5 days on the MDS the resident experienced almost constant pain self-measured at a level of 7,…

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    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · D2020-12-14 · tag F0759 — failed to keep medication error rate low — isolated
    Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    Based on observation, interview and record review, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that all medications were administered without error of 5% or more. During the medication pass on 12/10/20, the surveyor observed two (2) nurses administer medications to four (4) residents. There were 26 opportunities and two errors observed which calculated to a medication administration error rate of 7.6 %. This deficient practice was identified for 2 of 2 nurses administering medications to 2 of 4 residents, (Resident #49 and #139), and was evidenced by the following: 1. On 12/10/2020 at 8:04 AM, the surveyor observed the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN#1), during the medication pass, administer eight (8) medications including one 100 milligram (MG) tablet of Cilastazol (Pletal) (a medication used to widen the blood vessels to allow increased blood flow). The surveyor with the LPN #1 observed Resident #49 sitting in a wheelchair and the LPN #1 stated that the resident had already had breakfast. Upon returning to the medication cart, the surveyor asked the LPN #1 to review the…

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    Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · Dcited before2020-12-14 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — isolated
    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 documentation provided by the facility, it was determined that the facility failed to maintain proper kitchen sanitation practices to prevent the development of food borne illness. This deficient practice was identified during the kitchen tour and was evidenced by the following: On 12/08/20 at 10:40 AM, during the initial tour of the kitchen in the presence of the Food Service Director (FSD), the surveyors observed the following: 1. There were several silver trays/pans and clear plastic bins nested on top of each other on the drying rack. The surveyor asked the FSD to separate the silver trays/pans and the clear plastic bins. There was moisture observed between four of the silver trays/pans and two of the clear plastic bins. The FSD stated that they should not be stacked until they were completely dry to avoid wet nesting because bacteria could form in the moisture. On 12/09/20 at 10:03 AM, during a tour of the kitchen in the presence of the Food Service Director (FSD) and the Regional Food Service Director (RFSD), the surveyors observed…

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    Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • Potential for harm · Dcited before2020-12-14 · tag F0880 — failed to prevent and control infections — isolated
    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    Based on observation, interview, and record review it was determined the facility nurse failed to adhere to acceptable standards of infection control practices during the administration of a wound care treatment. The deficient practice was identified for 1 of 1 resident (Resudent #43) and was evidenced by the following: On 12/08/20 at 11:45 AM, the surveyor interviewed Resident #43. The resident stated he/she had a wound on the left thigh. The resident voiced a concern that the wound was not consistently cleansed according to the physician's order. The resident gave permission to the surveyor to observe the wound treatment. A review of the medical record revealed the following information: The admission Record indicated the resident was admitted to the facility in 9/2018 with diagnoses including Quadriplegia, Pressure Ulcer of the Left Trochanter, and Peripheral Vascular Disease. The 9/13/20 annual Minimum Data Set (MDS), an assessment tool, identified the resident as having no cognitive impairment as evidenced by a Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score of 15 of a possible…

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    Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
  • No harm found · B2020-12-14 · tag F0711 — pattern
    Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
    What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

    NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, interview and record review, it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that physician progress notes were signed and dated at each resident visit. This deficient practice was observed for 8 of 33 residents (Resident #144, #114, #141 #2, #101, #87, #30 and #52) reviewed and evidenced by the following: 1. On 12/08/20 11:46 at AM, surveyor observed Resident #144 in bed with eyes closed. The resident was lying on a pressure relieving mattress. Left side of the bed was against the wall. The surveyor reviewed Resident #144's medical records that revealed the following: According to the admission Record, Resident #144 was admitted to the facility in July 2013 and readmitted in August 2018 with diagnoses that included Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Neuromuscular Function of the Bladder, Glaucoma, Arthritis and Hypertension. The Quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) an assessment tool dated 11/15/20, indicated that the facility performed a Brief Interview for Mental…

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    Nursing and Physician Services 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.

“Disputed” is CMS’s own flag, not our reading: the CMS deficiency file records whether the home has formally contested a citation, and we reproduce that. IDR is Informal Dispute Resolution, run by the state survey agency that wrote the citation; IIDR is Independent Informal Dispute Resolution, a separate process before an outside entity, available when CMS has proposed a civil money penalty. They are different processes and we mark them differently. Two things to hold at once. A disputed citation is still a citation — it was written by a surveyor, it stands on the record unless and until it is changed, and we neither hide it nor discount it. And we cannot tell you how the dispute came out: CMS publishes that a citation is under dispute, not the outcome, so a tag marked here may since have been upheld, reduced, or deleted, and an unmarked tag may have been disputed and resolved before this file was cut. Ask the home what it disputed and why — it is entitled to tell you, and the answer is often the most informative thing on this page.

Worried about a resident here? There are three different people you can turn to, and they do different jobs:
  • Long-Term Care Ombudsman — a free, confidential advocate for the resident. They act only with the resident’s consent and work to resolve the problem. Find yours at theconsumervoice.org/get_help.
  • Adult Protective Services — the state agency that investigates suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult. Not sure of your state’s APS number? The federal Eldercare Locator will route you: 1-800-677-1116 or eldercare.acl.gov.
  • State survey agency — the regulator that licenses and inspects the home. Every state has an official nursing-home complaint line and most take complaints online; the Ombudsman or Eldercare Locator can connect you.
Not sure where to start, or need other help? Dial 2-1-1 for local resources — and if a call is hard or impossible for you, many local 211s also take a text (send your ZIP code to 898-211) or a web chat at 211.org; both vary by area, and 211.org will show what yours offers. Deaf or hard of hearing: dial 711 for the telecommunications relay service, then any number above. In an emergency, call 911.
It is illegal for a facility to retaliate against a resident or family for reporting a concern: federal law gives a resident the right to voice grievances — to the home or to any outside agency — without discrimination or reprisal (42 CFR §483.10(j)(1)). You may report anonymously.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to ARISTACARE — 9 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 →

RatingThis homeChain avg
Overall 3 of 52.7+0.3 vs chain
Health inspection 2 of 51.9+0.1 vs chain
Staffing 3 of 52.1+0.9 vs chain
Quality measures 5 of 54.4+0.6 vs chain
The other 8 homes this chain runs (chain average 2.7★, per CMS)

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

Owner / managerTypeRoleShareSince
LINDEN GARDEN ESTATESOrganization5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTERESTNO PERCENTAGE PROVIDEDsince 07/01/2017
TESDARS LLCOrganization5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTERESTNO PERCENTAGE PROVIDEDsince 07/01/2017
COHEN, CHAYAIndividual5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTERESTNO PERCENTAGE PROVIDEDsince 07/01/2017
GREENBERGER, SIDNEYIndividual5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTERESTNO PERCENTAGE PROVIDEDsince 07/01/2017
KLEIN, ZVIIndividual5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTERESTNO PERCENTAGE PROVIDEDsince 07/01/2017
LEVIN, CHAIMIndividualW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEEsince 07/01/2017
PILEK, JOHNIndividualW-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEEsince 07/01/2017

2 organizational owners 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.

$21.1M
Net patient revenuemost recent cost report
-3.9%
Operating marginrevenue minus expenses
$1.1M
Related-party expense5% of expenses
Who pays — share of resident-days
Medicaid 78%Medicare 8%Other / private 14%

About 78% 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 $1.1M paid to related parties (affiliated landlords or management companies) in its most recent cost report.

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

$372per resident / day
operating cost
$11,322per month
≈ monthly operating cost
$358per day
avg. revenue, all payers

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

Paying with Medicaid

This is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home, so it can accept Medicaid for long-term care — like nearly all U.S. nursing homes. The private-pay figures below are what families without Medicaid pay; once a resident qualifies for Medicaid, out-of-pocket cost for covered nursing-home care is typically close to $0 (almost all of their income goes to the home as their share of the cost; they keep a small personal needs allowance — for clothing, haircuts, a phone — and Medicaid pays the rest). The amount of that allowance is set by each state. Confirm Medicaid-bed availability with the home, and see the New Jersey Medicaid page.

Typical monthly cost in New Jersey
$12,775/mo
Nursing home (semi-private)
$14,448/mo
Nursing home (private)
$8,710/mo
Assisted living

Median private-pay cost, CareScout (Genworth) 2025 Cost of Care Survey — a regional midpoint, not any single community’s rate. Private rooms and higher care levels cost more; ask for a current quote. Project your own in the cost-of-care planner.

Every figure above is reproduced from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (a public record), from the CMS extract processed 2026-08-01 — CMS provider number 315200. CMS refreshes its data monthly, and the star rating rests on the last standard inspection — dated 2025-03-12, which can lag current conditions. Staffing hours are CMS PBJ CY2026Q1 (Jan–Mar 2026). Check this record against the government’s own page for it: this home on Medicare Care Compare ↗ — the authoritative source, and the place to confirm anything here before you act on it. How we present it →

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