Lopatcong Center

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.

57.6% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — CMS rates that better than the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 285 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 76.0% 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 129 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 38% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 12% 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.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 153 beds and averages 130.1 residents a day — about 85% occupied, or roughly 23 beds typically open. It runs fairly full. 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 3.07 hrs/resident/day is below the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.53 is below the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 1.74 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 2.78 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.19 on weekdays — 13% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.57 to 0.43 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 38% is about the same as 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

Deficiencies are fewer than at the previous inspection — improving. 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.

24 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 14 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · F2025-06-16 · tag F0809 — failed to serve meals on a reasonable schedule — widespread
  Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview, and review of pertinent facility documents, it was determined that the facility failed to serve and document residents received a nourishing snack in the evening (HS) when there was more than a 14-hour span between dinner and breakfast mealtimes. This deficient practice was identified for 6 of 6 residents (Resident #5, #14, #48, #54, #58, and #67) during the 6/11/25 resident council group meeting and evidenced by the following: On 6/11/25 at 10:32 AM, the surveyor conducted the resident council meeting with six residents (Residents #5, #14, #48, #54, #58, and #67) who were alert and oriented, and selected by the facility to attend the group meeting. All six residents stated that they were not offered nor received snacks in the evening. On 6/11/25 at 11:15 AM, the surveyor interviewed the Regional Food Service Director (RFSD), who stated the HS snacks are provided by the dietary department but are passed out and offered by the nursing staff. RFSD stated they were unaware of any issues with HS snacks not being passed out. On 6/11/25 at 11:30 AM, the surveyor spoke…

  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 · F2025-06-16 · tag F0919 — failed to provide a working call system — widespread
  Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
  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 observations and interviews on 06/13/2025 and 06/16/2025 in the presence of the Senior Maintenance Director (SMD) and the Maintenance Director (MD), it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that all devices used to identify call bell notifications were properly functioning in accordance with State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix PP Subsection 483.90 (g). This deficient practice had the potential to affect all residents and was evidenced by the following: An observation on 06/16/2025 at 10:26 AM revealed that resident room [ROOM NUMBER]-bathroom call bell did not activate the call bell light over the room door when tested. An observation on at 10:29 AM revealed that the resident call bell monitor at the second floor nurses station indicated that the resident bathroom call bells in rooms 219, 230, and the second floor shower room displayed a FAULT condition on the display screen. The date on the screen indicated that the Fault conditions had been active since 05/20/2025. Observations from…

  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.

  Environmental Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2025-06-16 · tag F0552 — pattern
  Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
  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 inform the resident or their representative in advance of treatment risks and benefits, options, and alternatives to a resident receiving antipsychotic medications. This deficient practice was identified for 4 of 7 residents (Residents #27, 34, 60, and #72) reviewed for unnecessary medications. This deficient practice was evidenced by the following: 1. On 6/9/25 at 10:25 AM, the surveyor observed Resident #27 lying in bed asleep. On 6/11/25 at 10:51 AM, the surveyor reviewed the hybrid medical record (paper and electronic) of Resident #27, which revealed the following: A review of the admission Record (AR, an admission summary) reflected that Resident #27 was admitted with diagnoses that included, but were not limited to, mood disorder and depression (a feeling of sadness). A review of the Significant Change Minimum Data Set (SC/MDS), (an assessment tool used to facilitate the management of care) dated 5/14/25…

  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 · Ecited before2025-06-16 · tag F0695 — failed to provide proper breathing / tracheostomy care — pattern
  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

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY REPEAT DEFICIENCY Based on observation, interview, and record review, it was determined that the facility failed a.) to follow a Physician's Order and b.) create a Physicians Order for an oxygen dependent resident in accordance with professional standards of practice for 5 of 5 residents, (Resident #21, #28, #41, #68 and #109), reviewed for respiratory care. 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 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…

  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 before2025-06-16 · 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 interviews and record review, it was determined that the facility failed to accurately code the Minimum Data Set (MDS, an assessment tool used to facilitate the management of care), in accordance with federal guidelines for 1 of 26 residents (Resident #72), who were reviewed for accuracy for MDS coding. This deficient practice was evidenced by the following: On 6/9/25 at 10:29 AM, the surveyor observed Resident #72 asleep in bed. On 6/11/25 at 11:39 AM, the surveyor reviewed the hybrid medical record (paper and electronic) of Resident #72, which revealed the following: A review of the admission Record (AR, an admission summary) reflected that Resident #72 was admitted with diagnoses that included, but were not limited to, mood swings and anxiety (feeling of worry or nervousness). A review of the Annual Minimum Data Set (A/MDS), (an assessment tool used to facilitate the management of care), dated 4/25/25, indicated that the facility assessed the residents' cognitive status using a Brief Interview for…

  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 before2025-06-16 · 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 and implement a comprehensive person-centered care plan (CP) that included refusal of care. This deficient practice was identified for 1 of 26 residents (Resident #60) reviewed for comprehensive person-centered CP. This deficient practice was evidenced by the following: On 6/9/25, at 10:35 AM, the surveyor observed Resident #60 out of bed and in a wheelchair, able to respond to the surveyor's questions. Although Resident #60 was scheduled for a shower today, they mentioned that they sometimes refuse to take a shower because they do not feel like it. On 6/11/25 at 12:58 PM, the surveyor reviewed the electronic Health Record (eHR)/hybrid medical record (paper and electronic) of Resident #60, which revealed the following: A review of the admission Record (AR, an admission summary) reflected that Resident #60 was admitted with diagnoses that included, but were not limited to, mood swings and anxiety (feeling of worry or nervousness). A review of the recent quarterly Minimum Data Set…

  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 before2025-06-16 · 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

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Repeat Deficiency. Based on observations, interviews, record reviews, and other facility documentation, it was determined that the facility failed 1.)failed to follow infection control procedures with 3 of 5 residents on Oxygen (O2) Therapy and 2.) failed to follow appropriate hand hygiene procedures during medication administration. This deficient practice was identified 3 of 5 residents (Resident #21, Resident #28 and Resident # 109) reviewed for O2 therapy and 1 (one) of 3 nurses who was observed during medication administration. 1. On 6/9/25 at 10:25 AM, the surveyor observed and interviewed Resident #28 awake in bed, with oxygen (O2) via nasal cannula (NC) (medical device to provide supplemental oxygen therapy to people who have lower O2 levels) at 1.5 liters/minute (LPM), O2 running. The surveyor further observed the O2 tubing laying directly on the floor of the resident's room. The surveyor reviewed the admission Record (AR; or face sheet; an admission summary) which revealed that the resident had been…

  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 · D2024-06-25 · tag F0842 — failed to keep accurate, complete medical records — isolated
  Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY C #: NJ00173585 Based on interviews, medical record review, and review of other pertinent facility documents on 6/25/24 it was determined that the facility staff failed to consistently document in the Documentation Survey Report (DSR) the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) status and care provided to the resident according to facility policies and procedures for 1 of 4 residents (Resident #3) reviewed for documentation. This deficient practice was evidenced by the following: 1. According to the admission Record (AR), Resident #3 was admitted on [DATE], with diagnoses that included but were not limited to: Fracture of Unspecified Part of the Neck of the Right Femur, Parkinson Disease, and History of fall. The Minimum Data Set (MDS), an assessment tool, dated 2/5/24, revealed a Brief Interview of Mental Status (BIMS) of 0 which indicated the resident's cognition was severely impaired and the resident needed assistance with ADLs including toileting, eating, and transfer. A Care Plan (CP), initiated on 1/31/24…

  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 · E2024-02-06 · tag F0607 — failed to have anti-abuse policies — pattern
  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

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY FRI NJ00162201 Based on observation, interview, and record review of pertinent documentation, it was determined that the facility failed to implement their abuse policy and written regulations based on protecting their residents after the abuse investigation. This deficient practice was identified for one of two residents (Resident #91) reviewed for following the facility's abuse policy. The deficient practice was evidenced by the following: The surveyor investigated the Facility Reported Incident (FRI) sent in by the Executive Director, Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (LNHA) to the Department of Health (DOH) on 3/8/23 based on a resident to resident altercation between the Resident #91 and the Resident #39, which revealed the following: The facility reported that on 3/8/23, a staff member heard yelling from room [ROOM NUMBER]. Upon responding, the staff found Resident #91 (room [ROOM NUMBER]) walking out of Resident #39's (room [ROOM NUMBER]) room and stated, I didn't do anything get out of my way. Resident…

  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 · E2024-02-06 · tag F0693 — failed to provide proper feeding-tube care — pattern
  Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
  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 documentations, it was determined that the facility failed to evaluate the basis use or discontinuation of a gastrostomy tube device consistent with the resident's goals and wishes. This deficient practice was identified for one of two residents (Resident #83) reviewed. This deficient practice was evidenced by the following: On 1/30/24 at 11:20 AM, the surveyor observed the resident lying in bed. The resident stated, I have a tube, but I have not been using it for a long time. I have been asking them to remove it since I was admitted here about 2 1/2 years ago, everyone knows but they told me they can't find a doctor who can remove it because of my insurance. On 1/30/24 at 1:20 PM, the surveyor interviewed the Unit Manager (UM), License Practical Nurse (LPN) on the first floor, she stated, The resident does not use the tube, it's there because of the stroke the resident had in the past. The tube gets water flushes only. The resident and son does want the tube out but as per Social Worker, it's hard…

  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

“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 GENESIS HEALTHCARE — 184 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

CMS files one row per role, so the 19 rows in the source record cover these 17 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted.

11 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.

This home reported $1.7M paid to related parties — landlords or management companies under common ownership — equal to about 12% 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