The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited August 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
Nursing home report
BROOKHAVEN HEALTH CARE CENTER
EAST ORANGE, NJ · Medicare-certified · 122 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
3 of 5 overall
Brookhaven Health Care Center in East Orange, NJ has a 3-out-of-5 overall rating, with 3-star health inspection and staffing ratings and a 4-star quality measures rating. Reported nurse staffing is 3.27 hours per resident per day, below the federal benchmark of 4.1, and there were $0 in fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.2697 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: August 25, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.2697.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.51
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.82
- Nurse aides
- 1.94
- Weekend nursing
- 2.86
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 23%
Registered nurse turnover: 30%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
2.3%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
0.5%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
10.1%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0%Steady
Residents who lost too much weight
3.9%Steady
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
7.6%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
5.7%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
8.4%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
1.1%Steady
Residents with a long-term catheter
0.2%Improving
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
11%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
30.4%Steady
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
92.2%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
97.7%Improving
What the inspectors found
The home failed to properly label and securely store medications and biologicals. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 761 — 42 CFR §483.45(g) — S/S: E
The home failed to complete and keep the resident’s care plan properly prepared, reviewed, and updated by the right health professionals. Cited March 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 657 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(2) — S/S: E
The home failed to assess bed rail safety, review the risks and benefits, get informed consent, or properly install and maintain the rail. Cited March 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 700 — 42 CFR §483.25(n) — S/S: E
The home failed to honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited December 2021 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 578 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: E
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 7 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- Part of PARAMOUNT CARE CENTERS · 10 homes · 3.4 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 116.7 residents on an average day (96% of 122 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 37 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.