Nursing home report
Registered name: Emerson Health Care Center
EMERSON, NJ · Medicare-certified · 155 beds
Emerson Health & Rehab Center has a 5 out of 5 overall rating, with 5-star scores for health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. It reported 3.92 nurse staffing hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, had $0 in fines in the last 24 months, and recent inspection citations included care planning, respiratory care, and meeting professional standards of quality.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.915 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.915.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The nursing home failed to develop and carry out a complete care plan that met each resident’s needs with clear steps and timelines. Cited February 2023 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 656 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(1) — S/S: D
The home failed to provide safe and appropriate breathing care when a resident needed it. Cited February 2023 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 695 — 42 CFR §483.25(i) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited March 2021 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — S/S: D
The home failed to safeguard residents’ private information and keep each resident’s medical records properly maintained. Cited March 2021 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 842 — 42 CFR §483.70 — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited March 2021 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
