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Emerson Health Care Center

EMERSON, NJ · Medicare-certified · 155 beds

In good standing
For-profit
5 of 5 overall

Emerson Health Care Center in Emerson, NJ has an overall 5-star rating, with 5 stars in health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. It reported no fines in the last 24 months, but its nurse staffing was 3.87 hours per resident per day, below the federal benchmark of 4.1.

Facility ratings

Health inspections

Staffing

3.8717 hrs/resident/day

Quality measures

Last inspection: March 5, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0

Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.8717.

Staffing detail

Registered nurses
0.74
Licensed practical nurses
0.71
Nurse aides
2.42
Weekend nursing
3.46

Hours per resident per day.

Total staff turnover: 31%
Registered nurse turnover: 23%

Resident outcomes

How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.

Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication

11.4%Improving

Residents with a fall causing major injury

2.3%Improving

Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)

4.7%Worsening

Residents with a urinary tract infection

3.6%Improving

Residents who lost too much weight

0.3%Worsening

Residents who were physically restrained

0.3%Worsening

Residents needing more help with daily activities

6.2%Worsening

Residents whose ability to walk got worse

8.6%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication

20.4%Worsening

Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic

1.4%Steady

Residents with a long-term catheter

1%Improving

Residents with new or worsening incontinence

4.1%Improving

Residents with depressive symptoms

0%Steady

Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

97.1%Steady

Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

98.2%Worsening

Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine

62.8%Steady

Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine

73.5%Improving

What the inspectors found

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: D

Recent history

  1. STAFFING

    Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.

  2. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.

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  3. INSPECTION

    Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.

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Operator & ownership

Ownership
For profit - Corporation
Occupancy
141.9 residents on an average day (92% of 155 beds)
Resident voice
Resident council
Medicare history
Certified for 29 years

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.