Nursing home report
BRIDGEWATER, NJ · Medicare-certified · 82 beds
N J EASTERN STAR HOME in Bridgewater, NJ has a 5-star overall rating, with 5-star staffing and quality measures and a 4-star health inspection rating. Reported nurse staffing is 4.32 hours per resident per day, above the federal benchmark of 4.1, and there were no fines in the last 24 months.
Health inspections
Staffing
4.319 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.319.
Hours per resident per day.
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
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
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 provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited September 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to provide safe and appropriate breathing care when a resident needed it. Cited May 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
F-Tag 695 — 42 CFR §483.25(i) — S/S: E
The home failed to have policies and procedures in place to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. Cited January 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 607 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: D
The home failed to ensure staff provided basic life support, including CPR, before emergency medical personnel arrived. Cited January 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 678 — 42 CFR §483.24(a)(3) — S/S: D
The nursing home failed to provide proper pressure ulcer care and failed to prevent new pressure sores from developing. Cited January 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 686 — 42 CFR §483.25(b) — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 3 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 6 health deficiencies.
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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.
