The home failed to provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy. Cited March 2023 — isolated incident, actual harm.
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F-Tag 692 — 42 CFR §483.25(g) — S/S: G
Nursing home report
PREFERRED CARE AT OLD BRIDGE, LLC
OLD BRIDGE, NJ · Medicare-certified · 140 beds
In good standing
For-profitChain member
5 of 5 overall
PREFERRED CARE AT OLD BRIDGE, LLC has an overall 5-star rating, with strong quality measures and health inspection scores, but staffing is only 3 stars and reported nurse staffing is below the federal benchmark (3.65 vs. 4.1 hours per resident per day). There were no fines in the last 24 months, though recent inspection citations included food/fluids, pain management, and help with daily activities.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
3.6517 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: October 23, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.6517.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.46
- Licensed practical nurses
- 1.06
- Nurse aides
- 2.13
- Weekend nursing
- 3.41
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 46%
Registered nurse turnover: 50%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
3.3%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
1.8%Improving
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
4.7%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0.9%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
4.3%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
4.9%Improving
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
4.4%Improving
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
16.9%Worsening
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
1.9%Improving
Residents with a long-term catheter
0.7%Steady
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
17%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
1.6%Improving
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
97%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
93.7%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The home failed to provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who needed it. Cited March 2021 — isolated incident, actual harm.
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F-Tag 697 — 42 CFR §483.25(k) — S/S: G
The nursing home failed to provide needed care and help with daily activities for residents who could not do them on their own. Cited October 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 677 — 42 CFR §483.24(a)(2) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to get a doctor’s admission order and make sure the resident was under a doctor’s care. Cited March 2023 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 710 — 42 CFR §483.30 — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited March 2021 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — 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 2 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- Part of PREFERRED CARE · 13 homes · 3.5 stars avg
- Occupancy
- 130.6 residents on an average day (93% of 140 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 33 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.