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Homestead Rehabilitation & Health Care Center

An independent review of Homestead Rehabilitation & Health Care Center's safety record, its Medicare rating, health-inspection citations, staffing, fines and complaints, drawn from public federal data (not user star-ratings).

129 MORRIS TURNPIKE · NEWTON, NJ 07860 · 128 beds
Phone: 9739485400
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Open Care Data Safety Grade

This facility raises serious safety concerns and ranks well below its peers.

Starts from the Medicare rating, then weighs Special Focus Facility status; below-average staffing; $231,049 in federal fines. How we grade · See how it compares
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Recent News August 2026 federal update

Total federal fines rose to $231,049

In the August 2026 federal update, the total dollar amount of federal fines on this facility's record changed from $111,754 to $231,049. Fines are civil monetary penalties CMS levies when serious problems are identified and not corrected.

These changes are drawn from the U.S. federal (CMS) nursing home data. The facts are CMS's; the explanations are Open Care Data's. Federal data updates periodically and can lag current conditions. Operate this facility? Add context or report a correction.

Medicare Five-Star Rating · as of the latest federal update

Overall
★★
2 / 5
Staffing
1 / 5
Health Inspection
1 / 5
Quality Measures
★★★★★
5 / 5

Top concerns What stands out in the record

  • On the federal Special Focus Facility watch list for persistent quality problems.
  • Below-average overall Medicare rating (2 of 5 stars).
  • $231,049 in federal fines across 3 penalties.
  • Staffing rating is in the bottom tier, often the strongest predictor of care quality.

How it compares vs. 348 NJ nursing homes

Overall Medicare rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 9% of NJ homes
Staffing rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of NJ homes
Health-inspection rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of NJ homes
Total nurse hours / resident / day
4.15695hrs
Better than 79% of NJ homes
RN hours / resident / day
0.3008hrs
Better than 9% of NJ homes

Percentiles rank this facility against every other Medicare-rated nursing home in New Jersey, using the latest federal data.

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Safety & Enforcement Federal inspection record

Safety indicators

Abuse indicator None on record
Special Focus Facility Enhanced oversight
Substantiated complaints 0

Financial penalties

3
Fines
$231,049
Total fines
0
Payment denials
3
Total penalties

Staffing Hours per resident / day

0.30080
RN hours per resident / day
Benchmark ≥ 0.75
4.15695
Total nursing hours / day
Benchmark ≈ 4.1
3.27761
Weekend nursing hours / day
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Higher staffing, especially RN time, correlates with better outcomes and higher Medicare star ratings.

Recent Deficiency Citations Last 36 months · federal inspections

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Quality Measures Medicare quality data · lower is better

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