Best Nursing Homes - New Jersey

By Newsweek

America's Best Nursing Homes 2021

Choosing a nursing home for an aging family member has always been a heavy responsibility. As the COVID-19 pandemic showed with heartbreaking clarity, it can even be a matter of life and death.

That's why Newsweek once again partnered with respected global data research firm Statista to establish a ranking of Best Nursing Homes, providing information and insights to help our readers understand their options at a very challenging time.

America's Best Nursing Homes 2021 highlights the nation's top nursing homes (compared to others in the same state) based on performance data, peer recommendations and the facility's handling of the COVID-19 threat. In building these rankings, Statista and Newsweek took extensive, multiple measures to address the impact of the outbreak. Our objective: to recognize the facilities which have put in place the best possible responses and protocols.

Our ranking identifies the 400 top facilities across 20 states. If you need to choose a place for a loved one, we hope this list of Best Nursing Homes 2021 will help make that decision easier and the burden, lighter.

If your facility is listed below, you can find out more about the licensing options visiting the Statista website.

Rank	Facility	City	Certified Beds	Additional Information
1	Alaris Health at Cedar Grove	Cedar Grove	230	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
2	Daughters of Miriam Center / The Gallen Institute	Clifton	210	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
3	Hunterdon Care Center	Flemington	185	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
4	Eastern Pines Convalescent Center	Atlantic City	151	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
5	Hackensack Meridian Health - Prospect Heights Care Center	Hackensack	196	Medicare Accepted, No Resident and Family Council
6	Alaris Health at Hamilton Park	Jersey City	260	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
7	Wedgwood Gardens Care Center	Freehold	151	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
8	Seacrest Village	Little Egg Harbor Township	171	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
9	CareOne at Oradell	Oradell	154	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
10	Arnold Walter Nursing & Rehabilitation Center	Hazlet	202	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
11	CareOne at Madison Avenue	Morristown	178	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
12	Regency Grande Post-Acute, Rehab & Nursing Center	Dover	155	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
13	Emerson Health & Rehabilitation Center	Emerson	155	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
14	Roosevelt Care Center at Edison	Edison	356	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
15	Hackensack Meridian Health - West Caldwell Care Center	West Caldwell	180	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
16	Hackensack Meridian Health - Bayshore Medical Center	Holmdel	232	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
17	New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Vineland	Vineland	300	Medicare Accepted, Resident and Family Council
18	Alaris Health At Jersey City	Jersey City	183	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
19	Alaris Health At Rochelle Park	Rochelle Park	240	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
20	CareOne at New Milford	New Milford	236	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
21	Alaris Health At Castle Hill	Union City	215	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
22	Alaris Health at HarborView	Jersey City	180	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
23	White House Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center	Orange	176	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
24	Merwick Care & Rehabilitation	Plainsboro	200	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
25	Genesis - Jersey Shore Center	Eatontown	158	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
26	Christian Health Care Center	Wyckoff	298	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
27	Venetian Care & Rehabilitation	South Amboy	180	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
28	Hackensack Meridian Health - Nursing & Rehab	Hackensack	180	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council
29	Daughters of Israel - West Orange	West Orange	303	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
30	Seashore Gardens Living Center	Galloway Township	151	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident and Family Council
31	Tallwoods Care Center	Bayville	180	Medicare Accepted, Medicaid Accepted, Resident Council

Methodology
This ranking is based on three data sources: Performance data, peer recommendations and the facility's handling of COVID-19. The 400 best out of 10,647 Nursing Homes in the 20 most populous states were awarded by Newsweek and Statista, resulting in a varying number of nursing homes awarded per state: New York had the most nursing homes awarded with 70, while North Carolina and Massachusetts are represented with 5 nursing homes each.

The data analysis put a big emphasis on evaluating the official COVID-19 dataset from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The Nursing Home COVID-19 data is reported directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and includes Resident Impact, Facility Capacity, Staff & Personnel and Supplies & Personal Protective Equipment, as well as Ventilator Capacity.

This data was updated weekly. For this ranking, it reflects the current situation from May 24th, 2020 until August 2nd, 2020.

You can download the full methodology here.

Licensing
If your facility is listed above, you can find out more about the licensing options visiting the Statista website.

Note
The Southeastern Veterans Center has been deleted from this ranking.