Abingdon Care & Rehabilitation Center
303 Rock Ave, Green Brook, NJ 08812 · Somerset County · 180 certified beds · avg 122 residents/day · certified since Oct 25, 1972
Part of chain: ARISTACARE (9 facilities, chain avg rating 2.7★)
1/5
Health inspection rating (on-site)
1
Serious findings on record
$131,966
Fines, last 3 years
3.23
Nurse hours/resident/day (adjusted)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★☆☆☆☆1/5 · CMS overall rating: 2/5
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and self-reported quality measures.
Most serious findings (actual harm or immediate jeopardy)
▲ Actual harm, one-off · Oct 31, 2023 · F-0684
The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals.
Why it matters: Care that strays from doctor's orders or ignores the resident's wishes can lead to declining health and avoidable harm.
Severity (G): One or a few residents were actually harmed — physically or emotionally — though not put in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Corrected: Jan 4, 2024 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
All citations in the current public record (35)
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2026 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility has more than 120 beds but did not hire a qualified full-time social worker as required. · from a complaint |
| Feb 12, 2026 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide the social services residents need — such as counseling, help with adjustment, or connecting to outside resources — to achieve the best possible quality of life. · from a complaint |
| Feb 12, 2026 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not develop a resident's complete plan of care within 7 days of the full assessment, or the plan wasn't prepared, reviewed, and updated by a team of health professionals as required. · from a complaint |
| Nov 18, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility provided care that did not meet professional standards of quality — the accepted standards that nurses and other clinicians are expected to follow. · from a complaint |
| Apr 23, 2025 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility's menus did not meet residents' nutritional needs, or were not prepared in advance, followed as written, kept up to date, or reviewed by a dietician. |
| Apr 23, 2025 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not serve meals and snacks at times that fit residents' needs, preferences, and requests, or did not offer nourishing alternatives for residents who want to eat outside scheduled meal times. |
| Apr 23, 2025 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. |
| Apr 23, 2025 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not dispose of garbage and refuse properly. |
| Apr 23, 2025 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. · from a complaint |
| Apr 23, 2025 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide pharmacy services that meet each resident's needs, or did not employ or contract with a licensed pharmacist. |
| Apr 23, 2025 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility has more than 120 beds but did not hire a qualified full-time social worker as required. |
| Apr 23, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not post its nurse staffing information every day. Nursing homes must publicly display how many nurses and aides are on duty each day. |
| Apr 23, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility's quality committee — the internal group responsible for finding and fixing care problems — did not have the required members or did not meet at least every three months. |
| Apr 23, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. |
| Apr 23, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not maintain an effective pest control program to prevent or deal with mice, insects, or other pests. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | ▲ G · Actual harm, one-off | The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not properly protect the personal money residents deposited with it for safekeeping. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not provide the help residents need with basic daily activities — like bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom — for residents who cannot do these things on their own. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not provide safe, appropriate care for residents who need dialysis — the treatment that filters the blood when kidneys fail. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not have enough nursing staff each day to meet every resident's needs, or did not have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. Adequate staffing is one of the strongest predictors of good care. · from a complaint |
| Oct 31, 2023 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's complete medication regimen and medical chart every month, or did not follow its own rules for reporting medication problems. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not dispose of garbage and refuse properly. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft to the proper authorities quickly enough, or did not report the results of its investigation. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not respond appropriately to alleged violations, such as reports of abuse, neglect, or mistreatment. Facilities must investigate every allegation and protect residents while they do. · from a complaint |
| Oct 31, 2023 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not serve food and drinks that were appetizing, attractive, and at a safe and pleasant temperature. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not properly inform residents or their representatives about arbitration agreements — contracts that give up the right to sue in court — including their right to refuse to sign. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not develop, carry out, or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility provided care that did not meet professional standards of quality — the accepted standards that nurses and other clinicians are expected to follow. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. |
| Oct 31, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have a working call system — the button or cord residents use to summon help — in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. |
| Aug 30, 2021 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide safe, appropriate care for residents who need dialysis — the treatment that filters the blood when kidneys fail. |
| Aug 30, 2021 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections decreased between the last two inspection cycles (18 → 11).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | D |
| 2023 | 18 | 1 | G ▲ |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | F |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | F |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
1 fine totaling $131,966.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2023 | Fine | $131,966 |
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
| Measure | This facility | New Jersey avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 3.23 | 3.88 | 3.95 | bottom 19% in New Jersey; bottom 23% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.31 | 0.67 | 0.69 | bottom 7% in New Jersey; bottom 10% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 2.97 | 3.53 | 3.50 | bottom 22% in New Jersey; bottom 29% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.18 | 0.50 | 0.48 | bottom 8% in New Jersey; bottom 9% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 28.4 | 39.7 | 45.8 | top 21% in New Jersey; top 12% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 62.5 | 37.7 | 42.9 | bottom 10% in New Jersey; bottom 19% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day, case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 3.03, RN 0.29, weekend 2.79. Staffing rating: 2/5.
Self-reported quality measures
Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.
Quality measures rating: 5/5 · long-stay residents: 5/5 · short-stay residents: 5/5
Who owns this facility
For profit - Limited Liability company
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobs, Hyman | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 95% | 06/17/2009 |
| Jacobs, Livia | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 5% | 06/17/2009 |
| Jacobs, Hyman | Individual | W-2 Managing Employee | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/17/2009 |
| Jacobs, Livia | Individual | W-2 Managing Employee | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/17/2009 |
| Metternich, Christopher | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/21/2019 |
| Royer, Scott | Individual | W-2 Managing Employee | NOT APPLICABLE | 12/03/2018 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "How do you make sure each resident's care follows the doctor's orders, and what changed after this citation?"
- "Do you have a full-time social worker on staff, and how would they work with my family member?"
- "Who provides social services here, and how would they support my family member's emotional and social needs?"
- "Who is on the team that builds each resident's care plan, and how quickly is it in place after admission?"
- "Can you tell me what this citation involved and what steps you took to bring care back up to standard?"
- "Who reviews your menus, and can I see this week's menu and join my family member for a meal?"
- "What happens if a resident is hungry between meals or misses a mealtime — what food options are available?"
- "What did your most recent kitchen inspection find, and can I see how food is stored and prepared?"
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"
Nearby facilities (within 20 miles)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aristacare at Norwood Terrace | 2.6 mi | Plainfield, NJ | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Complete Care at Plainfield LLC | 3.1 mi | Plainfield, NJ | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Careone at Somerset Valley | 3.2 mi | Bound Brook, NJ | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Complete Care at Woodlands | 3.6 mi | Plainfield, NJ | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| McAuley Hall Health Care Cente | 3.8 mi | Watchung, NJ | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 | |
| Careone at the Highlands | 4.1 mi | Edison, NJ | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Runnells Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare | 4.6 mi | Berkeley Heights, NJ | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Accelerate Skilled Nursing and Rehab Piscataway | 5.0 mi | Piscataway, NJ | ★★☆☆☆ | 1/5 | abuseSFF |
| Aristacare at Cedar Oaks | 5.1 mi | South Plainfield, NJ | ★★☆☆☆ | 1/5 | abuse |
| Autumn Lake Healthcare at Berkeley Heights | 5.2 mi | Berkeley Heights, NJ | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Hartwyck at Oak Tree | 5.2 mi | Edison, NJ | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 | |
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 315141.