35 Cottage Street, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 (opens Google Maps) · Union County · (908) 897-1000· 130 certified beds · avg 99 residents/day · certified since Jul 19, 1983 · Medicare and Medicaid certified
Certified for both programmes. Certification means the facility can bill Medicaid — it does not mean a Medicaid-funded bed is free right now, so ask directly. Who pays for nursing home care →
Part of chain: AUTUMN LAKE HEALTHCARE (59 facilities, chain avg rating 2.8★)
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Health inspection rating: ★★★☆☆3/5 · CMS overall rating: 4/5 · how star ratings work →
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 quality measures from resident assessments and claims.
▲ Actual harm, isolated · Jul 19, 2024 · F-0658
The facility provided care that did not meet professional standards of quality — the accepted standards that nurses and other clinicians are expected to follow.
Why it matters: Care that falls below professional standards can directly harm a resident's health and recovery.
Severity (G): Actual harm was cited, below immediate jeopardy. The scope was isolated: limited residents, staff, or locations were affected. Scope describes the extent of the deficiency, not whether it happened on previous inspections.
Corrected: Sep 10, 2024 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
Showing the latest 3 of 21 inspection findings. Open the full record below to read every finding.
The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · from a complaint F-0689
The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. F-0689
The facility did not accurately assess a resident's health and needs. Assessments are the foundation for all the care a resident receives. F-0641
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed — that window is CMS's, not ours. Within it, every citation CMS publishes for this facility is listed here: none excluded.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2026 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · from a complaint · F-0689 |
| Nov 18, 2025 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · F-0689 |
| Nov 18, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not accurately assess a resident's health and needs. Assessments are the foundation for all the care a resident receives. · F-0641 |
| Feb 10, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not develop and follow policies and procedures for offering residents flu and pneumonia vaccinations. · F-0883 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | ▲ G · Actual harm, isolated | The facility provided care that did not meet professional standards of quality — the accepted standards that nurses and other clinicians are expected to follow. · F-0658 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | 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 · F-0610 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | 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. · from a complaint · F-0677 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. · from a complaint · F-0684 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | The facility did not make sure its nurse aides were properly trained — aides working more than 4 months must be trained and competent, and newer aides must be enrolled in training. · F-0728 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | 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. · F-0812 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | The facility did not have a written plan describing how it runs its quality improvement program — the ongoing process of finding problems in care and fixing them. · F-0865 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | The facility did not designate a qualified infection preventionist — a trained person responsible for running the infection prevention and control program. · F-0882 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | 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. · F-0657 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not provide the care needed to maintain or improve residents' movement and flexibility — such as range-of-motion exercises — leading to avoidable decline. · F-0688 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | 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. · F-0695 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | 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. · F-0732 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide pharmacy services that meet each resident's needs, or did not employ or contract with a licensed pharmacist. · F-0755 |
| Jul 19, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | 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. · F-0761 |
| Nov 15, 2022 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility provided care that did not meet professional standards of quality — the accepted standards that nurses and other clinicians are expected to follow. · F-0658 |
| Nov 15, 2022 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | 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. · F-0761 |
| Nov 15, 2022 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | 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. · F-0880 |
Citations from standard inspections decreased between the last two inspection cycles (14 → 2).
All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | D |
| 2024 | 14 | 1 | G ▲ |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | E |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | D |
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.
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1 fine totaling $102,660.
Every penalty CMS publishes for this facility in the 3-year window is listed —none excluded. The count and the dollar total come from two different CMS datasets and agree for this facility. Penalties older than the window are dropped by CMS before publication, not by us.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2024 | Fine | $102,660 |
What these staffing numbers mean →
All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.
| Measure | This facility | New Jersey avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 4.00 | 3.88 | 3.95 | top 31% in New Jersey; top 39% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.45 | 0.67 | 0.69 | bottom 31% in New Jersey; bottom 31% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 3.72 | 3.53 | 3.50 | top 28% in New Jersey; top 32% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.38 | 0.50 | 0.48 | bottom 47% in New Jersey; bottom 48% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 42.2 | 39.7 | 45.8 | bottom 41% in New Jersey; top 42% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 52.9 | 37.7 | 42.9 | bottom 20% in New Jersey; bottom 31% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day for the most recent quarter of payroll data in this CMS release (2026-08-01) — the same quarter for every facility — 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 3.62, RN 0.41, weekend 3.37.Comparing with Medicare Care Compare? Care Compare shows the raw figure (3.62 here, displayed there as hours and minutes), not the adjusted one above. Both are correct; they answer different questions. Staffing rating: 3/5.
Note: CMS combines facility-reported resident assessments (MDS) with claims-based measures. These are different sources from on-site inspection findings. Read the measures alongside inspection and staffing records; a high QM rating does not establish that a home is safe.
Quality measures rating: 5/5 · long-stay residents: 5/5 · short-stay residents: 5/5
Price evidence · separate from quality
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How to read ownership records →
Ownership records as published by CMS on 2026-08-01. CMS records when an owner joined but not when they left. Listed here and no longer involved? Tell us →
For profit - Limited Liability company
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gluck, Rivka | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 10% | 06/01/2017 |
| Handler, Samuel | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 5% | 09/07/2016 |
| MJH Group LLC | Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2017 |
| BH Associates Realty LLC | Organization | 5% or Greater Mortgage Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2017 |
| BH Associates Realty LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2017 |
| Gluck, Rivka | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2017 |
| Handler, Samuel | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2017 |
| Jacobowitz, Jacob | Individual | Individual Is an Owner, Partner or Trustee of Any ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/18/2025 |
| Meisels, Morris | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2017 |
| Schwartz, Joel | Individual | Individual Is an Owner, Partner or Trustee of Any ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/18/2025 |
| Schwartz, Mark | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 09/07/2016 |
| Schwartz, Mark | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 09/07/2016 |
| Sitzer, Shimon | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/24/2025 |
| Sitzer, Shimon | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/24/2025 |
| Stern, Aryeh | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 06/01/2017 |
All 15 owning or managing parties CMS has on file are shown — none excluded.
CMS lists this facility under the chain Autumn Lake Healthcare — 59 facilities in the current records. Chain membership says who operates these homes. It says nothing about how any individual one of them was inspected; each has its own record.
Listed by state, then facility name — not a ranking. Showing 8 of the 58 others, continuing from this facility's own place in that list.
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
| Facility | Distance | City | Overall | Inspection | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runnells Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare | 1.3 mi | Berkeley Heights, NJ | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Continuing Care at Lantern Hill | 2.1 mi | New Providence, NJ | ★★★☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Spring Grove Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center | 2.4 mi | New Providence, NJ | ★★★☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| McAuley Hall Health Care Cente | 2.9 mi | Watchung, NJ | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 | |
| Chatham Hills Subacute Care Center | 4.0 mi | Chatham, NJ | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Aristacare at Norwood Terrace | 4.0 mi | Plainfield, NJ | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside | 4.5 mi | Mountainside, NJ | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
| Mountainside Skilled Nursing and Rehab | 4.9 mi | Mountainside, NJ | ★★★☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Abingdon Care & Rehabilitation Center | 5.2 mi | Green Brook, NJ | ★★☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Pine Acres Rehabilitation and Healthcare | 5.7 mi | Madison, NJ | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Complete Care at Plainfield LLC | 5.7 mi | Plainfield, NJ | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Complete Care at Woodlands | 5.9 mi | Plainfield, NJ | ★★★★★ | 4/5 |
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CMS records place this facility in Union, NJ — 23 certified facilities there. These are outside the 20-mile list above, or far enough down it not to appear.
Listed by facility name — not a ranking. Homes already in the table above are not repeated here.
Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 315195.
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