New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home Menlo
132 Evergreen Rd, Edison, NJ 08818 · Middlesex County · 328 certified beds · avg 186 residents/day · certified since Oct 26, 1999
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★★★☆4/5 · CMS overall rating: 5/5
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)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, facility-wide · Sep 8, 2022 · 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 (L): A life-threatening or extremely dangerous situation existed throughout the facility. The single most serious citation CMS can issue.
Corrected: Nov 2, 2022 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, facility-wide · Sep 8, 2022 · F-0835
The facility was not managed in a way that uses its money, staff, and resources effectively and efficiently to care for residents.
Why it matters: Poor administration often shows up as understaffing, supply shortages, and care problems across the whole facility.
Severity (L): A life-threatening or extremely dangerous situation existed throughout the facility. The single most serious citation CMS can issue.
Corrected: Jan 18, 2023 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, facility-wide · Sep 8, 2022 · F-0880
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.
Why it matters: Weak infection control lets illnesses like flu, COVID-19, and drug-resistant infections spread quickly among vulnerable residents.
Severity (L): A life-threatening or extremely dangerous situation existed throughout the facility. The single most serious citation CMS can issue.
Corrected: Jan 11, 2023 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
▲ Immediate jeopardy, facility-wide · Sep 8, 2022 · F-0886
The facility did not perform required COVID-19 testing on residents and staff.
Why it matters: Without testing, COVID-19 can spread silently through a facility full of high-risk residents.
Severity (L): A life-threatening or extremely dangerous situation existed throughout the facility. The single most serious citation CMS can issue.
Corrected: Jan 11, 2023 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
▲ Actual harm, one-off · Sep 8, 2022 · 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: Nov 2, 2022 (Deficient, Provider has date of correction)
All citations in the current public record (21)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not treat residents with dignity and respect, or did not honor their rights to make their own decisions and communicate freely. This is one of the most fundamental resident rights. |
| Sep 5, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not let a resident help develop and carry out their own plan of care — the written roadmap of the services and support they'll receive, built around their personal goals and preferences. |
| Sep 5, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not honor residents' rights to request, refuse, or stop treatment, to decline participation in medical research, or to make an advance directive — a written statement of their wishes for future medical care. |
| Sep 5, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide required paperwork or notices about a resident's needs, their right to appeal a transfer or discharge, or the facility's bed-hold policy (how long a bed is saved during a hospital stay). |
| Sep 5, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not accurately assess a resident's health and needs. Assessments are the foundation for all the care a resident receives. |
| Sep 5, 2025 | D · Potential for 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. |
| Sep 5, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | 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. |
| Sep 5, 2025 | 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. |
| Sep 5, 2025 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility used bed rails without first trying safer alternatives, or without assessing the resident's safety risk, discussing the risks and benefits with the resident or family, getting consent, and installing the rails correctly. |
| Sep 8, 2022 | ▲ L · Immediate jeopardy, facility-wide | The facility provided care that did not meet professional standards of quality — the accepted standards that nurses and other clinicians are expected to follow. |
| Sep 8, 2022 | ▲ L · Immediate jeopardy, facility-wide | The facility was not managed in a way that uses its money, staff, and resources effectively and efficiently to care for residents. |
| Sep 8, 2022 | ▲ L · Immediate jeopardy, 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. |
| Sep 8, 2022 | ▲ L · Immediate jeopardy, facility-wide | The facility did not perform required COVID-19 testing on residents and staff. |
| Sep 8, 2022 | ▲ 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. |
| Sep 8, 2022 | 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. |
| Sep 8, 2022 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | 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. |
| Sep 8, 2022 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not develop or follow a complete care plan for each resident — the written roadmap covering all of a resident's needs, with measurable goals and timelines. |
| Sep 8, 2022 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not make sure residents actually saw their doctor face-to-face at all required visits. Doctors must examine nursing home residents in person on a regular schedule. |
| Sep 8, 2022 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not provide or arrange specialized rehabilitation services — such as physical, occupational, or speech therapy — for residents who needed them. |
| Sep 8, 2022 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not have a working program to monitor how antibiotics are used. Tracking antibiotic use helps make sure these drugs are given only when needed and remain effective. |
| Sep 8, 2022 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy, such as preventing unplanned weight loss or dehydration. |
Inspection trend by year
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12 | 5 | L ▲ |
| 2025 | 9 | 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.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
No fines or payment denials in the published 3-year window.
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) | 6.87 | 3.88 | 3.95 | top 1% in New Jersey; top 2% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 1.29 | 0.67 | 0.69 | top 6% in New Jersey; top 7% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 6.62 | 3.53 | 3.50 | top 1% in New Jersey; top 1% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.91 | 0.50 | 0.48 | top 8% in New Jersey; top 8% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 17.0 | 39.7 | 45.8 | top 5% in New Jersey; top 2% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 24.2 | 37.7 | 42.9 | top 25% in New Jersey; top 20% 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 6.02, RN 1.13, weekend 5.80. Staffing rating: 5/5.
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: 3/5 · long-stay residents: 3/5 · short-stay residents: 3/5
Who owns this facility
Government - State
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jani, Himanshu | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/06/2024 |
| Kamanda, Saarndupe | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 05/15/2023 |
| Kranis, Lisa | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 12/21/2022 |
| Kranis, Lisa | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 12/21/2022 |
| Kranis, Lisa | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/27/2025 |
| Leung, Michael | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/15/2024 |
| Leung, Michael | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 08/04/2025 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "Can you tell me what this citation involved and what steps you took to bring care back up to standard?"
- "What were the findings behind this administration citation, and what has leadership changed since?"
- "Who leads your infection prevention program, and how do you make sure staff follow practices like hand hygiene every day?"
- "What is your current policy for testing residents and staff when someone shows symptoms or there's an outbreak?"
- "How do you make sure each resident's care follows the doctor's orders, and what changed after this citation?"
- "Can you give me examples of how your staff protect residents' dignity in everyday care, like bathing and dressing?"
- "How are residents and families included in care plan meetings, and how often do those meetings happen?"
- "How do you record and honor each resident's treatment wishes and advance directives, and how do staff know about them?"
- "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?"
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Hartwyck at Oak Tree | 2.7 mi | Edison, NJ | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 | |
| Spring Creek Healthcare Center | 3.1 mi | Perth Amboy, NJ | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 | |
| Aristacare at Cedar Oaks | 4.1 mi | South Plainfield, NJ | ★★☆☆☆ | 1/5 | abuse |
| Careone at the Highlands | 4.2 mi | Edison, NJ | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Alameda Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare | 4.2 mi | Perth Amboy, NJ | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Embassy Manor at Edison Nursing and Rehabilitation | 4.5 mi | Edison, NJ | ★★★☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Care Connection Rahway | 4.6 mi | Rahway, NJ | ★★★★☆ | 4/5 |
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 315459.