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555 Chestnut Ridge Road, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 (opens Google Maps) · Bergen County · (201) 391-0900· 114 certified beds · avg 94 residents/day · certified since Feb 1, 1972 · 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: FAMILY OF CARING HEALTHCARE (8 facilities, chain avg rating 3.8★)
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Health inspection rating: ★★★★★5/5 · CMS overall rating: 5/5 · 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.
Showing the latest 3 of 7 inspection findings. Open the full record below to read every finding.
The facility did not make sure the resident's doctor reviewed their care and wrote, signed, and dated progress notes and orders at each required visit. F-0711
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. F-0712
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 F-0658
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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2025 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not make sure the resident's doctor reviewed their care and wrote, signed, and dated progress notes and orders at each required visit. · F-0711 |
| May 6, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | 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. · F-0712 |
| May 6, 2025 | 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. · from a complaint · F-0658 |
| Mar 23, 2023 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | 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. · F-0550 |
| Mar 23, 2023 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not immediately notify the resident, their doctor, and a family member when something significant happened — such as an injury, a decline in health, or a room change. Families and doctors are entitled to know right away. · F-0580 |
| Mar 23, 2023 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | 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. · F-0609 |
| Mar 23, 2023 | 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 (4 → 2).
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| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | D |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | E |
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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| Measure | This facility | New Jersey avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 2.96 | 3.88 | 3.95 | bottom 5% in New Jersey; bottom 13% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.47 | 0.67 | 0.69 | bottom 36% in New Jersey; bottom 33% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 2.73 | 3.53 | 3.50 | bottom 7% in New Jersey; bottom 18% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.48 | top 37% in New Jersey; top 34% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 27.3 | 39.7 | 45.8 | top 18% in New Jersey; top 10% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 7.7 | 37.7 | 42.9 | top 3% in New Jersey; top 3% 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 3.81, RN 0.61, weekend 3.51.Comparing with Medicare Care Compare? Care Compare shows the raw figure (3.81 here, displayed there as hours and minutes), not the adjusted one above. Both are correct; they answer different questions. Staffing rating: 2/5.
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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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 - Individual
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesnut Ridge Care Associates LLC | Organization | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 02/01/1992 |
| Friedman, Nathan | Individual | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | — | 02/01/1992 |
| Chesnut Ridge Care Associates LLC | Organization | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/01/1992 |
| Friedman, Edward | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 02/01/1992 |
All 4 owning or managing parties CMS has on file are shown — none excluded.
CMS lists this facility under the chain Family of Caring Healthcare — 8 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.
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| Facility | Distance | City | Overall | Inspection | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family of Caring at Park Ridge LLC | 2.1 mi | Park Ridge, NJ | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Allendale Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center | 2.5 mi | Allendale, NJ | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Ridgewood Center | 3.9 mi | Ridgewood, NJ | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| The Willows at Ramapo Rehab and Nursing Center | 4.9 mi | Suffern, NY | ★★★☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Northern Metropolitan Res Health Care Facility INC | 4.9 mi | Monsey, NY | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Bergen New Bridge Medical Center | 5.1 mi | Paramus, NJ | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Careone at Valley | 5.2 mi | Westwood, NJ | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
| Emerson Health Care Center | 5.3 mi | Emerson, NJ | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
| Family of Caring Healthcare at Ridgewood | 5.5 mi | Ridgewood, NJ | ★★★★★ | 4/5 | |
| Northern Manor Geriatric Center INC | 5.6 mi | Nanuet, NY | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| Careone at Oradell | 5.8 mi | Oradell, NJ | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Paramus | 5.9 mi | Paramus, NJ | ★★★★★ | 5/5 |
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CMS records place this facility in Bergen, NJ — 29 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 315133.
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