Nursing home
Acclaim Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
198 Stevens Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07305 · Map
For profit - Partnership · Part of Excelsior Care Group (33 facilities) · 183 certified beds
Acclaim Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Jersey City, New Jersey. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.47 hours per resident per day, below the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Apr 4, 2025 cited 5 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Acclaim Rehabilitation and Nursing Center compares
This facility vs. the New Jersey and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | New Jersey avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.47 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.46 | 0.69 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.02 | 2.23 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 48.1% | 40.9% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 5.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the April 4, 2025 inspection was corrected by May 17, 2025
What inspectors found at Acclaim Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Apr 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have policies on smoking.
Environmental Deficiencies · Apr 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Aug 24, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 24, 2023 - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 24, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jun 10, 2021 - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 10, 2021 - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 10, 2021 - Potential for harm
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jun 10, 2021
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 198 Stevens Ave
Jersey City, NJ 07305 - CMS certification #
- 315083
- Ownership
- For profit - Partnership
- Certified beds
- 183
- Avg residents/day
- 154.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1968-04-01
- Chain
- Excelsior Care Group (33 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Excelsior Care Group
Excelsior Care Group operates 33 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Excelsior Care Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says 3 meals a day
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2006
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Hudson-G
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Acclaim Rehabilitation and Nursing Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- 3 meals a day.
3 Daily Meals / Individualized Nutritional Program offered
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for May 1, 2006 to Apr 30, 2008. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $26,319 owed to 15 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Newport Nursing &Rehab Center (Omni Health Systems /Stevens Ave,Health Care). Case 1512936.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City. 2.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Peace Care St Ann's, Jersey City. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Adoration Home Health, Bayonne. 2.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Pharmacy. 1.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 07305 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Liberty Park, Jersey City, 0.5 miles away, straight line
Fmc Jersey City, Jersey City, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Jersey City Grand Home At Home, Jersey City, 2.2 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 14 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07305.
Bayada Hospice, office in North Bergen, 6.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Compassionate Care Hospice Of Clifton, LLC, office in Bloomfield, 8.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Barnabas Health Home Care And Hospice, office in West Orange, 9.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Rwjbh Primary Care Services, Bayonne. 3.0 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Hudson-G on the New Jersey hurricane evacuation zones (2020 hurricane evacuation study). (FEMA Region 2 / New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, map updated Jan 8, 2024)
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively high, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | See above | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Acclaim Rehabilitation and Nursing Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Acclaim Rehabilitation and Nursing Center an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Acclaim Rehabilitation and Nursing Center staffed?
Acclaim Rehabilitation and Nursing Center reports 3.47 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Acclaim Rehabilitation and Nursing Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies.
How many beds does Acclaim Rehabilitation and Nursing Center have?
Acclaim Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is certified for 183 beds.