Nursing home
Alaris Health at West Orange
5 Brook End Drive, West Orange, NJ 07052 · Map
For profit - Individual · Part of Alaris Health (7 facilities) · 120 certified beds
Alaris Health at West Orange is a Medicare-certified nursing home in West Orange, New Jersey. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.64 hours per resident per day, below the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Dec 19, 2024 cited 6 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $18,000In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Alaris Health at West Orange 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) | 3.64 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.77 | 0.69 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.38 | 2.23 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 41.5% | 40.9% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 6.0 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $18,000, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Alaris Health at West Orange
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 22, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual 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 · Dec 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Aug 12, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 12, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 12, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 12, 2022 - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 12, 2022
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
- 5 Brook End Drive
West Orange, NJ 07052 - CMS certification #
- 315449
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 109.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1998-09-02
- Chain
- Alaris Health (7 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Alaris Health
Alaris Health operates 7 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Alaris Health facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Alaris Health at West Orange using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, works with hospice
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Essex-G
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Alaris Health at West Orange says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
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.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Mar 2, 2007.
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
- Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston. 1.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Stratford Manor Rehabilitation and Care Center, West Orange. 0.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Patient Care, West Orange. 1.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 2.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 07052 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc West Essex, Livingston, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Innovative Renal Care West Orange, West Orange, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita West Orange Dialysis, West Orange, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 24 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07052.
Barnabas Health Home Care And Hospice, office in West Orange, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Atlantic, office in Livingston, 4.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Life Hospice, office in Livingston, 4.1 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Rwjbh Primary Care Services, Livingston. 1.1 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors 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
- Essex-G (Zone G: Geographically split at the Garden State Parkway.) 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 moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively high, 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 Alaris Health at West Orange a good nursing home?
CMS gives Alaris Health at West Orange an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Alaris Health at West Orange staffed?
Alaris Health at West Orange reports 3.64 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Alaris Health at West Orange had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Alaris Health at West Orange have?
Alaris Health at West Orange is certified for 120 beds.