Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center
3325 Highway 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Excelsior Care Group (33 facilities) · 170 certified beds
Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Hazlet, New Jersey. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.30 hours per resident per day, below the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Jun 19, 2025 cited 6 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Anchor Care and Rehabilitation 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) | 3.30 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.53 | 0.69 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.07 | 2.23 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 52.7% | 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.
- Every deficiency from the June 19, 2025 inspection was corrected by August 8, 2025
What inspectors found at Anchor Care and Rehabilitation 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
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jun 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Jun 19, 2025 · 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 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Oct 12, 2023 - 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 · Mar 17, 2023 - 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 · Mar 17, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 17, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 21, 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
- 3325 Highway 35
Hazlet, NJ 07730 - CMS certification #
- 315314
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 170
- Avg residents/day
- 145.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1992-01-29
- 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
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2018, 2 violations cited
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Monmouth-E
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- May 17, 2018: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Mar 30, 2020. 2 violations cited (2 serious). Penalties: $9,054 proposed, $5,341 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Anchor Care & Rehabilitation Center.
Details
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(d)(2)(i)). Penalty $9,054 proposed, $5,341 now. To be fixed by Nov 1, 2018.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(g)(2)(v)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 1, 2018.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Bayshore Medical Center, Holmdel. 1.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Complete Care at Bayshore LLC, Holmdel. 0.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Hackensack Meridian Jfk At Home, Iselin. 12.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Medicine Shoppe. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 07730 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Holmdel Dialysis, Hazlet, 0.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Matawan Dialysis, Matawan, 2.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Middletown Dialysis Center, Red Bank, 6.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 18 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07730.
Caring Hospice Services Of Central Jersey, office in Edison, 10.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Dove Hospice Services Of New Jersey, LLC, office in Manalapan, 10.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Grace Healthcare Services LLC, office in Edison, 10.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Jersey Shore Geriatrics Inc, Holmdel. 1.0 mile 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
- Monmouth-E (Evacuation Zones mirror Surge Maps from FEMA but remove islands of higher elevations surrounded by lower elevations.) 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 moderate, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado very 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 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | See above | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center staffed?
Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center reports 3.30 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center have?
Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center is certified for 170 beds.