Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Aristacare at Norwood Terrace
40 Norwood Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 07060 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Aristacare (9 facilities) · 120 certified beds
Aristacare at Norwood Terrace is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Plainfield, New Jersey. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.65 hours per resident per day, below the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Apr 3, 2025 cited 4 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Aristacare at Norwood Terrace 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) | 3.65 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.72 | 0.69 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.28 | 2.23 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 43.8% | 40.9% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 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 3, 2025 inspection was corrected by April 4, 2025
What inspectors found at Aristacare at Norwood Terrace
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 · Apr 3, 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 · Apr 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Feb 2, 2023
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 2, 2023 - 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 · Feb 2, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 2, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 2, 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 · Apr 6, 2021 - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 6, 2021 - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 6, 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
- 40 Norwood Avenue
Plainfield, NJ 07060 - CMS certification #
- 315217
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 92.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1985-09-11
- Chain
- Aristacare (9 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Aristacare
Aristacare operates 9 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Aristacare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Aristacare at Norwood Terrace using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2004
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2020, no violations cited
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Union-E
Full public records, with dates and sources
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 Jan 1, 2004 to Dec 31, 2005. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $1,677 owed to 18 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Norwood Terrace Health Center (Norwood Terrace Health Center LLC). Case 1426282.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Apr 16, 2016.
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.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Jun 11, 2020: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Dec 8, 2020. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Aristacare Health Services.
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
- Jfk University Medical Center, Edison. 5.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Mcauley Hall Health Care Cente, Watchung. 1.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Hackensack Meridian Jfk At Home, Iselin. 6.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 07060 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Plainfield Dialysis, Plainfield, 0.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita North Plainfield, North Plainfield, 2.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc So Plainfield, South Plainfield, 3.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 23 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07060.
Center For Hope Hospice And Palliative Care, office in Scotch Plains, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Gentiva, office in Piscataway, 5.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Homeside Hospice LLC, office in Cranford, 7.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Rwjbh Primary Care Services, Warren. 3.4 miles away, straight line. 3 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
- Union-E (Zone E: Geographical split.) 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 high. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding very high, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively moderate, 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 | See above |
| 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Aristacare at Norwood Terrace a good nursing home?
CMS gives Aristacare at Norwood Terrace an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Aristacare at Norwood Terrace staffed?
Aristacare at Norwood Terrace reports 3.65 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Aristacare at Norwood Terrace had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Aristacare at Norwood Terrace have?
Aristacare at Norwood Terrace is certified for 120 beds.