Nursing home
Avalon Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
1059 Edinburg Road, Hamilton, NJ 08690 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Marquis Health Services (81 facilities) · 180 certified beds
Avalon Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Hamilton, New Jersey. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.04 hours per resident per day, below the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Dec 2, 2025 cited 17 deficiencies.
- 5 fines totaling $219,460In CMS records: 5 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Avalon Rehabilitation and Healthcare 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) | 3.04 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.47 | 0.69 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.66 | 2.23 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 36.0% | 40.9% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 17.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | above 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 December 2, 2025 inspection was corrected by December 5, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 5 fines totaling $219,460, 5 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Avalon Rehabilitation and Healthcare 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 · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 2, 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 · Dec 2, 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 · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Dec 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual 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 · Aug 7, 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 · May 29, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
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
- 1059 Edinburg Road
Hamilton, NJ 08690 - CMS certification #
- 315223
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 180
- Avg residents/day
- 146.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1986-02-26
- Chain
- Marquis Health Services (81 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Marquis Health Services
Marquis Health Services operates 81 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Marquis Health Services facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Avalon Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, pets allowed
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Mercer-D
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Avalon Rehabilitation and Healthcare 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.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Our nurses and certified nurse’s aides are on-site 24/7 to care for and support our residents.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Pets are welcome as long as they’re on a leash.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Private & Semi-Private Rooms
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At Hamilton, Hamilton. 2.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Preferred Care at Hamilton, Hamilton Square. 1.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Penn Medicine Home Health Princeton Health, Princeton. 7.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Quakerbridge Pharmacy. 1.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 08690 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc Hamilton Home, Hamilton, 1.3 miles away, straight line
Fmc Hamilton Square, Hamilton, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Renal Center Of Hamilton, Hamilton Township, 3.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 17 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 08690.
Serenity Hospice Care, office in Trenton, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Greenwood House Hospice Services Inc, office in Lawrence Township, 3.6 miles away, straight line
Penn Medicine Hospice Princeton Health, office in Princeton, 7.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Rwjbh Primary Care Services, Hamilton. 1.5 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
- Mercer-D (Zone D: Geographical Breakdown decision.) 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 high, wildfire relatively low, 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively 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 |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Avalon Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Avalon Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Avalon Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center staffed?
Avalon Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center reports 3.04 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Avalon Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 17 deficiencies.
How many beds does Avalon Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center have?
Avalon Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is certified for 180 beds.