Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
205 Birchwood Ave, Cranford, NJ 07016 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Atlas Healthcare (28 facilities) · 200 certified beds
Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Cranford, New Jersey. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.34 hours per resident per day, below the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Dec 11, 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 Birchwood 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) | 3.34 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.40 | 0.69 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.04 | 2.23 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 26.0% | 40.9% | 46.4% | below 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 December 11, 2025 inspection was corrected by December 31, 2025
What inspectors found at Birchwood 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
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · 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 11, 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 · Nov 14, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Aug 6, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 6, 2024 · 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 · Aug 6, 2024 · 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 · Aug 6, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Aug 6, 2024 · 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 · Aug 6, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 6, 2024 · 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
- 205 Birchwood Ave
Cranford, NJ 07016 - CMS certification #
- 315091
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 200
- Avg residents/day
- 182.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1972-09-01
- Chain
- Atlas Healthcare (28 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Atlas Healthcare
Atlas Healthcare operates 28 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Atlas Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, secured outdoor area
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Union-E
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Birchwood 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.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Has a secured outdoor area.
Beautiful, enclosed patio
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Our community includes semi-private and private suites and a daily calendar of activities to keep you engaged and part of the community.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At Rahway, Rahway. 3.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Cranford Park Care, Cranford. 1.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Bayada Home Health Care, Inc., Cranford. 1.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Fillipone's Town Pharmacy. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 07016 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Trinitas Cranford Dialysis, Cranford, 0.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmc Kenilworth, Kenilworth, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fmc Hillside, Union, 2.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 26 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07016.
Homeside Hospice LLC, office in Cranford, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Ascend Hospice, office in Cranford, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Center For Hope Hospice And Palliative Care, office in Scotch Plains, 4.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Practice Associates Medical Group, Union. 1.5 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
- 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 moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire very 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 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 |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center 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 Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center staffed?
Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center reports 3.34 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center have?
Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is certified for 200 beds.