Nursing home
Brighton Gardens of Edison (Skilled Nursing)
1801 Oak Tree Road, Edison, NJ 08820 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Sunrise Senior Living (6 facilities) · 30 certified beds
Brighton Gardens of Edison (Skilled Nursing) is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Edison, New Jersey. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 6.68 hours per resident per day, above the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Oct 16, 2024 cited 5 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $33,374In 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 Brighton Gardens of Edison (Skilled Nursing) 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) | 6.68 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.00 | 0.69 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.83 | 2.23 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 23.7% | 40.9% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 5.0 | 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 $33,374, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Brighton Gardens of Edison (Skilled Nursing)
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
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Feb 19, 2026 · 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 · Oct 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Oct 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Oct 16, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jun 27, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jun 27, 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 · Jun 27, 2023 - 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 · Jun 27, 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 · Jun 27, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 27, 2023
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
- 1801 Oak Tree Road
Edison, NJ 08820 - CMS certification #
- 315351
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 30
- Avg residents/day
- 25.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1995-12-18
- Chain
- Sunrise Senior Living (6 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Sunrise Senior Living
Sunrise Senior Living operates 6 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Sunrise Senior Living facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Brighton Gardens of Edison (Skilled Nursing) using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Works with hospice, transportation, pets allowed
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Middlesex-F1
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Brighton Gardens of Edison (Skilled Nursing) 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 hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
We coordinate with local hospice providers to help residents receive high-quality palliative and end-of-life care.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Scheduled transportation
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Pet friendly
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Jfk University Medical Center, Edison. 1.0 mile away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Hartwyck at Oak Tree, Edison. 1.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Hackensack Meridian Jfk At Home, Iselin. 1.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Savings Pharmacy and Surgical Supplies. 1.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 08820 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Edison Dialysis, Edison, 0.2 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc Edison, Edison, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Metuchen, Metuchen, 2.3 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 23 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 08820.
Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care Of New Jersey Ll, office in Edison, 3.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Grace Healthcare Services LLC, office in Edison, 3.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Caring Hospice Services Of Central Jersey, office in Edison, 4.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group - Specialty Care PC, Edison. 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
- Middlesex-F1 (Zone F: Captures the additional flood areas from Green Brook and Rahway River should flooding be catastrophic.) 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 low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively moderate, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, 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: 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 Brighton Gardens of Edison (Skilled Nursing) a good nursing home?
CMS gives Brighton Gardens of Edison (Skilled Nursing) an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Brighton Gardens of Edison (Skilled Nursing) staffed?
Brighton Gardens of Edison (Skilled Nursing) reports 6.68 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Brighton Gardens of Edison (Skilled Nursing) had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies.
How many beds does Brighton Gardens of Edison (Skilled Nursing) have?
Brighton Gardens of Edison (Skilled Nursing) is certified for 30 beds.