Nursing home
Brookhaven Health Care Center
120 Park End Place, East Orange, NJ 07018 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Paramount Care Centers (9 facilities) · 122 certified beds
Brookhaven Health Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in East Orange, New Jersey. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.37 hours per resident per day, below the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Aug 25, 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 Brookhaven Health Care 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) | 3.37 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.58 | 0.69 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.00 | 2.23 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 21.8% | 40.9% | 46.4% | below 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.
What inspectors found at Brookhaven Health Care 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 · Aug 25, 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 · Aug 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 25, 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 · Aug 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Aug 25, 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 · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2024 · 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 · Mar 7, 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
- 120 Park End Place
East Orange, NJ 07018 - CMS certification #
- 315268
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 122
- Avg residents/day
- 114.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1988-10-24
- Chain
- Paramount Care Centers (9 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Paramount Care Centers
Paramount Care Centers operates 9 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Paramount Care Centers facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Brookhaven Health Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 2 federal wage cases with violations found, since 2006
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2021, 4 violations cited
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Essex-G
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 May 12, 2014 to May 11, 2017. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours). Employer as DOL recorded it: Brookhaven Health Care Center Inc. (Kenbrook Associates LTD). Case 1818147.
- Findings for May 1, 2006 to May 3, 2008. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $6,865 owed to 47 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Brookhaven Nursing Home (Kenbrook Associates Ltd.). Case 1509883.
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.
- Apr 21, 2022: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed Oct 9, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as BSD Care Brookhaven LLC.
- Apr 22, 2021: fatality or catastrophe inspection, complete (health). Case closed Sep 30, 2025. 4 violations cited (4 serious). Penalties: $13,653 proposed, $6,827 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as BSD Care Brookhaven LLC.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(c)(1)). Penalty $13,653 proposed, $6,827 now. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(k)(3)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. Contested by the employer.
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
- Carewell Health Medical Center, East Orange. 0.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- White House Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Orange. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Promise Care Nj, East Orange. 0.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 07018 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc Orange, Orange, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita East Orange Dialysis, East Orange, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmc East Orange, East Orange, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 11 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07018.
Barnabas Health Home Care And Hospice, office in West Orange, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Compassionate Care Hospice Of Clifton, LLC, office in Bloomfield, 4.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Hospice Of New Jersey, LLC, office in Bloomfield, 6.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Nicholas Guittari, MD, Newark. 3.4 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
- Essex-G (Zone G: Geographically split at the Garden State Parkway.) 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 low, tornado relatively 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 | 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 Brookhaven Health Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Brookhaven Health Care Center an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Brookhaven Health Care Center staffed?
Brookhaven Health Care Center reports 3.37 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Brookhaven Health Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Brookhaven Health Care Center have?
Brookhaven Health Care Center is certified for 122 beds.