Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Care Connection Rahway
865 Stone Street, Rahway, NJ 07065 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Alaris Health (7 facilities) · 24 certified beds
Care Connection Rahway is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Rahway, New Jersey. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 5.61 hours per resident per day, above the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Aug 23, 2024 cited 1 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Care Connection Rahway 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) | 5.61 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.10 | 0.69 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.02 | 2.23 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 54.8% | 40.9% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 1.0 | 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 19, 2025 inspection was corrected by January 16, 2026
What inspectors found at Care Connection Rahway
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 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Environmental Deficiencies · Dec 19, 2025 · 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 · Dec 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 19, 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 · Aug 23, 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
- 865 Stone Street
Rahway, NJ 07065 - CMS certification #
- 315146
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 24
- Avg residents/day
- 23.0
- Provider type
- Medicare
- First certified
- 1973-11-01
- Chain
- Alaris Health (7 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Alaris Health
Alaris Health operates 7 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Alaris Health facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Union-C
Full public records, with dates and sources
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At Rahway, Rahway. 0.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Adroit Care Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Rahway. 1.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Bayada Home Health Care, Inc., Cranford. 2.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 1.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 07065 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Rahway Dialysis, Rahway, 0.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc Linden, Linden, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fmc Colonia, Colonia, 1.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 18 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07065.
Ascend Hospice, office in Cranford, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Homeside Hospice LLC, office in Cranford, 2.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Center For Hope Hospice And Palliative Care, office in Scotch Plains, 4.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Rwjbh Primary Care Services, Roselle Park. 4.5 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-C (Zone C: Captures the remaining surge risk areas.) 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, coastal flooding 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: 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Care Connection Rahway a good nursing home?
CMS gives Care Connection Rahway an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Care Connection Rahway staffed?
Care Connection Rahway reports 5.61 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Care Connection Rahway had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 1 deficiencies.
How many beds does Care Connection Rahway have?
Care Connection Rahway is certified for 24 beds.