Nursing home
Careone at East Brunswick
599 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, NJ 08816 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Careone (37 facilities) · 132 certified beds
Careone at East Brunswick is a Medicare-certified nursing home in East Brunswick, New Jersey. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.93 hours per resident per day, above the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Jun 26, 2025 cited 9 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Careone at East Brunswick 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) | 3.93 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.87 | 0.69 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.01 | 2.23 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 30.8% | 40.9% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 9.0 | 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 June 26, 2025 inspection was corrected by July 31, 2025
What inspectors found at Careone at East Brunswick
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 · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jun 26, 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 · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · 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 · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 26, 2025 · 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 · Jun 26, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 1, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 1, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 1, 2023 · 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
- 599 Cranbury Road
East Brunswick, NJ 08816 - CMS certification #
- 315472
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 132
- Avg residents/day
- 100.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2002-02-04
- Chain
- Careone (37 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Careone
Careone operates 37 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Careone facilities →
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2005
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Middlesex-G2
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 Apr 1, 2005 to Mar 31, 2007. Violations found: Child labor. Civil money penalties assessed: $3,465. Employer as DOL recorded it: The Chelsea - East Brunswick (CA East Brunswick, LLC). Case 1475618.
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.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. 5.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Autumn Lake Healthcare at Old Bridge, Old Bridge. 3.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Robert Wood Johnson Visiting Nurses, Inc, North Brunswick. 4.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 08816 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita East Brunswick Dialysis, East Brunswick, 0.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc East Brunswick, East Brunswick, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Spotswood Tcu, Spotswood, 2.1 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 28 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 08816.
Spero Hospice & Palliative Care, office in East Brunswick, 2.4 miles away, straight line
Robert Wood Johnson Visiting Nurse, Inc, office in North Brunswick, 4.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Martin And Edith Stein Hospice, The, office in Somerset, 8.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Alla Katseva,Md,LLC, East Brunswick. 0.4 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
- Middlesex-G2 (Zone G: Captures the flooding hazard areas of Lawrence Brook/Westons Mill Pond, etc.) 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, wildfire relatively low, 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 | See above |
| 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Careone at East Brunswick a good nursing home?
CMS gives Careone at East Brunswick an overall rating of 4 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 Careone at East Brunswick staffed?
Careone at East Brunswick reports 3.93 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Careone at East Brunswick had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.
How many beds does Careone at East Brunswick have?
Careone at East Brunswick is certified for 132 beds.