Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Careone at Valley
300 Old Hook Road, Westwood, NJ 07675 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Careone (37 facilities) · 98 certified beds
Careone at Valley is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Westwood, New Jersey. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.13 hours per resident per day, above the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Sep 25, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Careone at Valley 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) | 4.13 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.67 | 0.69 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.30 | 2.23 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 23.2% | 40.9% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 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 Careone at Valley
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 · Sep 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 25, 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 · Sep 25, 2025 · 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 · Jun 10, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 10, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 7 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 10, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 17, 2022
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
- 300 Old Hook Road
Westwood, NJ 07675 - CMS certification #
- 315369
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 98
- Avg residents/day
- 84.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1997-09-01
- 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 2024
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Bergen-E1
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 13, 2024 to Apr 4, 2026. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $18,230 owed to 39 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Care One at Valley and Harmony Village at Care One Valley (Millennium Healthcare Centers II, LLC). Case 5097393.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Feb 14, 2020.
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
- Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical, Westwood. 0.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Emerson Health Care Center, Emerson. 0.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Valley Home Care Inc., Paramus. 5.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 07675 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Renal Center Of Westwood, Westwood, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Paramus, Paramus, 3.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fkc Tenafly, Tenafly, 4.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 18 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07675.
Life Source Services LLC, office in Oradell, 2.1 miles away, straight line
Valley Hospice, office in Paramus, 5.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Visiting Nurse Association Of Englewood, Inc, office in Englewood, 6.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Wound Healing Associates PC, Cresskill. 4.1 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
- Bergen-E1 (Zone E: Geographically split by the Garden State Parkway to support capturing the rest of the county.) 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 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 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Careone at Valley a good nursing home?
CMS gives Careone at Valley an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Careone at Valley staffed?
Careone at Valley reports 4.13 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Careone at Valley had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Careone at Valley have?
Careone at Valley is certified for 98 beds.