Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Careone at Wayne
493 Black Oak Ridge Road, Wayne, NJ 07470 · Map
For profit - Individual · Part of Careone (37 facilities) · 101 certified beds
Careone at Wayne is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Wayne, New Jersey. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.51 hours per resident per day, above the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Aug 29, 2024 cited 4 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Careone at Wayne 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) | 4.51 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.94 | 0.69 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.23 | 2.23 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 18.3% | 40.9% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 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 23, 2025 inspection was corrected by January 30, 2026
What inspectors found at Careone at Wayne
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
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 23, 2025 · 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 · Dec 23, 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 · Dec 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 29, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 8 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 29, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 29, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 29, 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
- 493 Black Oak Ridge Road
Wayne, NJ 07470 - CMS certification #
- 315477
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Certified beds
- 101
- Avg residents/day
- 83.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2002-06-24
- Chain
- Careone (37 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Careone
Careone operates 37 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Careone 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 Passaic-F
Full public records, with dates and sources
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains. 2.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Avalon Rehab and Care Center, Wayne. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Cedar Crest Village, Inc Home Health Department, Pompton Plains. 3.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Neighbor Care Pharmacy. 0.0 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 07470 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita North Haledon Dialysis, North Haledon, 4.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita West Paterson, Paterson, 4.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita St. Joseph'S Wayne Dialysis, Wayne, 4.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 24 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07470.
Faith Hospice Care LLC, office in Fairfield, 5.4 miles away, straight line
Vhs Hospice Services Of New Jersey, office in Woodland Park, 6.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Hospice Of New Jersey, LLC, office in Bloomfield, 9.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Nagwa Hafez, MD, Wayne. 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
- Passaic-F (Zone F: Geographical split.) 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 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: 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 Wayne a good nursing home?
CMS gives Careone at Wayne 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 Wayne staffed?
Careone at Wayne reports 4.51 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Careone at Wayne had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Careone at Wayne have?
Careone at Wayne is certified for 101 beds.