Nursing home
Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge
77 East 43Rd Street, Paterson, NJ 07514 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Complete Care (85 facilities) · 180 certified beds
Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Paterson, New Jersey. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.16 hours per resident per day, below the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Aug 18, 2025 cited 6 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $10,036In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge 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) | 3.16 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.36 | 0.69 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.05 | 2.23 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 44.7% | 40.9% | 46.4% | above 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.
- Every deficiency from the December 29, 2025 inspection was corrected by January 16, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $10,036, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge
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 pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 29, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 18, 2025 · 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 · Aug 18, 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 · Aug 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 23, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Apr 23, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Apr 23, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 23, 2024 · 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 · Apr 23, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Apr 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
- 77 East 43Rd Street
Paterson, NJ 07514 - CMS certification #
- 315331
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 180
- Avg residents/day
- 174.7
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1994-06-21
- Chain
- Complete Care (85 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Complete Care
Complete Care operates 85 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Complete Care facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2023, 9 violations cited
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Passaic-B
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
We also provide advanced clinical specialties for those who require more time and assistance, in addition to around-the-clock nursing care, in a welcoming setting that feels like home.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Hospice Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: semi-private room.
Spacious private & semi-private accommodations with cozy touches and complimentary Wi-Fi
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Feb 24, 2023: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Feb 20, 2024. 9 violations cited (2 serious, 7 other). Penalties: $44,199 proposed, $28,729 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Complete Care at Passaic, LLC.
Details
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(iv)). Penalty $8,036 proposed, $5,223 now. To be fixed by Aug 18, 2023. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(v)). Penalty $8,036 proposed, $5,223 now. To be fixed by Aug 18, 2023. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(3)(ii)(a)). Penalty $14,063 proposed, $9,141 now. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(3)(ii)(c)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(4)(ii)(a)). Penalty $10,046 proposed, $6,530 now. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(4)(ii)(c)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(4)(ii)(e)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Injury and illness log forms (OSHA 300 and 301) (1904.29(b)(6)). Penalty $2,009 proposed, $1,306 now. To be fixed by Aug 18, 2023. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Annual summary of injuries and illnesses (1904.32(a)(4)). Penalty $2,009 proposed, $1,306 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
- Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, Paramus. 3.8 miles away, straight line. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Barnert Subacute Rehabilitation Center, LLC, Paterson. 0.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Ascend Home Health, Rochelle Park. 2.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 07514 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita East Paterson Dialysis, Paterson, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Innovative Renal Care Great Falls, Paterson, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Radburn Dialysis, Fair Lawn, 1.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 13 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07514.
Valley Hospice, office in Paramus, 2.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Vhs Hospice Services Of New Jersey, office in Woodland Park, 3.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Amedisys Hospice, office in Hackensack, 5.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Gamil Makar Md LLC, Paterson. 2.1 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
- Passaic-B (Zone B: Captures the majority of residents who may be susceptible to Passaic River Flooding, from precipitation, the flood way for the Packanack Lake or the downstream impacts from a Pompton Lakes Dam failure. Areas which are not part of estimated inundation areas were selected due to the possibility of being cut off from emergency services.) 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, 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 | Only cases that look tied to an earlier operator (not shown) |
| 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 |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge a good nursing home?
CMS gives Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge 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 Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge staffed?
Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge reports 3.16 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge have?
Complete Care at Fair Lawn Edge is certified for 180 beds.