Nursing home
Daughters of Israel Pleasant Valley Home
1155 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 303 certified beds
Daughters of Israel Pleasant Valley Home is a Medicare-certified nursing home in West Orange, New Jersey. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.86 hours per resident per day, below the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Oct 18, 2024 cited 9 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Daughters of Israel Pleasant Valley Home 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) | 3.86 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.78 | 0.69 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.48 | 2.23 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | —% | 40.9% | 46.4% | — |
| 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.
What inspectors found at Daughters of Israel Pleasant Valley Home
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
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly
Administration Deficiencies · Oct 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Oct 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Oct 18, 2024 · 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 · Oct 18, 2024 · 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 · Oct 18, 2024 · 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 · Oct 18, 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 · Oct 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Oct 18, 2024 · 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 · Aug 10, 2023 - 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 · Aug 10, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Aug 10, 2023
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
- 1155 Pleasant Valley Way
West Orange, NJ 07052 - CMS certification #
- 315029
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 303
- Avg residents/day
- 95.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1967-01-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Daughters of Israel Pleasant Valley Home using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2013
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2022, no violations cited
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Essex-G
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Daughters of Israel Pleasant Valley Home 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.
We offer a full continuum of care, from short-term rehabilitation for sub-acute care and temporary respite stays, to long-term skilled nursing and memory care, as well as a broad array of specialty programs and services.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
In addition, our team of dedicated nurses provide on-site, 24-hour care.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Hospice & Palliative Care Services
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
We only ask that you show consideration to other residents and not visit inside semi-private rooms too late in the evening.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
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 Dec 31, 2013 to Dec 31, 2015. Violations found: Minimum wage, Special minimum wage for workers with disabilities (Section 14(c)), Special minimum wage for patient workers. Back wages: $3,491 owed to 2 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Daughters of Israel (Daughters of Israel Inc.). Case 1775326.
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.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Jan 13, 2022: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jul 1, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Daughters of Israel Home.
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
- Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston. 2.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Complete Care at Summit Ridge, West Orange. 0.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Patient Care, West Orange. 0.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 07052 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Innovative Renal Care West Orange, West Orange, 0.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita West Orange Dialysis, West Orange, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Fmc West Essex, Livingston, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 24 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07052.
Barnabas Health Home Care And Hospice, office in West Orange, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Vitas Healthcare Corporation Atlantic, office in Livingston, 4.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Life Hospice, office in Livingston, 4.7 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Rwjbh Primary Care Services, Livingston. 2.2 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors 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
- Essex-G (Zone G: Geographically split at the Garden State Parkway.) 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 moderate, heat wave relatively high, 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 | See above |
| 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Daughters of Israel Pleasant Valley Home a good nursing home?
CMS gives Daughters of Israel Pleasant Valley Home 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 Daughters of Israel Pleasant Valley Home staffed?
Daughters of Israel Pleasant Valley Home reports 3.86 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Daughters of Israel Pleasant Valley Home had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.
How many beds does Daughters of Israel Pleasant Valley Home have?
Daughters of Israel Pleasant Valley Home is certified for 303 beds.