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Daughters of Israel Pleasant Valley Home

1155 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 303 certified beds

Medicare and Medicaid certified
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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.

4 out of 5Overall CMS rating
3 out of 5Health inspections
3 out of 5Staffing
303 bedsCertified beds

CMS quality ratings

Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.

Overall rating4/5
Health inspections3/5
Staffing3/5
Quality measures5/5
Long-stay quality4/5
Short-stay quality5/5

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.

MetricThis facilityNew Jersey avgNational avgCompared with the state
Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day)3.863.863.89below avg
RN staffing (hrs/resident/day)0.780.690.68above avg
Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day)2.482.232.34above avg
Nursing staff turnover—%40.9%46.4%—
Deficiencies cited, last inspection9.08.59.5above avg

Staffing

Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.

3.86Total nurse hrs/resident/day
0.78RN hrs/resident/day
0.59LPN hrs/resident/day
2.48Aide hrs/resident/day
3.65Weekend nurse hrs/resident/day

Staff turnover

Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.

Total nursing staff—
Registered nurses—
Administrator changes—

Recent health inspection

CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.

Oct 18, 2024Most recent inspection
9Deficiencies found
64Health inspection score
0Fines

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)
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  • 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.

SourceData as ofWhat we found
U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour casesOct 15, 2026See above
OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016Oct 15, 2026See above
Hurricane evacuation zone mapsSee above
FEMA flood mapSee above
USDA wildfire riskApr 15, 2026Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low
FEMA National Risk IndexSee above
CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmaciesSee above
HUD Multifamily Properties - AssistedJul 6, 2026Nothing on record
State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory)Sep 20, 2026Nothing on record
CMS Hospice - General InformationAug 19, 2026Nothing on record
CMS Home Health Care AgenciesMay 27, 2026Nothing on record
The community’s own websiteSee 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.