Lilisity

Nursing home

Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center

425 Woodbury-Turnersville Road, Blackwood, NJ 08012 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Ocean Healthcare (11 facilities) · 300 certified beds

Medicare and Medicaid certified
Is this your facility? Claim this listing

Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Blackwood, New Jersey. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.25 hours per resident per day, below the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on May 9, 2025 cited 9 deficiencies.

1 out of 5Overall CMS rating
1 out of 5Health inspections
2 out of 5Staffing
300 bedsCertified beds
  • 2 fines totaling $81,752In CMS records: 2 total penalties.

CMS quality ratings

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

Overall rating1/5
Health inspections1/5
Staffing2/5
Quality measures4/5
Long-stay quality5/5
Short-stay quality3/5

How Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center 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)3.253.863.89below avg
RN staffing (hrs/resident/day)0.290.690.68below avg
Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day)2.052.232.34below avg
Nursing staff turnover46.5%40.9%46.4%above avg
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.

3.25Total nurse hrs/resident/day
0.29RN hrs/resident/day
0.90LPN hrs/resident/day
2.05Aide hrs/resident/day
2.69Weekend 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 staff46.5%
Registered nurses32.1%
Administrator changes0 in last year

Recent health inspection

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

May 9, 2025Most recent inspection
9Deficiencies found
111Health inspection score
2Fines
  • Every deficiency from the October 16, 2025 inspection was corrected by November 25, 2025

Penalties in CMS records: 2 fines totaling $81,752, 2 total penalties.

What inspectors found at Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center

Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.

  • 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 · Oct 16, 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 · May 9, 2025 · 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 · May 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
  • Potential for harm

    Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

    Infection Control Deficiencies · May 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
  • Potential for harm

    Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · May 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
  • Potential for harm

    Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

    Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · May 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
  • Potential for harm

    Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 9, 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 · May 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
  • Potential for harm

    Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.

    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · May 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
  • Actual harm

    Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 19, 2023
  • Potential for harm

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Infection Control Deficiencies · Apr 19, 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 · Apr 19, 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
425 Woodbury-Turnersville Road
Blackwood, NJ 08012
CMS certification #
315159
Ownership
For profit - Limited Liability company
Certified beds
300
Avg residents/day
289.5
Provider type
Medicare and Medicaid
First certified
1977-11-01
Chain
Ocean Healthcare (11 facilities)
Setting
Urban

Part of Ocean Healthcare

Ocean Healthcare operates 11 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Ocean Healthcare facilities →

Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →

Report a wrong fact

Location and nearby

Explore the area around Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center using Google Maps.

Other public records

  • Website says Respite stays, diabetes care
  • Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2021, 7 violations cited
  • Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Gloucester-D
Full public records, with dates and sources

Care and services

From the community’s website

What Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center 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. As a comprehensive nursing home, Elmwood Hills’ full range of healthcare services includes rehabilitative therapy, skilled nursing care, post-surgical care, long-term care, Alzheimer’s and dementia care, as well as respite and palliative care. (page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
  • Offers diabetes care. Diabetes management (page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
  • Apartment types named: private room. Situated on its own designated wing, the Rehab Center offers private suites and fine amenities. (page, checked Oct 12, 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.

  • Nov 7, 2023: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Nov 17, 2025. 7 violations cited (3 serious, 4 other). Penalties: $56,693 proposed, $45,000 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center LLC.
    Details
    • Serious: Personal protective equipment (general) (1910.132(d)(1)). Penalty $16,131 proposed, $12,000 now. To be fixed by May 27, 2025. Contested by the employer.
    • Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(ii)(b)). Penalty $12,676 proposed, $10,500 now. To be fixed by May 27, 2025. Contested by the employer.
    • Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(2)(i)(a)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 27, 2025. Contested by the employer.
    • Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(1)(ii)(d)). Penalty $12,676 proposed, $10,500 now. To be fixed by May 27, 2025. Contested by the employer.
    • Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(2)(i)). Penalty $12,676 proposed, $10,500 now. To be fixed by May 27, 2025. Contested by the employer.
    • Other than serious: Recording work-related injuries and illnesses (1904.4(a)). Penalty $2,534 proposed, $1,500 now. To be fixed by May 27, 2025. Contested by the employer.
    • Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(h)(1)(ii)(b)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 27, 2025. Contested by the employer.
  • Aug 6, 2021: referral inspection, partial (health). Case closed Feb 8, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center.

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
Jefferson Stratford Hospital, Stratford. 4.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
Nearest Medicare nursing home
Deptford Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare, Deptford. 3.1 miles away, straight line.
Nearest home health agency office
Holy Redeemer Home Care Nj South, Runnemede. 4.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
Nearest pharmacy
CVS Pharmacy. 2.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
Area
USDA classes ZIP code 08012 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
Dialysis within 15 miles
Davita Renal Center Of Sewell, Sewell, 3.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmc Deptford, Deptford, 3.8 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fkc Liberty Runnemede, Runnemede, 4.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Hospice
21 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 08012.
Heartland Hospice, office in Laurel Springs, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Holy Redeemer Hospice-Nj, South, office in Runnemede, 4.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Bayada At Inspira, Home Health And Hospice, office in West Deptford, 6.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Nearest geriatric medicine practice
Tri-County Health Connections, PC, Glassboro. 5.0 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
Gloucester-D (Zone D: Geographical split using rt. 322 and Glassboro Keys Rd.) 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, coastal flooding very low, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively low, 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, 2026Nothing on record
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 relatively 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

Looking for assisted living or memory care instead?

Frequently asked questions

Is Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center a good nursing home?

CMS gives Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.

How is Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center staffed?

Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center reports 3.25 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.

Has Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center had inspection problems?

Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.

How many beds does Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center have?

Elmwood Hills Healthcare Center is certified for 300 beds.