Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Emerson Health Care Center
100 Kinderkamack Road, Emerson, NJ 07630 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 155 certified beds
Emerson Health Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Emerson, New Jersey. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.10 hours per resident per day, above the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Mar 5, 2025 cited 0 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Emerson Health Care 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.
| Metric | This facility | New Jersey avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.10 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.52 | 2.23 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 31.0% | 40.9% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 0.0 | 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.
- No health deficiencies cited at the last standard inspection (March 2025)
What inspectors found at Emerson Health Care Center
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 · Feb 13, 2023 - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Feb 13, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 16, 2021 - 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 · Mar 16, 2021 - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 16, 2021
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
- 100 Kinderkamack Road
Emerson, NJ 07630 - CMS certification #
- 315360
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 155
- Avg residents/day
- 135.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1997-01-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Emerson Health Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2014
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2020, 3 violations cited
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Bergen-E1
Full public records, with dates and sources
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 Jul 7, 2014 to Jul 6, 2016. Violations found: Family and medical leave. Employer as DOL recorded it: Emerson Convalescent Center, Inc.. Case 1791048.
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.
- Apr 8, 2021: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jul 7, 2021. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Emerson Convalescent Center.
- Apr 30, 2020: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jan 8, 2024. 3 violations cited (2 serious, 1 other). Penalties: $20,820 proposed, $14,574 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Emerson Convalescent Center.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $12,145 proposed, $9,000 now. To be fixed by Feb 1, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 1, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Reporting a death, hospitalization, amputation or eye loss to OSHA (1904.39(a)(1)). Penalty $8,675 proposed, $5,574 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
- Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical, Westwood. 0.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Careone at Oradell, Oradell. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Valley Home Care Inc., Paramus. 4.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 07630 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Renal Center Of Westwood, Westwood, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Paramus, Paramus, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Fmc Paramus, Paramus, 3.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 12 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07630.
Life Source Services LLC, office in Oradell, 1.3 miles away, straight line
Valley Hospice, office in Paramus, 4.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Visiting Nurse Association Of Englewood, Inc, office in Englewood, 6.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Valley Physician Services PC, Ridgewood. 3.9 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
- Bergen-E1 (Zone E: Geographically split by the Garden State Parkway to support capturing the rest of the county.) 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, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively moderate. 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Emerson Health Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Emerson Health Care Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Emerson Health Care Center staffed?
Emerson Health Care Center reports 4.10 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Emerson Health Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 0 deficiencies.
How many beds does Emerson Health Care Center have?
Emerson Health Care Center is certified for 155 beds.