Nursing home
Excel Care at Manalapan
104 Pension Road, Manalapan, NJ 07726 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Excelcare (9 facilities) · 132 certified beds
Excel Care at Manalapan is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Manalapan, New Jersey. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.06 hours per resident per day, below the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Aug 13, 2025 cited 11 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $63,238In 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 Excel Care at Manalapan 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) | 3.06 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.32 | 0.69 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.00 | 2.23 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 49.2% | 40.9% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 11.0 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $63,238, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Excel Care at Manalapan
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
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 8, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide doctor's orders for the resident's immediate care at the time the resident was admitted.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 8, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Oct 28, 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 · Aug 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
Administration Deficiencies · Aug 13, 2025 · 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 · Aug 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Aug 13, 2025 · 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 · Aug 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 13, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 13, 2025 · 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
- 104 Pension Road
Manalapan, NJ 07726 - CMS certification #
- 315282
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 132
- Avg residents/day
- 110.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1989-07-13
- Chain
- Excelcare (9 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Excelcare
Excelcare operates 9 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Excelcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Excel Care at Manalapan using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, transportation
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2022
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Monmouth-F
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Excel Care at Manalapan 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.
Whether you’re here for inpatient rehabilitation, respite care or long term care, our dedicated team is here to support your journey every step of the way.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Transportation Services:
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Our state-of-the-art facility features modern amenities, private and semi-private rooms, and a variety of recreational activities to keep you engaged and active.
(page, checked Oct 12, 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 Jan 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2023. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $258 owed to 4 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Pine Brook Care and Rehabilitation Center LLC (Excelcare Health Management Inc.). Case 1982568.
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.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Centrastate Medical Center, Freehold. 5.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Roosevelt Care Center At Old Bridge, Old Bridge. 3.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Robert Wood Johnson Visiting Nurses, Inc, North Brunswick. 11.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 4.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 07726 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Freehold Dialysis, Manalapan, 3.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Dci Monroe, Monroe, 4.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Old Bridge Dialysis, Old Bridge, 5.4 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 28 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07726.
Dove Hospice Services Of New Jersey, LLC, office in Manalapan, 2.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Spero Hospice & Palliative Care, office in East Brunswick, 7.6 miles away, straight line
Robert Wood Johnson Visiting Nurse, Inc, office in North Brunswick, 11.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Practice, Jamesburg. 5.4 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
- Monmouth-F (Evacuation Zones mirror Surge Maps from FEMA but remove islands of higher elevations surrounded by lower elevations.) 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 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.
| 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 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | See above | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively 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 Excel Care at Manalapan a good nursing home?
CMS gives Excel Care at Manalapan an overall rating of 2 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 Excel Care at Manalapan staffed?
Excel Care at Manalapan reports 3.06 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Excel Care at Manalapan had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 11 deficiencies.
How many beds does Excel Care at Manalapan have?
Excel Care at Manalapan is certified for 132 beds.