Nursing home
Greenwood House Home for the Jewish Aged
53 Walter Street, Trenton, NJ 08628 · Map
Non profit - Church related · 137 certified beds
Greenwood House Home for the Jewish Aged is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Trenton, New Jersey. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.63 hours per resident per day, above the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Aug 21, 2024 cited 7 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $323,570In 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 Greenwood House Home for the Jewish Aged 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) | 4.63 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.72 | 0.69 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.56 | 2.23 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 89.5% | 40.9% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 7.0 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $323,570, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Greenwood House Home for the Jewish Aged
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - 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 21, 2024 · 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 · Aug 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Aug 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 21, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Dec 12, 2022
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
- 53 Walter Street
Trenton, NJ 08628 - CMS certification #
- 315215
- Ownership
- Non profit - Church related
- Certified beds
- 137
- Avg residents/day
- 112.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1985-02-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Greenwood House Home for the Jewish Aged using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, works with hospice
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2012
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Mercer-F
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Greenwood House Home for the Jewish Aged 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.
Respite Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
With compassion and a person-centered approach, we offer a wide range of services including skilled nursing care, assisted living, rehabilitation, homecare services and hospice care.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room.
Private rooms are available at the Robert and Natalie Marcus Home for the Jewish Aged and at The Abrams Residence.
(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 May 5, 2012 to May 4, 2014. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $3,376 owed to 12 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Greenwood House Nursing Home (Greenwood House Home for the Jewish Aged). Case 1724899.
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
- Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Trenton. 3.1 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Preferred Care at Mercer, Ewing. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- First Home Health Care, Inc., Yardley. 2.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 08628 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc Ewing, Ewing, 1.0 mile away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
H. Fuld Capital Health, Trenton, 2.0 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Fkc Harney'S Corner, Lawrenceville, 3.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 11 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 08628.
Greenwood House Hospice Services Inc, office in Lawrence Township, 4.7 miles away, straight line
Serenity Hospice Care, office in Trenton, 7.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Penn Medicine Hospice Princeton Health, office in Princeton, 12.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Capital Health Medical Group, Ewing. 2.0 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
- Mercer-F (Zone F: Geographical breakdown decision.) 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 moderate, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, 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 | 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 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 Greenwood House Home for the Jewish Aged a good nursing home?
CMS gives Greenwood House Home for the Jewish Aged an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Greenwood House Home for the Jewish Aged staffed?
Greenwood House Home for the Jewish Aged reports 4.63 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Greenwood House Home for the Jewish Aged had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 7 deficiencies.
How many beds does Greenwood House Home for the Jewish Aged have?
Greenwood House Home for the Jewish Aged is certified for 137 beds.