Nursing home
Hunterdon Care Center
1 Leisure Court, Flemington, NJ 08822 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Ocean Healthcare (11 facilities) · 185 certified beds
Hunterdon Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Flemington, New Jersey. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.28 hours per resident per day, below the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Mar 19, 2025 cited 11 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Hunterdon 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) | 3.28 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.45 | 0.69 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.98 | 2.23 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 39.4% | 40.9% | 46.4% | below 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.
- Every deficiency from the August 14, 2025 inspection was corrected by September 9, 2025
What inspectors found at Hunterdon Care 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 the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 14, 2025 · 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 · Mar 19, 2025 · 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 · Mar 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 19, 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 · Mar 19, 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 · Mar 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2025 · 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 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 16, 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
- 1 Leisure Court
Flemington, NJ 08822 - CMS certification #
- 315226
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 185
- Avg residents/day
- 169.4
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1986-03-17
- 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 →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Hunterdon Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2020, 2 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Hunterdon Care 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, Hunterdon Care Center’s 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)
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.
- Mar 16, 2022: follow-up inspection, complete (health). Case closed Sep 14, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Prime Care Health LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
- May 21, 2020: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (health). Case closed Dec 29, 2021. 2 violations cited (2 serious). Penalties: $12,145 proposed, $6,073 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Hunterdon Care Center.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $12,145 proposed, $6,073 now. To be fixed by Dec 2, 2020. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Dec 2, 2020. 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
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset, Somerville. 13.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Rolling Hills Care Center, Lebanon. 3.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Hunterdon Medical Center Home Health, Flemington. 0.4 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 08822 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc Kings Court Flemington, Flemington, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Hillsborough Dialysis, Hillsborough, 10.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fkc Somerville, Somerville, 12.6 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 12 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 08822.
Hunterdon Hospice Inc, office in Flemington, 0.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Martin And Edith Stein Hospice, The, office in Somerset, 17.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Penn Medicine Hospice Princeton Health, office in Princeton, 18.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Hunterdon Specialty Care PC, Flemington. 1.1 miles away, straight line. 3 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.
- 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 moderate, 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 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| 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 Hunterdon Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Hunterdon Care Center an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Hunterdon Care Center staffed?
Hunterdon Care Center reports 3.28 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Hunterdon Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 11 deficiencies.
How many beds does Hunterdon Care Center have?
Hunterdon Care Center is certified for 185 beds.