Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home Menlo
132 Evergreen Rd, Edison, NJ 08818 · Map
Government - State · 328 certified beds
New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home Menlo is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Edison, New Jersey. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 5.60 hours per resident per day, above the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Sep 5, 2025 cited 9 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home Menlo 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) | 5.60 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.98 | 0.69 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.34 | 2.23 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 17.3% | 40.9% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 9.0 | 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 September 5, 2025 inspection was corrected by October 24, 2025
What inspectors found at New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home Menlo
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
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Allow resident to participate in the development and implementation of his or her person-centered plan of care.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Sep 5, 2025 · 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 · Sep 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 8, 2022 - Immediate jeopardy
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 8, 2022 - Immediate jeopardy
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Administration Deficiencies · Sep 8, 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
- 132 Evergreen Rd
Edison, NJ 08818 - CMS certification #
- 315459
- Ownership
- Government - State
- Certified beds
- 328
- Avg residents/day
- 193.9
- Provider type
- Medicare
- First certified
- 1999-10-26
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home Menlo using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Programs State Veterans Home
- Workplace safety 3 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2018, 19 violations cited
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Middlesex-F2
Full public records, with dates and sources
Paying with Medicaid and other programs
Federal and state programs
- State Veterans Home. Listed as a State Veterans Home (MENLO PARK VETERANS MEMORIAL HOME) in the national directory that VA links to. Beds listed: Nursing Care: 312. State Veterans Homes are state-owned; VA surveys them each year and pays part of the cost of care for eligible veterans. (State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory), as of Aug 14, 2024)
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.
- Jul 8, 2020: fatality or catastrophe inspection, no inspection (health). Case closed Oct 19, 2021. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Menlo Park Veterans Home.
- Jun 1, 2018: follow-up inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Jun 1, 2018. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as NJ Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park - Maintenance Shop.
- Apr 17, 2018: programmed, other inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Jun 1, 2018. 19 violations cited (17 serious, 2 other). Penalties: $91,000 proposed, $91,000 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as NJ Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park - Maintenance Shop.
Details
- Serious: Floors and walking surfaces (slips, trips and falls) (1910.22(a)(3)). Penalty $6,000 proposed, $6,000 now.
- Serious: Design and construction of exit routes (1910.36(g)(2)). Penalty $7,000 proposed, $7,000 now. To be fixed by May 18, 2018.
- Serious: Keeping exit routes clear and marked (1910.37(a)(3)). Penalty $7,000 proposed, $7,000 now.
- Serious: Keeping exit routes clear and marked (1910.37(a)(4)). Penalty $5,000 proposed, $5,000 now. To be fixed by May 18, 2018.
- Serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(c)(4)(i)). Penalty $7,000 proposed, $7,000 now. To be fixed by Jun 11, 2018.
- Serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(c)(6)(ii)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jun 11, 2018.
- Serious: Safe electrical work practices (1910.333(b)(2)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jun 11, 2018.
- Serious: Handling and storing materials (1910.176(b)). Penalty $6,000 proposed, $6,000 now.
- Serious: Handling and storing materials (1910.176(c)). Penalty $6,000 proposed, $6,000 now. To be fixed by May 18, 2018.
- Serious: Cited rule 1910.179(j)(3). Penalty $7,000 proposed, $7,000 now. To be fixed by Jun 11, 2018.
- Serious: Machine guarding (1910.212(a)(3)(ii)). Penalty $6,000 proposed, $6,000 now. To be fixed by Jun 11, 2018.
- Serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(b)(2)). Penalty $6,000 proposed, $6,000 now.
- Serious: Electrical wiring and grounding (1910.304(b)(4)). Penalty $6,000 proposed, $6,000 now. To be fixed by May 18, 2018.
- Serious: Electrical wiring methods and equipment (1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a)). Penalty $6,000 proposed, $6,000 now.
- Serious: Electrical wiring methods and equipment (1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(d)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now.
- Serious: Cited rule N.J.S.A.. Penalty $7,000 proposed, $7,000 now. To be fixed by Jun 11, 2018.
- Serious: Cited rule N.J.S.A.. Penalty $7,000 proposed, $7,000 now. To be fixed by Jul 2, 2018.
- Other than serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(c)(6)(i)). Penalty $1,000 proposed, $1,000 now. To be fixed by Jun 11, 2018.
- Other than serious: Portable fire extinguishers (1910.157(e)(3)). Penalty $1,000 proposed, $1,000 now.
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
- Jfk University Medical Center, Edison. 1.0 mile away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Roosevelt Care Center, Edison. 0.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Hackensack Meridian Jfk At Home, Iselin. 1.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Savings Pharmacy and Surgical Supplies. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 08818 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Edison Dialysis, Edison, 1.6 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Woodbridge Dialysis Center, Woodbridge, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Metuchen, Metuchen, 1.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 3 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 08818.
Caring Hospice Services Of Central Jersey, office in Edison, 2.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Homeside Hospice LLC, office in Cranford, 7.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Group - Specialty Care PC, Edison. 1.0 mile 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
- Middlesex-F2 (Zone F: Captures the additional flood areas from Green Brook and Rahway River should flooding be catastrophic.) 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 | See above |
| 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home Menlo a good nursing home?
CMS gives New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home Menlo an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home Menlo staffed?
New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home Menlo reports 5.60 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home Menlo had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.
How many beds does New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home Menlo have?
New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home Menlo is certified for 328 beds.