Nursing home
Preakness Healthcare Center
305 Oldham Road, Wayne, NJ 07470 · Map
Government - County · 406 certified beds
Preakness Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Wayne, New Jersey. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.19 hours per resident per day, above the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Jan 22, 2025 cited 17 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $15,646In 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 Preakness Healthcare 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) | 4.19 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.10 | 0.69 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.68 | 2.23 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 39.6% | 40.9% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 17.0 | 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 January 8, 2026 inspection was corrected by March 13, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $15,646, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Preakness Healthcare 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
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 8, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 2, 2025 · 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 · Jan 22, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 22, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 22, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jan 22, 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 · Jan 22, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 22, 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 · Jan 22, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jan 22, 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 · Jan 22, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 22, 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
- 305 Oldham Road
Wayne, NJ 07470 - CMS certification #
- 315361
- Ownership
- Government - County
- Certified beds
- 406
- Avg residents/day
- 282.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1996-12-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Preakness Healthcare Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Workplace safety 4 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016, 14 violations cited
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Passaic-F
Full public records, with dates and sources
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.
- Aug 30, 2016: follow-up inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Aug 30, 2016. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Preakness Healthcare Center.
- Jun 21, 2016: follow-up inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Jun 21, 2016. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Preakness Healthcare Center.
- Apr 28, 2016: programmed, other inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Jun 21, 2016. 7 violations cited (7 serious). Penalties: $36,000 proposed, $36,000 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Preakness Healthcare Center.
Details
- Serious: Floors and walking surfaces (slips, trips and falls) (1910.22(a)(2)). Penalty $6,000 proposed, $6,000 now. To be fixed by Jun 17, 2016.
- Serious: Stairways (1910.25(d)(2)(xix)). Penalty $7,000 proposed, $7,000 now. To be fixed by Jun 2, 2016.
- Serious: Cited rule 1910.26(c)(2)(vii). Penalty $7,000 proposed, $7,000 now. To be fixed by May 28, 2016.
- Serious: Accident prevention signs and tags (1910.145(c)(3)). Penalty $4,000 proposed, $4,000 now. To be fixed by May 23, 2016.
- Serious: Handling and storing materials (1910.176(b)). Penalty $4,000 proposed, $4,000 now. To be fixed by Jun 17, 2016.
- Serious: Handling and storing materials (1910.176(c)). Penalty $4,000 proposed, $4,000 now. To be fixed by May 28, 2016.
- Serious: Abrasive wheel machinery (1910.215(a)(4)). Penalty $4,000 proposed, $4,000 now. To be fixed by Jun 2, 2016.
- Apr 28, 2016: programmed, other inspection, records only (safety). Case closed Aug 30, 2016. 7 violations cited (5 serious, 2 other). Penalties: $30,000 proposed, $30,000 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Preakness Healthcare Center.
Details
- Serious: Personal protective equipment (general) (1910.132(d)(1)). Penalty $3,000 proposed, $3,000 now. To be fixed by Jul 15, 2016.
- Serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(c)(4)(ii)). Penalty $7,000 proposed, $7,000 now. To be fixed by Jul 15, 2016.
- Serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(c)(5)(i)). Penalty $4,000 proposed, $4,000 now. To be fixed by Jul 15, 2016.
- Serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(c)(6)(i)). Penalty $7,000 proposed, $7,000 now. To be fixed by Jul 15, 2016.
- Serious: Cited rule N.J.S.A.. Penalty $7,000 proposed, $7,000 now. To be fixed by Jul 15, 2016.
- Other than serious: Portable fire extinguishers (1910.157(g)(2)). Penalty $1,000 proposed, $1,000 now. To be fixed by Jul 15, 2016.
- Other than serious: Cited rule N.J.A.C.. Penalty $1,000 proposed, $1,000 now. To be fixed by Jul 15, 2016.
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
- Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains. 5.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Excel Care at Wayne, Wayne. 0.9 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Visiting Health Services Of New Jersey, Woodland Park. 3.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Ants Pharmaceutical. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 07470 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita West Paterson, Paterson, 1.0 mile away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita North Haledon Dialysis, North Haledon, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita St. Joseph'S Sjrmc Dialysis, Paterson, 3.0 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 24 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07470.
Vhs Hospice Services Of New Jersey, office in Woodland Park, 3.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Faith Hospice Care LLC, office in Fairfield, 6.1 miles away, straight line
Valley Hospice, office in Paramus, 6.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Nagwa Hafez, MD, Wayne. 0.8 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
- Passaic-F (Zone F: Geographical split.) 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, 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 | See above | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| 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 | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Preakness Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Preakness Healthcare Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Preakness Healthcare Center staffed?
Preakness Healthcare Center reports 4.19 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Preakness Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 17 deficiencies.
How many beds does Preakness Healthcare Center have?
Preakness Healthcare Center is certified for 406 beds.