Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Preferred Care at Old Bridge
6989 Rt18, Old Bridge, NJ 08857 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Preferred Care (13 facilities) · 140 certified beds
Preferred Care at Old Bridge is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Old Bridge, New Jersey. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.76 hours per resident per day, below the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Mar 31, 2025 cited 5 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Preferred Care at Old Bridge 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) | 3.76 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.54 | 0.69 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.21 | 2.23 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 41.7% | 40.9% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 5.0 | 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.
- Every deficiency from the October 23, 2025 inspection was corrected by December 9, 2025
What inspectors found at Preferred Care at Old Bridge
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
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Oct 23, 2025 · 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 · Jul 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 10, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 31, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Actual harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2023 - Potential for harm
Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2023 - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2023 - 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 · Mar 6, 2023 - Actual harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 11, 2021 - Potential for harm
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 11, 2021
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
- 6989 Rt18
Old Bridge, NJ 08857 - CMS certification #
- 315321
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 140
- Avg residents/day
- 123.4
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1993-03-01
- Chain
- Preferred Care (13 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Preferred Care
Preferred Care operates 13 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Preferred Care facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, works with hospice
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Middlesex-E
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Preferred Care at Old Bridge 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.
Available 24/7, our staff provides our residents with warm and attentive nursing and hospice care.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room.
Our dedicated Subacute Unit features its own entrance, dining room and many lovely private rooms.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Bayshore Medical Center, Holmdel. 6.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Reformed Church Home, Old Bridge. 1.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Robert Wood Johnson Visiting Nurses, Inc, North Brunswick. 9.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 08857 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Old Bridge Dialysis, Old Bridge, 0.6 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Spotswood Tcu, Spotswood, 3.2 miles away, straight line
Davita Matawan Dialysis, Matawan, 4.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 25 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 08857.
Spero Hospice & Palliative Care, office in East Brunswick, 3.3 miles away, straight line
Dove Hospice Services Of New Jersey, LLC, office in Manalapan, 7.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Caring Hospice Services Of Central Jersey, office in Edison, 7.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Raritan Bay Cardiology Group, Pa, Old Bridge. 0.6 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
- Middlesex-E (Zone E: Include the surge prone area of the Cheesequake State Park.) 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, coastal flooding very low, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, 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 | 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 Preferred Care at Old Bridge a good nursing home?
CMS gives Preferred Care at Old Bridge an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Preferred Care at Old Bridge staffed?
Preferred Care at Old Bridge reports 3.76 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Preferred Care at Old Bridge had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 5 deficiencies.
How many beds does Preferred Care at Old Bridge have?
Preferred Care at Old Bridge is certified for 140 beds.