Nursing home
Wedgwood Gardens Care Center
3419 Highway 9, Freehold, NJ 07728 · Map
For profit - Partnership · 151 certified beds
Wedgwood Gardens Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Freehold, New Jersey. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.31 hours per resident per day, below the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Mar 19, 2025 cited 4 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Wedgwood Gardens 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) | 3.31 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.79 | 0.69 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.75 | 2.23 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 41.3% | 40.9% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 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 March 19, 2025 inspection was corrected by April 30, 2025
What inspectors found at Wedgwood Gardens Care 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
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 19, 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 · Mar 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 3, 2023
Show all 11 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 3, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Mar 3, 2023 - 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 3, 2023 - Potential for harm
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Mar 3, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 3, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jan 20, 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
- 3419 Highway 9
Freehold, NJ 07728 - CMS certification #
- 315504
- Ownership
- For profit - Partnership
- Certified beds
- 151
- Avg residents/day
- 96.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2008-12-17
- Setting
- Urban
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Wedgwood Gardens Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Monmouth-F
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Wedgwood Gardens 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.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Wedgwood Gardens offers exceptional and compassionate 24 hour nursing care, while fulfilling the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of our residents and families.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Our spacious private and semi-private suites are fully equipped for the convenience of our residents.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Centrastate Medical Center, Freehold. 2.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- The Manor, Freehold. 2.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Hackensack Meridian At Home Monmouth County, Neptune. 8.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Tony's Family 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 07728 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Dci Freehold, Freehold, 2.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Freehold Dialysis, Manalapan, 4.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Jackson Township Dialysis, Jackson, 6.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 26 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07728.
Dove Hospice Services Of New Jersey, LLC, office in Manalapan, 5.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Hackensack Meridian Hospice, office in Neptune, 8.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Embracing Hospice Care Of New Jersey, office in Wall, 10.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 1 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Rgohel LLC, Freehold. 2.5 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
- Monmouth-F (Evacuation Zones mirror Surge Maps from FEMA but remove islands of higher elevations surrounded by lower elevations.) 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 low, wildfire relatively low, tornado very low, 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 | 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 Wedgwood Gardens Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Wedgwood Gardens Care Center an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Wedgwood Gardens Care Center staffed?
Wedgwood Gardens Care Center reports 3.31 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Wedgwood Gardens Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Wedgwood Gardens Care Center have?
Wedgwood Gardens Care Center is certified for 151 beds.