Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center
555 Chestnut Ridge Road, Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 · Map
For profit - Individual · Part of Family Of Caring Healthcare (8 facilities) · 114 certified beds
Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.01 hours per resident per day, above the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on May 6, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $9,750In 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 Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation 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) | 4.01 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.72 | 0.69 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.25 | 2.23 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 37.8% | 40.9% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 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 May 6, 2025 inspection was corrected by June 30, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $9,750, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation 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 the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · May 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · May 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · May 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 23, 2023 - 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 23, 2023
Show all 7 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 23, 2023 - 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 · Mar 23, 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
- 555 Chestnut Ridge Road
Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677 - CMS certification #
- 315133
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Certified beds
- 114
- Avg residents/day
- 85.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1972-02-01
- Chain
- Family Of Caring Healthcare (8 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Family Of Caring Healthcare
Family Of Caring Healthcare operates 8 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Family Of Caring Healthcare facilities →
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Staff pay 2 federal wage cases with violations found, since 2004
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2020, 3 violations cited
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Bergen-F
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Oct 29, 2017 to Oct 29, 2019. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours). Employer as DOL recorded it: Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehab Center. Case 1895690.
- Findings for Feb 3, 2004 to Mar 22, 2005. Violations found: H-1B visa worker rules. Back wages: $17,679 owed to 1 employee. Employer as DOL recorded it: Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center. Case 1421436.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Apr 1, 2022: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jul 14, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Family of Caring, LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
- May 1, 2020: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (safety). Case closed Feb 16, 2021. 3 violations cited (3 serious). Penalties: $12,145 proposed, $8,502 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Family of Caring, LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(1)). Penalty $12,145 proposed, $8,502 now. To be fixed by Feb 8, 2021.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 8, 2021.
- Serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(k)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Feb 8, 2021.
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
- Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical, Westwood. 5.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Atrium Post Acute Care at Park Ridge, Park Ridge. 2.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Valley Home Care Inc., Paramus. 7.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 07677 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Paramus, Paramus, 4.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita Rockland County Dialysis, Nanuet, 5.0 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Bcrd Airmont Center For Renal Dialysis, Suffern, 5.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 13 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07677.
Life Source Services LLC, office in Oradell, 6.4 miles away, straight line
Valley Hospice, office in Paramus, 7.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
United Hospice, office in New City, 8.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Medassist Nj Ii, Spring Valley. 3.0 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
- Bergen-F (Zone F: Geographically split by the Garden State Parkway to support capturing the rest of the county.) 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 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 | See above |
| 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 | 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 Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center 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 Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center staffed?
Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center reports 4.01 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center have?
Woodcliff Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center is certified for 114 beds.