Homestead Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
129 Morris Turnpike, Newton, NJ, 07860 · CCN 315378
Homestead Rehabilitation & Health Care Center is a CMS-certified skilled nursing facility located in Newton, New Jersey. This facility-specific record brings together official CMS provider, inspection, rating, and enforcement data while identifying what is missing or uncertain.
What stands out in the available record
The available records contain 39 cited deficiencies across 5 surveys. 1 were coded at G or above; 0 were coded at immediate-jeopardy levels J through L.
5 of the most frequently cited tags appear more than once in the available history: F0755 (3), F0686 (3), F0880 (3), F0711 (2), F0584 (2). Repetition can indicate a recurring compliance area, but it is not proof that the same underlying problem remained uncorrected.
Survey history
- July 2025 — Health: 18 cited deficiencies
- April 2025 — Health: 1 cited deficiency
- June 2024 — Health: 1 cited deficiency
- March 2024 — Health: 13 cited deficiencies
- May 2022 — Health: 6 cited deficiencies
Scope and severity distribution
- Scope/severity D: 24 citations
- Scope/severity E: 2 citations
- Scope/severity F: 12 citations
- Scope/severity G: 1 citation
1 available citations were coded at G or above, indicating actual harm or immediate jeopardy; 0 were coded J or above.
Top Deficiency Citations
- F0755 — Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. (3 citations)
- F0686 — Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. (3 citations)
- F0880 — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (3 citations)
- F0711 — Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit. (2 citations)
- F0584 — Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (2 citations)
Deficiency categories
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies: 7 citations
- Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies: 6 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies: 5 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies: 5 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies: 5 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies: 4 citations
Official CMS Five-Star context
- Overall: 2 of 5 stars
- Health inspection: 1 of 5 stars
- Staffing: 1 of 5 stars
- Quality measure: 5 of 5 stars
CMS reports 4.16 total nurse staffing hours per resident day.
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Enforcement and penalties
The available CMS enforcement dataset contains 3 penalty actions, most recently dated May 2026. Monetary fines in these records total $231,049.
Sources, freshness, and limitations
Source: official CMS datasets, including Provider Information, Health Deficiencies, and Penalties. View the CMS data source. Loaded survey records window — Earliest loaded survey: May 2022; Latest loaded survey: July 2025. These dates describe records loaded by POCDesk, not a CMS release or publication timestamp. Facility statistics refreshed: October 8, 2026 at 9:48 AM UTC. The available rating record has a CMS processing date of September 2026. POCDesk last refreshed that rating record on October 2026.
POCDesk groups citations by survey date, counts recurring F-Tags across the available history, and summarizes CMS scope/severity codes. Those summaries are POCDesk organization and interpretation of public records, not official ratings or survey findings of our own. Read the governing 42 CFR Part 483 and our editorial standards and methodology.
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