Excel Care at Wayne
Nursing home in Wayne, NJ
Medicare & Medicaid certified1★ overall (CMS)
Public-record details
- Address
- 296 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne, NJ 07470
- Phone
- (973) 790-5800
- Listed under
- For-profit
- Medicare CCN
- 315103
- Overall star rating
- 1 of 5 ★☆☆☆☆
- Health inspection rating
- 2 of 5
- Staffing rating
- 1 of 5
- Quality measures rating
- 4 of 5
- Certified beds
- 120
- Average residents per day
- 109
- Ownership
- For-profit, limited Liability company
- Legal business name
- The Gardens at Wayne Post Acute and Nursing Center LLC
- Chain
- Excelcare (8 facilities)
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
- Jul 1, 1970
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Located inside a hospital
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident and family councils
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes
Inspection record
Most recent standard health inspection: Dec 13, 2024. CMS lists 10 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Sep 21, 2023 to May 21, 2026): 4 from complaint inspections, 1 at the “actual harm” level or higher, including 1 at “immediate jeopardy”.
| Inspection | Citation | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2026 | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | D |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | J |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | D |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | D |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | D |
| Sep 21, 2023 | Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. | D |
| Sep 21, 2023 | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | D |
| Sep 21, 2023 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | D |
Fines and payment denials
CMS records 1 fine totalling $8,281 in the last three years.
| Oct 29, 2025 | Fine: $8,281 |
Staffing
- Total nurse staffing per resident per day
- 3.28 hours
- Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
- 0.59 hours
- Nurse aide time per resident per day
- 1.86 hours
- Total nurse staffing on weekends
- 2.97 hours
- Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
- 75%
- RN turnover (yearly)
- 64%
- Administrators who left in the past year
- 2
A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.
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