RIDGEWOOD CENTER
Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since 1974-03-31, RIDGEWOOD CENTER is a 90-bed nursing home in RIDGEWOOD, New Jersey, averaging 74.9 residents a day.
Has RIDGEWOOD CENTER been cited for violations?
CMS lists 48 health-inspection deficiencies for RIDGEWOOD CENTER since 2022-03-11, 32 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is F; the most recent health inspection was 2025-04-10.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-10 | F0584, F0812, F0835 | 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. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. | F |
| 2025-04-10 | F0725, F0730, F0758, F0919 | Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. / Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. / Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. / Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. | E |
| 2025-04-10 | F0607, F0623, F0625, F0658, F0660, F0695, F0732, F0755, F0756, F0868, F0883, F0887, F0941, F0942, F0944, F0947 | Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. / Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. / Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Post nurse staffing information every day. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly / Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. / Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status. / Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members. / Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents. / Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program. / Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. | D |
| 2023-12-08 | F0578, F0584, F0641, F0656, F0657, F0658, F0712, F0755, F0880 | Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. / 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. / Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
| 2022-03-11 | F0730, F0835, F0867 | Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. / Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. / Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | F |
| 2022-03-11 | F0561, F0755, F0880, F0886 | Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff. | E |
| 2022-03-11 | F0559, F0563, F0623, F0625, F0658, F0686, F0732, F0882 | Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made. / Honor the resident's right to receive visitors of his or her choosing, at the time of his or her choosing. / Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. / Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Post nurse staffing information every day. / Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home. | D |
| 2022-03-11 | F0885 | Report COVID19 data to residents and families. | C |
How is RIDGEWOOD CENTER staffed relative to the NJ average?
| Measure | This facility | NJ average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.28549 | 3.84961 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 38.9 | 39.7 |
| Average number of residents per day | 74.9 | 122.4 |
Who owns RIDGEWOOD CENTER, and what chain is it in?
RIDGEWOOD CENTER is registered with CMS as For profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name 330 FRANKLIN TURNPIKE OPERATIONS LLC and belongs to the GENESIS HEALTHCARE chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| 5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | GENESIS NJ HOLDINGS LLC | since 04/01/2011 |
| 5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | FC-GEN OPERATIONS INVESTMENT LLC, GEN OPERATIONS I LLC, GEN OPERATIONS II LLC, GENESIS HEALTHCARE INC, GENESIS HEALTHCARE LLC, GENESIS HOLDINGS LLC, GENESIS OPERATIONS LLC, GHC HOLDINGS LLC, SUN HEALTHCARE GROUP INC, WHITMAN, ARNOLD | since 02/02/2015 |
| W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE | SCHMIDT, JOSEPH, SURAPANENI, PURUSHOTHAM | since 06/01/2023 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | BERG, MICHAEL, BRIDGEFORD, LAURA, MENDELSON, AVI | since 01/01/2022 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | GENESIS OPERATIONS LLC, SCHMIDT, JOSEPH, SURAPANENI, PURUSHOTHAM | since 01/22/2025 |