Homestead Rehabilitation & Health Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Homestead Rehabilitation & Health Care Center is a 128-bed for-profit nursing home in Newton, New Jersey, part of Benjamin Landa. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.99 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 11% below the New Jersey average of 2.23, and 30.2% nursing staff turnover (New Jersey average 39.7%).
Homestead Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
129 Morris TurnpikeNewton, NJ 07860
Sussex County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
Special Focus Facility candidate. CMS lists this home as a candidate for its Special Focus Facility program, which is for nursing homes with a history of serious quality issues.
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Homestead Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, nurse aides logged 1.99 hours per resident per day, 11% below the New Jersey average. With about 59 residents a day, that works out to roughly 118 aide hours a day, or about 15 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
CMS note: The facility reported a high number of days without a registered nurse on site.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New Jersey avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.99 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.86 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.30 | 0.68 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.16 | 3.85 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.57 | 3.50 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
30.2% of nursing staff at Homestead Rehabilitation & Health Care Center left over the year CMS measured, against a New Jersey average of 39.7% and a US average of 45.8%. 2 administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jul 24, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 19 health deficiencies (New Jersey average 8.8). CMS lists 3 fines totaling $231,049 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | Fine | $119,295 |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Fine | $45,682 |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Fine | $66,072 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Homestead Rehabilitation & Health Care Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the New Jersey average is 3.3.
About Homestead Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Partnership
- Chain: Benjamin Landa, 48 homes
- Legal name: Homestead Rehabilitation & Health Care Center LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Sep 15, 1997
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Homestead Rehabilitation & Health Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Complete Care at Barn Hill Newton | 4.6 | 154 | 2.16 | 3.71 | 46.9% | 5 | None |
| Valley View Rehabilitation and Healthcare Ctr Newton · many days without an RN | 4.6 | 31 | 2.21 | 4.24 | 46.2% | 1 | None |
| United Methodist Communities at Bristol Glen Newton | 5.4 | 60 | 2.29 | 4.07 | 44.8% | 4 | $8,278 |
| Mohawk Meadows Lafayette | 6.2 | 159 | 1.83 | 2.83 | 17.6% | 1 | $713,795 |
| Milford Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Milford | 14.2 | 80 | — | — | 36.1% | 2 | $61,593 |
| Delaware Valley Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation C Matamoras · staffing data not validated | 16.2 | 70 | — | — | 37.7% | 1 | None |
| Forest Manor HCC Blairstown | 16.5 | 120 | 2.15 | 3.34 | 38.6% | 3 | $10,868 |
| St Josephs Place Port Jervis | 17.9 | 46 | 2.07 | 3.86 | 25.8% | 4 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.