Little Brook Nursing and Convalescent Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Little Brook Nursing and Convalescent Home is a 36-bed for-profit nursing home in Califon, New Jersey. In the CMS September 2026 release it reported 2.00 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% below the New Jersey average of 2.23, and 40.7% nursing staff turnover (New Jersey average 39.7%).
Little Brook Nursing and Convalescent Home
78 Sliker RoadCalifon, NJ 07830
Hunterdon County
CMS Care Compare, September 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Little Brook Nursing and Convalescent Home, nurse aides logged 2.00 hours per resident per day, 10% below the New Jersey average. With about 27 residents a day, that works out to roughly 54 aide hours a day, or about 7 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 3% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New Jersey avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.00 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.59 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.93 | 0.68 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.52 | 3.85 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.42 | 3.50 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, September 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
40.7% of nursing staff at Little Brook Nursing and Convalescent Home left over the year CMS measured, against a New Jersey average of 39.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 75.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 4, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 16 health deficiencies (New Jersey average 8.6). CMS lists 3 fines totaling $355,418 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2025 | Fine | $62,493 |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Fine | $255,403 |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Fine | $37,522 |
CMS Penalties file, September 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. Little Brook Nursing and Convalescent Home holds 1 of 5 overall; the New Jersey average is 3.3.
About Little Brook Nursing and Convalescent Home
- Ownership: For profit - Individual
- Legal name: Little Brook Home, Inc
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Feb 1, 2001
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Little Brook Nursing and Convalescent Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Heath Village Hackettstown | 6.6 | 108 | 2.75 | 4.72 | 97.2% | 4 | None |
| Warren Haven Rehab and Nursing Center Oxford | 8.0 | 180 | 1.87 | 3.12 | 52.2% | 3 | $156,485 |
| Country Arch Care Center Pittstown | 9.4 | 130 | 2.29 | 3.74 | 39.7% | 5 | None |
| Rolling Hills Care Center Lebanon | 10.1 | 67 | 2.10 | 3.37 | 39.6% | 1 | $43,001 |
| Forest Manor HCC Blairstown | 13.4 | 120 | 2.15 | 3.34 | 38.6% | 3 | $10,868 |
| Merry Heart Nursing Home Succasunna | 13.7 | 113 | 2.37 | 3.71 | 28.7% | 3 | None |
| Hunterdon Care Center LLC Flemington | 13.8 | 185 | 2.02 | 3.36 | 37.1% | 4 | None |
| Holly Manor Center Mendham | 15.1 | 124 | 1.98 | 3.17 | 38.6% | 3 | 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, September 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.