Merry Heart Nursing Home: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Merry Heart Nursing Home is a 113-bed for-profit nursing home in Succasunna, New Jersey. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.37 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 6% above the New Jersey average of 2.23, and 28.7% nursing staff turnover (New Jersey average 39.7%).
Merry Heart Nursing Home
200 RT 10 WestSuccasunna, NJ 07876
Morris County
CMS Care Compare, August 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 Merry Heart Nursing Home, nurse aides logged 2.37 hours per resident per day, 6% above the New Jersey average. With about 101 residents a day, that works out to roughly 240 aide hours a day, or about 30 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 11% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New Jersey avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.37 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.25 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.09 | 0.68 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.71 | 3.85 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.31 | 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
28.7% of nursing staff at Merry Heart Nursing 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 33.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 16, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 6 health deficiencies (New Jersey average 8.8). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Merry Heart Nursing Home holds 4 of 5 overall; the New Jersey average is 3.3.
About Merry Heart Nursing Home
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Merry Heart Nursing & Conv Cent
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 19, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Merry Heart Nursing Home
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Dwelling Place at St Clares Dover | 4.4 | 28 | 2.20 | 5.93 | 17.1% | 5 | None |
| Excel Care at Dover Dover | 5.2 | 155 | 2.33 | 3.64 | 43.7% | 2 | $139,113 |
| Holly Manor Center Mendham | 5.2 | 124 | 1.98 | 3.17 | 38.6% | 3 | None |
| Morris View Healthcare Center Morristown · abuse citation | 6.9 | 313 | 2.34 | 3.61 | 41.7% | 2 | $351,182 |
| Heath Village Hackettstown | 9.2 | 108 | 2.75 | 4.72 | 97.2% | 4 | None |
| The Oaks at Denville Denville | 10.0 | 84 | 2.69 | 5.13 | 43.6% | 4 | $16,335 |
| CareOne At Madison Avenue Morristown | 10.1 | 178 | 2.16 | 4.03 | 21.0% | 3 | None |
| Morristown Post Acute Rehab and Nursing Center Morristown | 10.2 | 287 | 2.33 | 3.82 | 26.0% | 5 | 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.