Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, LLC: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, LLC is a 200-bed for-profit nursing home in Plainsboro, New Jersey, part of Marquis Health Services. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.70 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 24% below the New Jersey average of 2.23, and 29.7% nursing staff turnover (New Jersey average 39.7%).
Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, LLC
100 Plainsboro RoadPlainsboro, NJ 08536
Middlesex 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 Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, LLC, nurse aides logged 1.70 hours per resident per day, 24% below the New Jersey average. With about 173 residents a day, that works out to roughly 294 aide hours a day, or about 37 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New Jersey avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.70 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.63 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.05 | 3.85 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.80 | 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
29.7% of nursing staff at Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, LLC 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 37.0%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 25, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 12 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. Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, LLC holds 3 of 5 overall; the New Jersey average is 3.3.
About Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, LLC
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Marquis Health Services, 87 homes
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, LLC
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Carnegie Post Acute Care at Princeton LLC Princeton | 1.4 | 180 | 2.20 | 3.49 | 52.7% | 4 | None |
| Complete Care at Park Place LLC Monmouth Junction | 3.3 | 94 | 1.71 | 3.05 | 25.8% | 4 | None |
| Stonebridge at Montgomery Health Care Center Skillman | 5.3 | 50 | 2.45 | 4.55 | 47.3% | 3 | $133,000 |
| The Elms Rehab and Healthcare Center of Cranbury Cranbury | 6.1 | 120 | 2.02 | 3.82 | 62.5% | 2 | $57,282 |
| Avalon Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Hamilton | 6.3 | 180 | 1.75 | 3.08 | 31.6% | 1 | $83,672 |
| Clover Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Cente Lawrenceville | 6.3 | 100 | 2.08 | 3.47 | 36.5% | 5 | None |
| Lawrence Rehabilitation Hospital Lawrenceville | 6.7 | 56 | 2.11 | 4.65 | 37.0% | 2 | None |
| Lawrence Rehab & Hcc/The Meadows at Lawrence Lawrenceville | 6.9 | 180 | 2.29 | 3.66 | 37.7% | 2 | $17,345 |
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.