Mountainside Skilled Nursing and Rehab: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Mountainside Skilled Nursing and Rehab is a 151-bed for-profit nursing home in Mountainside, New Jersey, part of Best Care Services. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.29 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 3% above the New Jersey average of 2.23, and 33.0% nursing staff turnover (New Jersey average 39.7%).
Mountainside Skilled Nursing and Rehab
1180 Us Highway 22Mountainside, NJ 07092
Union 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 Mountainside Skilled Nursing and Rehab, nurse aides logged 2.29 hours per resident per day, 3% above the New Jersey average. With about 129 residents a day, that works out to roughly 295 aide hours a day, or about 37 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) | 2.29 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.90 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.48 | 0.68 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.67 | 3.85 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.27 | 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
33.0% of nursing staff at Mountainside Skilled Nursing and Rehab 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 54.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 4, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 20 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. Mountainside Skilled Nursing and Rehab holds 3 of 5 overall; the New Jersey average is 3.3.
About Mountainside Skilled Nursing and Rehab
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Best Care Services, 10 homes
- Legal name: Mountainside Nursing and Rehab BHC Operations
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 19, 1988
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Mountainside Skilled Nursing and Rehab
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside Mountainside | 0.8 | 64 | 3.78 | 7.79 | 33.0% | 5 | None |
| Continuing Care at Lantern Hill New Providence | 2.9 | 40 | 3.18 | 5.55 | 23.9% | 3 | $21,645 |
| Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Cranford | 3.0 | 200 | 2.01 | 3.35 | 30.3% | 5 | None |
| Cranford Park Care Cranford | 3.0 | 100 | 2.14 | 3.24 | — | 2 | None |
| Spring Grove Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center New Providence | 3.5 | 106 | 2.18 | 3.56 | 29.5% | 3 | $10,527 |
| Complete Care at Westfield, LLC Westfield | 3.7 | 227 | 2.06 | 3.36 | 45.9% | 4 | None |
| Complete Care at Clark LLC Clark | 3.8 | 140 | 2.06 | 3.49 | 37.8% | 4 | $25,753 |
| South Mountain HC Vauxhall | 3.9 | 195 | 2.36 | 3.76 | 23.4% | 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, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.