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Peace Care St Joseph's: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record

Peace Care St Joseph's is a 139-bed nonprofit nursing home in Jersey City, New Jersey. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.55 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 14% above the New Jersey average of 2.23, and 36.6% nursing staff turnover (New Jersey average 39.7%).

Certified for Medicare and Medicaid · CMS number 315452

Peace Care St Joseph's

537 Pavonia Avenue
Jersey City, NJ 07306
Hudson County
Aide hours per resident a day
2.55
New Jersey average 2.23
Nursing staff turnover
36.6%
New Jersey average 39.7%
Certified beds
139
about 125 residents a day
Fines, last 3 years
21
$170,052 total

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 Peace Care St Joseph's, nurse aides logged 2.55 hours per resident per day, 14% above the New Jersey average. With about 125 residents a day, that works out to roughly 318 aide hours a day, or about 40 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.

Staff hours per resident per day at Peace Care St Joseph's, New Jersey average, and US average
Hours per resident per dayThis homeNew Jersey avgUS avg
Nurse aides (CNAs)2.552.232.32
Licensed practical nurses0.410.930.86
Registered nurses1.090.680.69
All nursing staff4.053.853.86
All nursing staff, weekends3.663.503.42

CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.

Staff turnover

36.6% of nursing staff at Peace Care St Joseph's 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 42.9%. 2 administrators left over the same period.

Nursing staff turnover
36.6%
New Jersey 39.7% · US 45.8%
Registered nurse turnover
42.9%
New Jersey 37.7% · US 42.9%
Administrators who left
2
New Jersey average 0.5

Inspections and penalties

State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 15, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 9 health deficiencies (New Jersey average 8.8). CMS lists 21 fines totaling $170,052 and 1 payment denial in the last three years.

Health deficiencies, latest cycle
9
From complaints
2
Infection-control citations
—
Payment denials, 3 years
1
Fines and payment denials at Peace Care St Joseph's, last three years
Inspection datePenaltyAmount or length
Nov 7, 2024Payment Denial6 days from Feb 7, 2025
Feb 20, 2024Fine$4,938
Feb 12, 2024Fine$4,893
Jan 22, 2024Fine$14,814
Jan 8, 2024Fine$4,938
Jan 2, 2024Fine$4,587
Dec 11, 2023Fine$13,762
Nov 20, 2023Fine$4,587
Nov 13, 2023Fine$4,587
Nov 6, 2023Fine$4,587
Oct 30, 2023Fine$4,587
Oct 23, 2023Fine$4,587
Oct 17, 2023Fine$4,587
Oct 10, 2023Fine$4,587
Oct 2, 2023Fine$4,587
Sep 25, 2023Fine$4,587
Sep 18, 2023Fine$4,587
Sep 11, 2023Fine$4,587
Sep 5, 2023Fine$4,545
Aug 28, 2023Fine$4,587
Aug 22, 2023Fine$57,944
Aug 21, 2023Fine$4,587

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. Peace Care St Joseph's holds 4 of 5 overall; the New Jersey average is 3.3.

Overall
4 of 5
Health inspections
3 of 5
Staffing
4 of 5
Quality measures
5 of 5

About Peace Care St Joseph's

  • Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
  • Legal name: Margaret Anna Cusack Care Center,inc
  • Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 1, 1997
  • Councils: resident council
  • Area: urban

Nursing homes near Peace Care St Joseph's

The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.

Nursing homes near Peace Care St Joseph's. Column headers sort the table.
Alaris Health at Hamilton Park
Jersey City
0.62602.183.6457.5%4None
Optima Care Harborview
Jersey City
0.91801.823.04100.0%3$13,674
Hoboken University Medical Center Tcu
Hoboken
1.4152.766.2626.3%5None
Acclaim Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
Jersey City
2.61831.783.0545.7%4None
Optima Care Castle Hill
Union City
2.82152.283.6042.2%2$8,281
West Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
New York
2.81052.674.3631.6%5$5,300
Peace Care St Ann's
Jersey City
3.11202.443.9137.8%2None
Manhattanview Ctr for Rehabilitation and Healthcar
Union City
3.11271.903.3744.2%4None

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.