Waterfront Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Waterfront Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is a 138-bed for-profit nursing home in Raritan, New Jersey, part of Atlas Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.80 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 19% below the New Jersey average of 2.23, and 34.3% nursing staff turnover (New Jersey average 39.7%).
Waterfront Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
633 State Route 28Raritan, NJ 08869
Somerset 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 Waterfront Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 1.80 hours per resident per day, 19% below the New Jersey average. With about 132 residents a day, that works out to roughly 238 aide hours a day, or about 30 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 6% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New Jersey avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.80 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.79 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.38 | 0.68 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.97 | 3.85 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.78 | 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
34.3% of nursing staff at Waterfront Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center 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 62.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 24, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 2 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. Waterfront Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the New Jersey average is 3.3.
About Waterfront Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Atlas Healthcare, 29 homes
- Legal name: Rivers Edge SNF LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 15, 1972
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Waterfront Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Bridgeway Care and Rehab Center at Bridgewater Bridgewater | 0.0 | 151 | 2.39 | 3.99 | 45.3% | 4 | $7,901 |
| Complete Care at Green Knoll Bridgewater | 1.2 | 176 | 1.92 | 3.10 | 41.9% | 4 | None |
| The Arbor at Laurel Circle Bridgewater | 2.2 | 64 | 2.65 | 4.55 | 31.1% | 5 | $25,857 |
| N J Eastern Star Home Bridgewater | 3.0 | 82 | 2.27 | 4.15 | 29.4% | 5 | None |
| Bridgeway Care and Rehab Center at Hillsborough Hillsborough | 5.3 | 126 | 2.46 | 4.12 | 33.3% | 4 | None |
| Skilled Nursing at Fellowship Village Basking Ridge | 6.0 | 67 | 2.93 | 5.56 | 38.9% | 4 | None |
| Somerset Woods Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Somerset · abuse citation | 6.0 | 148 | 2.46 | 4.19 | 62.4% | 2 | $104,680 |
| Foothill Acres Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Hillsborough | 6.2 | 200 | 2.59 | 4.17 | 39.3% | 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.