Wedgwood Gardens Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Wedgwood Gardens Care Center is a 151-bed for-profit nursing home in Freehold, New Jersey. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.66 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 26% below the New Jersey average of 2.23, and 35.8% nursing staff turnover (New Jersey average 39.7%).
Wedgwood Gardens Care Center
3419 Highway 9Freehold, NJ 07728
Monmouth 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 Wedgwood Gardens Care Center, nurse aides logged 1.66 hours per resident per day, 26% below the New Jersey average. With about 110 residents a day, that works out to roughly 183 aide hours a day, or about 23 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 18% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New Jersey avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.66 | 2.23 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.70 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.64 | 0.68 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 2.99 | 3.85 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.46 | 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
35.8% of nursing staff at Wedgwood Gardens Care 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 31.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 19, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 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. Wedgwood Gardens Care Center holds 4 of 5 overall; the New Jersey average is 3.3.
About Wedgwood Gardens Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Partnership
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 17, 2008
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Wedgwood Gardens Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| The Manor Freehold | 2.0 | 123 | 2.38 | 4.14 | 23.9% | 4 | None |
| The Jewish Home for Rehabilitation and Nursing Freehold | 2.1 | 150 | 2.14 | 3.82 | 32.6% | 5 | None |
| Applewood Village, Inc Freehold | 2.7 | 60 | 2.78 | 5.73 | 22.8% | 5 | None |
| Allaire Rehab & Nursing Freehold · SFF candidate · abuse citation | 2.9 | 174 | 3.15 | 4.87 | 50.8% | 1 | $198,526 |
| Bartley Nursing & Rehab Jackson | 6.4 | 234 | 2.42 | 3.86 | 53.9% | 5 | None |
| Excel Care at Manalapan Manalapan | 7.3 | 132 | 1.80 | 2.94 | 50.6% | 2 | $63,238 |
| Aster Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Tinton Falls | 9.1 | 100 | 1.97 | 3.29 | 43.1% | 3 | $300,966 |
| Roosevelt Care Center At Old Bridge Old Bridge | 9.7 | 180 | 2.59 | 4.56 | 31.4% | 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.