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Aristacare At Cedar Oaks

1311 Durham Avenue, South Plainfield, NJ 070807322879555Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability companyCertified beds: 230Avg. daily residents: 203Chain: Aristacare (9 facilities)County: Middlesex
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The complete public record on Aristacare At Cedar Oaks, a Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing home in South Plainfield, New Jersey, from the CMS Care Compare database (August 2026 release). Every figure below is published by federal regulators; ClearPath adds the state comparisons and the plain-English reading.

CMS Star Ratings

Overall rating
★★☆☆☆
CMS’s composite of the three ratings below. New Jersey average: 3.3 stars.
Health inspection
★☆☆☆☆
Based on the last three years of on-site inspections and complaint investigations — the rating CMS weights most heavily.
Staffing
★★★☆☆
Nurse and aide hours per resident per day, adjusted for how much care residents need, plus staff turnover.
Quality measures
★★★★★
Clinical outcomes CMS tracks, such as falls with injury, pressure ulcers and hospital readmissions.
Aristacare At Cedar Oaks holds a 2-star overall rating, in the bottom two tiers CMS assigns. Its health-inspection rating is lower than its overall rating — the overall score is being lifted by staffing or quality-measure ratings, which draw partly on facility-reported data. None of this tells you whether a bed is open, whether your insurance is in network, or whether the facility will accept a given level of care — confirm those three directly with the facility before you commit.

Staffing

3.21 total nurse staff hours per resident per day
below the state average (3.85)
0.56 RN hours per resident per day
below the state average (0.68)
2.90 weekend nurse staff hours per resident per day
26.1% total nursing staff turnover
below the state average (39.7)
25.0% RN turnover
0 administrators left in the reporting period

Hours are per resident per day, from payroll-based journal data facilities submit to CMS. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over the past year.

Inspections & Penalties

April 15, 2026 most recent standard health inspection
11 health deficiencies cited in the most recent inspection cycle
above the state average (8.7)
7 health deficiencies in the two prior cycles combined
$0 in federal fines across 0 penalties (last 3 years)
0 payment denials
CMS withholding Medicare/Medicaid payment for new admissions until problems were fixed

Recent Inspection Citations

28 citations on record across recent inspections, 1 at the actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy level. Showing the most recent inspection. Severity uses CMS’s A–L scope-and-severity scale; G and above means residents were actually harmed.

InspectionTagWhat was citedSeverity
April 15, 20260812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with…F · Potential for more than minimal harm
April 15, 20260880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.F · Potential for more than minimal harm
April 15, 20260550Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
April 15, 20260558Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
April 15, 20260607Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
April 15, 20260656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
April 15, 20260686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
April 15, 20260695Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
April 15, 20260755Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
April 15, 20260756Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting…D · Potential for more than minimal harm

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Source: CMS Care Compare (data.cms.gov), August 2026 monthly release. Figures are as published by CMS and change monthly; ClearPath refreshes automatically. ClearPath Senior Guide is an independent information service, accepts no referral fees or placement incentives from any facility, and does not recommend facilities. Verify current details with the facility.