Grove Park Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1974-12-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (973) 672-1700 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Grove Park Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 82.9/100, placing it #2434 of 14703 facilities nationally and #87 of 348 in New Jersey. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Grove Park Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 21 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 34 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 25 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 22 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 59 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 30.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 10 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $120,198. 9 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 79.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Grove Park Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center ranks 2434th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 82.9/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within NJ, it ranks 87th out of 348 nursing homes. In East Orange, it ranks 1st out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #10,635 nationally and RN hours rank #7,419 nationally (#177 in NJ). Our composite quality score of 82.9/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in East Orange, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_jersey/east-orange/