Little Brook Nursing And Convalescent Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2001-02-01. 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 (908) 832-2220 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Little Brook Nursing And Convalescent Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 32.0/100, placing it #14687 of 14703 facilities nationally and #348 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 Little Brook Nursing And Convalescent Home receives a reported average of 3 hours 31 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 50 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 50 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 51 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 18 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 60.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $495,198. 15 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 4 fine(s) totaling $495,198, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 697.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Little Brook Nursing And Convalescent Home ranks 14687th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 32.0/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within NJ, it ranks 348th out of 348 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,888 nationally and RN hours rank #3,275 nationally (#73 in NJ). Our composite quality score of 32.0/100 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 Califon, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_jersey/califon/