Careone At Wellington is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1974-04-18. 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 (201) 487-4900 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Careone At Wellington 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 79.9/100, placing it #3733 of 14703 facilities nationally and #142 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 Careone At Wellington receives a reported average of 3 hours 37 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 40 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 3 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 54 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 33.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $18,431. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $18,431, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 86.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Careone At Wellington ranks 3733rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 79.9/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within NJ, it ranks 142nd out of 348 nursing homes. In Hackensack, it ranks 1st out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #7,850 nationally and RN hours rank #5,413 nationally (#125 in NJ). Our composite quality score of 79.9/100 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 Hackensack, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_jersey/hackensack/