Continuing Care At Lantern Hill is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2017-07-21. 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) 516-9400 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Continuing Care At Lantern Hill 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 (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 80.3/100, placing it #3562 of 14703 facilities nationally and #134 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 Continuing Care At Lantern Hill receives a reported average of 4 hours 44 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 5 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 57 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 42 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 21 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 28.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 9 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $8,818. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. 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 83.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Continuing Care At Lantern Hill ranks 3562nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 80.3/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within NJ, it ranks 134th out of 348 nursing homes. In New Providence, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,724 nationally and RN hours rank #1,598 nationally (#35 in NJ). Our composite quality score of 80.3/100 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 New Providence, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_jersey/new-providence/