Park Crescent Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

    480 N Walnut St, East Orange, NJ 07017
    • Assisted Living
    • Memory Care
    • Skilled Nursing

    Spotless facility, professional caring staff

    I was very pleased with my loved one's stay - the facility is spotless and smells fresh, rooms are well kept, and the staff are consistently friendly, professional and caring. Nursing and therapy teams were phenomenal (the rehab got Mom back on her feet), social services kept us informed, and meals were appealing. Overall a comfortable, family-type atmosphere I would recommend.

    Loved one of resident
    Jul 2026

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    Amenities

    Healthcare services

    • Activities of daily living assistance
    • Assistance with bathing
    • Assistance with dressing
    • Assistance with transfers
    • Medication management
    • Mental wellness program

    Healthcare staffing

    • 12-16 hour nursing
    • 24-hour call system
    • 24-hour supervision

    Meals and dining

    • Diabetes diet
    • Meal preparation and service
    • Restaurant-style dining
    • Special dietary restrictions

    Room

    • Air-conditioning
    • Cable
    • Fully furnished
    • Housekeeping and linen services
    • Kitchenettes
    • Private bathrooms
    • Telephone
    • Wifi

    Transportation

    • Community operated transportation
    • Transportation arrangement
    • Transportation arrangement (non-medical)

    Common areas

    • Beauty salon
    • Computer center
    • Dining room
    • Fitness room
    • Gaming room
    • Garden
    • Outdoor space
    • Small library
    • Wellness center

    Community services

    • Concierge services
    • Fitness programs
    • Move-in coordination

    Activities

    • Community-sponsored activities
    • Planned day trips
    • Resident-run activities
    • Scheduled daily activities

    Reviews

    4.18·(380)

    Overall rating

    1. 5
    2. 4
    3. 3
    4. 2
    5. 1
    • Care

      4.0
    • Staff

      4.0
    • Meals

      3.2
    • Amenities

      3.7
    • Value

      2.5

    Pros

    • Compassionate, attentive nursing staff
    • Skilled and effective rehabilitation therapists
    • Friendly, welcoming front‑desk and admissions team
    • Clean, well‑maintained interior and rooms
    • Engaging activities and social programming
    • Timely medication administration
    • Consistent housekeeping and linen service
    • Informative social‑work and family‑communication when used
    • Ability to accommodate special diets and meal substitutions
    • Smooth admissions and discharge processes

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and shift‑to‑shift variability
    • Slow call‑light response and delayed assistance
    • Variable staff professionalism and conduct
    • Inconsistent meal quality, temperature, and limited menu variety
    • Inconsistent solicitation of meal preferences and diet coordination
    • Bathroom and room cleaning lapses and sanitation concerns
    • Inconsistent therapy scheduling and unclear rehab timeframes/prognosis
    • Laundry management and personal‑belonging handling gaps
    • Gaps in safety oversight (bedrail maintenance and fall‑risk practices)
    • Communication gaps with families and limited routine updates
    • Pest‑control concerns in some entry or common areas
    • Allegations of theft and financial misconduct
    • Limited physician availability and delayed clinical information

    Summary of reviews

    Park Crescent Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center elicits a mixed but actionable pattern: many families and residents praised clinical caregivers and therapy staff while operational and consistency issues appear recurrent. Strengths center on nursing care and rehabilitation. Numerous reviews describe nurses and therapists as skilled, compassionate, and effective in achieving functional gains. The facility’s activity programming, welcoming reception, and generally clean, well‑maintained environment are also frequently highlighted. Several accounts note smooth admissions and discharge processes, timely medication administration, and social‑work staff who provide useful family updates when engaged.

    At the same time, recurring operational weaknesses affect the resident experience. Staffing levels and shift‑to‑shift variability are common concerns; this manifests as slow call‑light responses, uneven availability of CNAs and nurses, and perceptions that some shifts are less organized than others. Related safety and oversight issues were described, including bedrail maintenance and accessibility of call buttons, which point to gaps in consistent safety practices. Laundry and personal‑belonging management also emerged as a pattern-level issue, with multiple families noting missing or swapped clothing and the need for family oversight.

    Dining and therapy are areas of mixed performance. The rehabilitation program is commonly described as a strong element of the facility, with many residents showing measurable improvement; however, several reviewers reported limited therapy frequency in practice, lack of clear timeframes or prognoses, and uneven communication about therapy goals and expectations. Dining receives widely variable feedback: while some residents enjoy diet‑tailored meals and substitutions, others report inconsistent food temperature, limited menu variety, and meals lacking flavor or freshness. Coordination for special diets is available at times but appears inconsistent across cases.

    Cleanliness and facility condition overall were often praised, yet specific sanitation concerns were raised for bathrooms, some common areas, and occasional odors at entrances or elevators. A few reviewers noted pest‑control concerns in front‑entry areas. Administrative responsiveness is another mixed area: some families described prompt, sincere action from administration and the admissions team, while others experienced delays in communication, missing documentation items, or slow physician availability. Serious individual claims surfaced in a small number of reviews, including allegations of theft and financial misconduct; these are significant and warrant additional inquiry by prospective families.

    Practical takeaways for prospective residents and families: Park Crescent performs well as a rehabilitation‑focused center with dedicated therapists and many compassionate nursing staff. Families who rely on regular, proactive updates or who require strict, consistent oversight of meals, laundry, and safety practices should ask specific operational questions during intake—about staffing patterns by shift, call‑light response times, laundry labeling and tracking, safety checks for rails and fall‑prevention, therapy frequency and measurable goals, and procedures for handling grievances or suspected missing items. Visiting and involving family members appears to improve communication and day‑to‑day oversight in practice. Overall, the facility offers notable clinical strengths paired with operational inconsistencies that can materially affect the resident experience; targeted questions at admission and ongoing communication with administration and social work can help manage those risks.

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    Medicare Ratings

    4·/ 5
    • Overall

    • Health Inspection

    • Staffing

    • Quality Measures

    Ratings from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Care Compare). View on Medicare.gov

    Location

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    Park Crescent Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is located at 480 N Walnut St, East Orange, NJ, 07017.

    About Park Crescent Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center

    Park Crescent Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, also called a nursing home, sits over on 480 North Walnut Street in East Orange, New Jersey, and looks after its residents with a kind and practical approach, focusing both on short-term rehab and longer-term nursing care for older adults and those needing extra medical help, and you'll notice that the place itself looks modern and clean, with high-end touches and comfortable semi-private rooms where folks can settle in, plus outdoor and indoor areas so people have a little space to roam or visit with family. Nurses, therapists, and doctors come around on a regular schedule for care-physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, wound care, and even visits from podiatrists-and there's always an on-call medical doctor plus behavioral psychiatrists if someone needs extra support, and the staff is described as friendly and attentive, always working with family members for admission, follow-up, and questions, since they know how complicated healthcare and insurance can get, especially when you're already not feeling your best. They can handle things like IVs, post-surgical care, rehab after strokes or heart problems, heart-focused services under the Heart SMART program, wound care, tracheotomy or feeding tubes, and high-acuity nursing, and the SMART Rehab Unit gives focused rehab for folks bouncing back from surgeries or accidents, which they developed as part of the Ocean Healthcare Network's programs. There's a good set of activities going on-religious services, outings, education, games, and special events-because the staff there believes people do better when they have something to look forward to and aren't just sitting around, and even though it's a busy place with about 190 beds and up close to 1,000 employees, the motto "one heart many hands" seems to capture how they try to treat each person like family, which you'll sense in the atmosphere and the way the place runs day to day, especially with their attention to privacy, safety, and careful oversight with bed systems and front desk sign-ins for visitors. Amenities include free WiFi, good meals, snack stations, family-style areas for eating and relaxing, plus a big, state-of-the-art gym for physical therapy, and there are language and communication supports including American Sign Language for those needing different ways to connect. They have a Notice of Privacy Practices, an opt-out form for heath information exchange if that matters to you, and specialized care plans so each person gets just the support they need and nothing more. The place can admit folks seven days a week, works with Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and private pay, and in addition to skilled nursing, they offer palliative, dementia, respite, and long-term care-all under one roof-so whether someone's recovering for just a short while or settling in for the foreseeable future, they handle both with experience and a steady hand, aiming to help everyone thrive in their own way in a safe and peaceful place.

    People often ask...

    Park Crescent Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center offers assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 480 N Walnut St, East Orange, NJ 07017.

    No, Park Crescent Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center does not offer respite care. Respite care in assisted living communities provides temporary, short-term relief for primary caregivers by offering professional care for their loved ones. It allows individuals to stay in an assisted living community for a limited time, giving caregivers a break while ensuring residents receive necessary support and assistance with daily activities.

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