West Caldwell Care Center

    165 Fairfield Ave, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
    • Independent Living
    • Assisted Living
    • Skilled Nursing

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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

    4.10·(252)

    Overall rating

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

      3.4
    • Staff

      3.8
    • Meals

      2.4
    • Amenities

      2.9
    • Value

      1.0

    Pros

    • Compassionate and attentive nursing staff
    • Strong physical and occupational therapy program
    • Engaging recreation and activities schedule
    • Helpful concierge and admissions support
    • Consistently clean rooms and proactive housekeeping
    • Effective rehabilitation outcomes for many residents
    • Dedicated individual aides and LPNs recognized for exceptional care
    • On-site salon and organized resident events
    • Friendly front-desk and customer-service personnel

    Cons

    • Inconsistent staffing levels and weekend coverage
    • Delayed response to call lights and alarm notifications
    • Gaps in wound and skin-care protocols
    • Inconsistent medication timing and administration monitoring
    • Inconsistent infection-control practices
    • Variable meal quality and unreliable meal-service timing
    • Maintenance and environmental-upkeep deficiencies
    • Weak family communication and care coordination
    • High staff turnover and low morale
    • Inconsistent housekeeping and sanitation in some areas
    • Security and safety-monitoring gaps
    • Unreliable discharge planning and therapy scheduling

    Summary of reviews

    The reviews present a mixed picture of care and operations. Positive accounts emphasize competent rehabilitation services, attentive bedside staff, and an active recreation program. Physical and occupational therapy are frequently cited as strengths, and several individual staff members — including front-desk, concierge, and specific CNAs/LPNs — receive repeated commendation. Housekeeping and many patient rooms are described as clean, and family-facing services such as admissions and concierge support earn favorable mentions. The facility offers a range of resident activities, an on-site salon, and events that contribute to social engagement for many residents.

    Conversely, a consistent pattern of operational concerns appears across the feedback. Staffing levels and weekend coverage are described as uneven, and there are frequent accounts of slow or delayed responses to call lights and alarms. These responsiveness issues are linked in several accounts to lapses in skin and wound care, missed or late medications, and inconsistent delivery of promised therapy sessions. Reviewers also highlight variability in infection-control practices and incontinence-care timeliness, which families cited as contributing to clinical complications for some residents.

    Dining and environmental management show variability. Meal quality and timing are inconsistent in numerous accounts, with instances of late service and temperature or portion concerns noted alongside positive reports of adequate meals. Facility upkeep is uneven: while many areas are described as clean and well-maintained, others have maintenance deficits, odor concerns, dated decor, and temperature-control issues. Safety and security monitoring gaps — for example, unsecured entry points or poorly managed drills — were raised in multiple accounts and merit attention.

    Management and communication practices are another area of divergence. Some families describe responsive administrators and effective coordination; others describe poor communication, delayed family notification during clinical events, and weak discharge planning. Reviewers point to high staff turnover and low morale as underlying contributors to inconsistent care quality. Taken together, the pattern is one of variability between units, shifts, and individual staff: some residents receive attentive, effective care and meaningful therapy, while others experience delays and operational lapses that affect outcomes.

    For prospective residents and families: the facility demonstrates real strengths in rehabilitation, activities, and in the efforts of dedicated staff members. At the same time, operational weaknesses around staffing consistency, responsiveness, wound and medication protocols, meal service, and maintenance create measurable risk for residents with higher medical needs. Families considering placement should verify staffing coverage for the unit and shifts of interest, confirm therapy schedules in writing, ask about wound-care and infection-control protocols, and establish clear communication expectations with the care team. Regular in-person monitoring and proactive engagement with management are advised to help ensure care needs are met.

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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

    West Caldwell Care Center is located at 165 Fairfield Ave, West Caldwell, NJ, 07006.

    About West Caldwell Care Center

    West Caldwell Care Center sits on Fairfield Avenue over there in West Caldwell, New Jersey, and you'll find that the place does tours for visitors, so you can meet the staff and residents and get a feel for it yourself, which a lot of folks appreciate because you like to know what you're getting into, and as far as payment, they take Medicaid only, which matters if you're sorting out finances. The facility has nurses on staff, along with folks trained specially in mental health care, so they're ready if someone has more than general medical needs, and all of the staff go through a training and qualifications program, because you want people who know what they're doing, and you'll notice the staff speak English but also come from different backgrounds, which some families see as welcoming.

    You'll find a full list of amenities, including meals planned with diet and nutrition in mind, various therapies, a dining room, fitness and wellness programs, a salon, and all sorts of games, recreation, hobbies, social and spiritual activities, so there's usually something going on whichever day you come by, even if sometimes people say the food isn't always the best. Nursing home services are available along with clinical care, and if you need home care, you can even book appointments with them, and they've got things like My Adult Foster Care, My Adult Home Care, My Senior Care Hub, and My Adult Behavior, which are their own programs. There's even technical features like electronic visit verification (EVV) that help keep track of visits and care, and they encourage family engagement, so families stay involved. Activities and transportation are part of the mix, and the place stays pretty clean-people mention that a lot.

    For medical needs, the Center offers everything from acute care to long-term care, subacute and orthopedic rehab, stroke recovery, wound care, hospice, renal and even on-site dialysis using new technology, so people don't have to travel for treatments. They also offer memory care for dementia or Alzheimer's, plus cardiac and respiratory care for folks dealing with heart or lung problems, and therapy staff get mentioned for being helpful and knowledgeable, which is important when you need extra assistance, and you'll find social workers and aides who do their best to be accommodating even when things get busy. There are physical therapy, recovery, and rehabilitation services, and the general feeling is the staff try hard to make everyone feel like part of a family, with leadership taking a hands-on approach and trying to build real relationships, and even though there are complaints now and then, most say the center does what it can to support seniors in need.

    The hours run from Monday through Saturday, 8 in the morning until 5 in the evening-they're closed on Sundays though-and visiting hours go from 8 in the morning to 8 at night, so families have a fair bit of time to stop in. There's a food program (CACFP) too, and remote patient monitoring through tele-health, along with care management, so people get help staying on top of their health. Altogether, West Caldwell Care Center provides a range of care and clinical services, and while no place is perfect, for families looking for Medicaid-only options and various therapy and medical programs, it covers a lot of ground and aims to make things as supportive as it can.

    People often ask...

    West Caldwell Care Center offers independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 165 Fairfield Ave, West Caldwell, NJ 07006.

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