Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center

    3325 Hwy 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730
    • Skilled Nursing

    Warm, professional, attentive, compassionate team

    I had a very positive experience - staff were warm, professional, and attentive, and the nursing and therapy care helped my loved one improve. The facility was spotless, meals were good, activities kept residents engaged, and I'm grateful for the compassionate team.

    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

    4.84·(96)

    Overall rating

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

      4.8
    • Staff

      4.8
    • Meals

      3.7
    • Amenities

      4.1
    • Value

      4.7

    Pros

    • Compassionate, attentive staff
    • Strong rehabilitation and therapy services
    • Clean, well-maintained facility and grounds
    • Welcoming, family-like atmosphere
    • Engaging activities and entertainment program
    • Supportive admissions and front-desk teams
    • Personalized, patient-centered nursing care
    • Reliable housekeeping and maintenance
    • Positive, often high-quality dining
    • Emotional support and family communication
    • Clinically competent hospice and social-work support
    • Updated common areas and pleasant entry

    Cons

    • Sanitation and odor concerns in some common areas
    • Inconsistent dining quality across stays
    • Variability in staff conduct and safety oversight
    • Medication-management and family-communication gaps
    • Limited resident room size and guest seating
    • Parking availability constraints
    • Renovation-related space disruptions
    • Occasional variability in care responsiveness

    Summary of reviews

    Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center elicits a broadly positive impression in areas of direct care, therapy, housekeeping and family support. Families and residents consistently describe staff as kind, patient and attentive; multiple accounts highlight emotional support from social workers and admissions personnel, and praise for front-desk responsiveness. Nursing and aide teams are frequently characterized as compassionate and patient-centered, which provides families with a sense of reassurance and continuity. Clinical rehabilitation services — particularly physical and occupational therapy — are noted as a clear strength, with several families attributing measurable recovery progress to the facility’s therapy programs.

    Housekeeping and facility maintenance receive regular commendation: reviewers often describe the grounds and public areas as clean and well cared for, and many note updated common spaces, a welcoming entry, and pleasant lounges. The facility’s activity program is another recurrent positive, with daily programming (arts and crafts, bingo, entertainers, religious reading groups) and social opportunities contributing to a family-like atmosphere. Admissions and administrative staff are also singled out for supportive interactions and straightforward communication during transitions.

    Dining impressions are generally favorable, with numerous references to good or even delicious meals; however, reviewers also indicate variability in food quality across different stays. Several operational issues emerge as recurring concerns: sanitation and odor concerns in particular common areas, intermittent gaps in medication-management communication with families, and variability in staff conduct and responsiveness. While many families describe excellent care, a small number of accounts raise serious care-quality and safety concerns; these have been framed by reviewers as problems with oversight and staff behavior rather than isolated logistics, and therefore suggest areas for management attention.

    Facility layout and logistics present practical limitations for some families. Multiple comments point to small resident rooms, limited guest seating and constrained common-area capacity; parking availability and temporary disruptions related to renovation work were also mentioned. Taken together, the pattern in reviews suggests a facility that delivers strong clinical rehabilitation and a compassionate, family-oriented culture, supported by reliable housekeeping and an active events program, but with operational areas that would benefit from focused improvement — specifically sanitation consistency, staff conduct oversight, medication-communication practices, and physical-space constraints.

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    Medicare Ratings

    5·/ 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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    Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center is located at 3325 Hwy 35, Hazlet, NJ, 07730.

    About Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center

    Anchor Care And Rehabilitation Center sits over on Route 35 in Hazlet, New Jersey, sharing ties with Excelsior Care Group, and it's been helping seniors for more than twenty-five years now with both short-term rehab for those who need a step between hospital and home plus long-term care for the frail and elderly who can't do without full-time nursing help, and when someone needs mental health services, they've got those too. The place covers everything from specialized therapies like cardiopulmonary rehab, pulmonary rehab, peritoneal dialysis, and spinal rehab, to regular help with personal care, medication, mobility, and meal needs around the clock, so folks don't have to worry about getting left alone or not having someone nearby in case they need a hand, plus there's always a Nursing Manager on site making sure trained nurses, doctors, therapists, and healthcare staff can keep up with each person's needs.

    The center has a good number of staff, somewhere between 51 and 200 people, with a reported nurse turnover rate of 56.5%, and a nurse spends about 3.33 hours a day with each resident, who usually number about 153 out of 170 available beds on any regular day. People stay in two-bedroom apartments or shared rooms, with their own bathrooms and things like internet, cable TV, air conditioning, kitchenettes, and phones, so conditions are meant to be both safe and a bit like home, and security measures keep people from wandering off - which helps a lot when memory or mental troubles are a concern.

    Amenities try to make life comfortable, with daily activities like music therapy, art classes, and group projects such as pumpkin painting, and when it comes to getting around or joining community events, transportation options are available. Dietary needs get managed too, even special ones like diabetes, and help comes for handling every daily need, big or small, any time of day or night. The place tries to mix a warm, caring atmosphere with steady professional medical care in a way that keeps residents engaged and as independent as possible.

    Anchor Care's history does include documented deficiencies, with 18 total violations found in past inspections, including infection control concerns, issues with safeguarding medical records, and gaps in both nursing services and care planning. Some inspection delays have happened, with the last big checkup more than two years ago, which is longer than usual rules call for. The company runs for profit and stays open about its ups and downs, trying to improve over time, and plenty of testimonials from residents talk about compassionate care, though the public record does show both strong efforts and areas to keep working on.

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    Anchor Care and Rehabilitation Center offers skilled nursing.

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    The full address for this community is 3325 Hwy 35, Hazlet, NJ 07730.

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