Nursing Homes in Union County, NJ
Licensed nursing homes providers across Union County, the cities they are in, and where to get free local help.
Licensed nursing homes providers: 23
Aristacare at Norwood Terrace
Continuing Care at Lantern Hill
Plaza Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
Trinitas Hospital
Cranford Park Care
Complete Care at Clark LLC
South Mountain HC
Complete Care at Woodlands
Mountainside Skilled Nursing and Rehab
Childrens Specialized Hospital Mountainside
Adroit Care Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
Autumn Lake Healthcare at Berkeley Heights
Care Connection Rahway
Complete Care at Westfield, LLC
Elizabeth Nursing and Rehab Center
Cornell Hall Care & Rehabilitation Center
Complete Care at Plainfield LLC
Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
Ashbrook Care & Rehabilitation Center
Elmora Hills Health & Rehabilitation Center
Runnells Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare
Spring Grove Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
Cities in Union County
- Elizabeth · 4
- Plainfield · 3
What federal inspectors recorded here
Union County, NJ has 23 facilities certified by Medicare or Medicaid, as of the CMS penalty file published October 1, 2026. CMS publishes what it fined them, when it stopped paying for new admissions, how many nursing hours they staffed, and what its inspectors wrote up. These are those records counted. A penalty is an enforcement action on a date, not a verdict on the care a resident receives today.
- Facilities with a federal penalty
43%10 of 23 (43%)
A civil money penalty, a payment denial, or both, among the penalties CMS recorded between July 17, 2023 and September 23, 2026.
- Facilities where CMS stopped paying for new admissions
9%2 of 23 (9%)
A payment denial is CMS refusing to pay for newly admitted Medicare and Medicaid residents until the facility corrects the problem it cited.
- Median penalty total, among facilities that were fined
$20,439in fines · 8 facilities
The middle facility's total across every civil money penalty CMS recorded for it in this window, not the amount of a single fine.
- Median nurse staffing hours per resident day
3.51hours · 23 facilities
0.15 hours below the New Jersey median of 3.66 hours.
Total nurse hours per resident per day from payroll records CMS collects, quarter Q2 2026. Staffing is an input, not an outcome.
- Facilities with an inspection citation in the last 12 months
52%12 of 23 (52%)
Counts facilities with at least one deficiency CMS inspectors wrote up in the last 365 days. The most recent one here is dated May 26, 2026. A facility inspected and found compliant records no citation, so this is not a survey date.
These figures cover nursing homes only. CMS keeps these penalty, staffing and inspection records for Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes. Assisted living, memory care and home care agencies are licensed by each state under different rules, so their records are not comparable.
Each share above shows how many facilities it is based on. Where there are too few for a percentage to mean much, we show the count instead. More in our methodology.
Local aging & Medicaid contacts
Long-term care ombudsman
Free help with complaints about care and residents' rights in nursing homes and assisted living.
New Jersey Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
Source: State LTC OmbudsmanArea Agency on Aging
Union County Division on Aging · (908) 527-4870
Source: State aging agencyAging & Disability Resource Center
New Jersey Aging and Disability Resource Connection · 1-877-222-3737
Source: Aging & disability resource centerMedicare counseling (SHIP)
New Jersey State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
Source: Medicare counseling (SHIP)New Jersey Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs
State-level Medicaid waiver contacts (not invented county Medicaid offices). Official agency pages only.
- Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS). New Jersey has no active 1915(c) elderly HCBS waiver on the Medicaid.gov factsheet; elderly / disabled LTSS is delivered through NJ FamilyCare MLTSS under the Comprehensive Demonstration (1115).
Questions families ask
Which cities in Union County have nursing homes listings?
Union County has nursing homes in 2 cities, each listed on this page with its own provider list.
Who do I call about a complaint at a nursing home in Union County?
New Jersey Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is the long-term care ombudsman program serving Union County. It takes complaints about care, safety and residents' rights. Its website is in the contacts section of this page.
Who is the Area Agency on Aging for Union County?
Union County Division on Aging is the Area Agency on Aging covering Union County. Contact details on this page come from official aging-network sources.
How do families in Union County learn about Medicaid long-term care options?
New Jersey runs named Medicaid programs that pay for care at home and in assisted living. This page links to the official state pages for each.
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