Memory care
OPTIMA CARE CASTLE HILL
0.00 reviews · 0 verifiedUNION CITY, NJLic. 315344
JKLRecent citation with immediate-jeopardy / high severity (J/K/L)Source: CMS Health Citations
VBP-SLow SNF VBP readmission measure score (2.6)Source: CMS SNF VBP (PDC)
FINECMS fine: $12,740Source: CMS Penalties
Provided by facility
Optima Care Castle Hill is a premier nursing home located in Union City, NJ, dedicated to providing high-quality care and support to patients. The facility offers a range of services including short-term rehabilitation, long-term nursing care, memory care, hospice and palliative care, and various rehabilitation therapies. With a focus on helping individuals regain strength and independence, the team of experienced healthcare professionals ensures a supportive environment for recovery. The facility also emphasizes community and personal well-being, making it a welcoming place for residents.
TherapiesOn-Site Rehabilitation Services
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Medicare overall
2/5Medicare.gov Care Compare stars are shown for context only. They are never part of the Unbeatable composite score.
Staffing (PBJ)
3.20 total HPRDRN 0.84 · weekend 92%Oct 2025 – Dec 2025
Survey history
8 inspections59 deficiencies on record
Federal IDs
CCN 315344
Overall: 2/5 · Health: 1/5 · Staffing: 3/5 · QM: 5/5
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Recent inspections
Health surveyJan 2026 · CMS1 deficiencies
- F-689SS J — Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Health surveyDec 2025 · CMS1 deficiencies
- F-610SS D — Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Fire safetyMar 2025 · STATE FIRE MARSHAL15 deficiencies
- E-18SS F — Establish procedures for tracking staff and patients during an emergency.
- E-29SS F — Develop a communication plan.
- E-4SS F — Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).
- E-41SS F — Implement emergency and standby power systems.
- K-232SS F — Have corridors or aisles that are unobstructed and are at least 8 feet in width.
- K-281SS F — Install proper backup exit lighting.
- K-293SS F — Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.
- K-311SS F — Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft.
- K-321SS F — Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
- K-353SS F — Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- K-355SS F — Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
- K-363SS E — Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- K-753SS E — Have restrictions on the use of highly flammable decorations.
- K-914SS F — Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.
- K-921SS E — Ensure that testing and maintenance of electrical equipment is performed.
Health surveyMar 2025 · CMS15 deficiencies
- F-550SS E — Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- F-558SS D — Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- F-609SS E — Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- F-610SS E — Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- F-640SS D — Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- F-655SS E — Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- F-656SS D — Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- F-677SS E — Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- F-684SS E — Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- F-688SS E — Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
- F-689SS E — Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- F-690SS E — Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- F-695SS E — Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- F-698SS E — Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- F-812SS F — Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Health surveyFeb 2025 · CMS1 deficiencies
- F-880SS D — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Health surveyAug 2024 · CMS1 deficiencies
- F-921SS D — Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Fire safetyJan 2023 · STATE FIRE MARSHAL12 deficiencies
- K-281SS E — Install proper backup exit lighting.
- K-291SS E — Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
- K-311SS E — Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft.
- K-341SS E — Install a fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility.
- K-351SS E — Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
- K-353SS E — Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- K-355SS E — Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
- K-374SS D — Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.
- K-741SS F — Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
- K-911SS D — Meet requirements for the installation and maintenance of electrical systems.
- K-914SS F — Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.
- K-918SS F — Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Health surveyJan 2023 · CMS13 deficiencies
- F-582SS D — Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
- F-655SS D — Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- F-656SS D — Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- F-657SS D — Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- F-658SS D — Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- F-661SS E — Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge.
- F-676SS D — Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
- F-695SS D — Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- F-757SS D — Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- F-759SS D — Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- F-801SS E — Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
- F-836SS C — Ensure the facility is licensed under applicable State and local law and operates and provides services in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and codes, and with accepted professional standards.
- F-880SS E — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Write a reviewOperated by OPTIMA CARE (privately held) since 1995.
- Jul 2022
operator transition — MENDEL, ERIC
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