Memory care
OPTIMA CARE HARBORVIEW
0.00 reviews · 0 verifiedJERSEY CITY, NJLic. 315310
VBP-SLow SNF VBP readmission measure score (3.4)Source: CMS SNF VBP (PDC)
FINECMS fine: $13,674Source: CMS Penalties
Provided by facility
Optima Care Harborview, located in Jersey City, New Jersey, provides a supportive environment for both short-term rehabilitation and long-term care residents. The facility emphasizes personalized care, ensuring that each resident's unique needs and preferences are met. With a range of services including memory care, nursing care, and rehabilitation, the community is dedicated to fostering a sense of belonging and well-being for its residents.
TherapiesOn-Site Rehabilitation Services
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Medicare overall
3/5Medicare.gov Care Compare stars are shown for context only. They are never part of the Unbeatable composite score.
Staffing (PBJ)
3.38 total HPRDRN 0.70 · weekend 93%Oct 2025 – Dec 2025
Survey history
7 inspections55 deficiencies on record
Federal IDs
CCN 315310
Overall: 3/5 · Health: 2/5 · Staffing: 2/5 · QM: 5/5
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Recent inspections
Fire safetyJan 2026 · STATE FIRE MARSHAL3 deficiencies
- K-311SS F — Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft.
- K-324SS F — Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- K-355SS F — Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
Health surveyJan 2026 · CMS14 deficiencies
- F-658SS D — Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- F-686SS D — Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- F-693SS E — Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- F-695SS D — Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- F-698SS D — Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- F-732SS D — Post nurse staffing information every day.
- F-760SS D — Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- F-761SS D — Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- F-803SS D — Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
- F-836SS D — 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-838SS F — Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
- F-880SS E — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F-921SS E — Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- F-944SS E — Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.
Health surveyNov 2025 · CMS1 deficiencies
- F-558SS D — Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Fire safetySep 2024 · STATE FIRE MARSHAL13 deficiencies
- E-30SS F — List the names and contact information of those in the facility.
- K-161SS F — Use approved construction type or materials.
- K-291SS F — Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
- 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-345SS F — Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- K-353SS F — Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- K-363SS F — Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- K-372SS F — Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
- K-531SS F — Have elevators that firefighters can control in the event of a fire.
- K-741SS E — Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
- K-912SS F — Have power receptacles that are properly grounded.
- K-918SS F — Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- K-923SS F — Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
Health surveySep 2024 · CMS4 deficiencies
- F-580SS D — Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- F-610SS D — Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- F-645SS D — PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- F-806SS D — Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
Fire safetySep 2022 · STATE FIRE MARSHAL9 deficiencies
- K-211SS F — Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.
- K-222SS E — Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
- K-281SS E — Install proper backup exit lighting.
- K-353SS F — Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- K-363SS E — Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- K-521SS F — Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- K-531SS F — Have elevators that firefighters can control in the event of a fire.
- K-918SS F — Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- K-923SS E — Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.
Health surveySep 2022 · CMS11 deficiencies
- F-558SS D — Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- F-584SS D — Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- F-640SS D — Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- 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 E — Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- F-689SS D — Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- F-698SS D — Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- F-711SS E — Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
- F-755SS D — Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- F-849SS D — Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
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Write a reviewOperated by OPTIMA CARE (privately held) since 1992.
- Dec 2021
operator transition — MENDEL, ERIC
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST (100%) — MENDEL, ERIC