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76/100AVANT REHABILITATION AND CARE CENTER Inspection Report, Violations & Safety Grade (TRENTON, New Jersey)
1314 BRUNSWICK AVENUE, TRENTON, New Jersey 08638
Phone: 6096569291
CMS Overall:4/5
Overview & Bed Count
Certified Beds
149
Avg Residents/Day
139.3
Ownership
For profit - Individual
Provider Type
Medicare and Medicaid
County
Mercer
Sprinkler Systems
Yes
Special Focus
None
Abuse Icon
No
CMS Star Ratings
Overall4/5
Health3/5
Staffing3/5
Quality5/5
Nurse Staffing Check
| Metric | This Facility | New Jersey Avg | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RN Hours per Resident per Day | 0.25 | 0.70 | -0.45 |
| Total Nurse Hours per Resident per Day | 3.29 | 3.90 | -0.62 |
| CMS Staffing Rating | 3/5 | 3.2/5 | - |
| Nursing Staff Turnover | 46.3% | 39.3% | - |
Health Citation History
52 health citations on record
| Date | Category | Description | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-28 | Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2025-08-28 | Resident Rights Deficiencies | Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2025-08-28 | Resident Rights Deficiencies | Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2025-08-28 | Resident Rights Deficiencies | Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2025-08-28 | Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2025-08-28 | Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2025-08-28 | Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies | Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2025-08-28 | Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies | Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2025-08-28 | Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies | Post nurse staffing information every day. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2024-03-21 | Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | E – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2024-03-21 | Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies | Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | E – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2024-03-21 | Resident Rights Deficiencies | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2024-03-21 | Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2024-03-21 | Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies | Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2024-03-21 | Infection Control Deficiencies | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | L – Immediate Jeopardy |
| 2022-10-12 | Administration Deficiencies | Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. | L – Immediate Jeopardy |
| 2022-10-12 | Infection Control Deficiencies | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | L – Immediate Jeopardy |
| 2022-10-12 | Infection Control Deficiencies | Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff. | L – Immediate Jeopardy |
| 2022-10-12 | Infection Control Deficiencies | Ensure staff are vaccinated for COVID-19 | L – Immediate Jeopardy |
| 2022-10-12 | Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies | Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies | Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Administration Deficiencies | 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 – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies | Designate a physician to serve as medical director responsible for implementation of resident care policies and coordination of medical care in the facility. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Administration Deficiencies | Have an agreement with at least one or more hospitals certified by Medicare or Medicaid to make sure residents can be moved quickly to the hospital when they need medical care. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Administration Deficiencies | Hire a qualified full-time social worker in a facility with more than 120 beds. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Administration Deficiencies | Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Administration Deficiencies | Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Infection Control Deficiencies | Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Resident Rights Deficiencies | Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made. | E – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Resident Rights Deficiencies | 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. | E – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies | Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months. | E – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | E – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | E – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies | Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. | E – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies | Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. | E – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Pharmacy Service Deficiencies | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | E – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Pharmacy Service Deficiencies | 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. | E – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Resident Rights Deficiencies | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies | Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies | 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. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Infection Control Deficiencies | Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Infection Control Deficiencies | Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Environmental Deficiencies | Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Resident Rights Deficiencies | Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. | C – Minimal Harm Potential |
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Fire Safety Citation History
14 fire safety citations on record
| Date | Category | Description | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-28 | Egress Deficiencies | 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. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2025-08-28 | Smoke Deficiencies | Provide properly protected cooking facilities. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2025-08-28 | Smoke Deficiencies | Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2025-08-28 | Smoke Deficiencies | Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2025-08-28 | Smoke Deficiencies | Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Emergency Preparedness Deficiencies | Establish methods for sharing information. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Emergency Preparedness Deficiencies | Provide a means of sharing information on occupancy/needs. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Emergency Preparedness Deficiencies | Establish staff and initial training requirements. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Smoke Deficiencies | Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes. | F – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Smoke Deficiencies | Install an approved automatic sprinkler system. | E – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Services Deficiencies | Have elevators that firefighters can control in the event of a fire. | E – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems Deficiencies | Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds. | E – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Smoke Deficiencies | Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
| 2022-10-12 | Smoke Deficiencies | Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes. | D – Moderate Harm Potential |
Total Penalties & Fines
$0
Total Fine Amount (CMS)
0
Number of Fines
0
Total Penalties
No penalty records found.
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