Mostly short-term rehab stays
Most residents typically stay for a few weeks or months before returning home or moving on.
New residents most often arrive under Medicare (39% of admissions), and a typical Medicare stay runs around 1 months.
Birchwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center operates as a 200-bed nursing home in Cranford, serving short-term and subacute patients at 94% occupancy. The location’s walk score of 95 puts it squarely in one of New Jersey’s most walkable areas, which matters if you have family who’ll visit on foot or if the resident values neighborhood access. The average stay of 83 days tells you it’s oriented toward rehabilitation rather than permanent residence.
The nursing presence is distributed across roles. Residents get about 3 hours and 13 minutes of total nursing care per resident daily, split among registered nurses (24 minutes), nurse aides (2 hours 3 minutes), and LPNs or LVNs (54 minutes). The layering across RN oversight, aide support, and licensed practical staff is the infrastructure you’re looking at for 24-hour operations in a facility of this size.
Birchwood runs subacute rehabilitation and on-site dialysis, which streamlines care for those conditions and avoids sending people elsewhere for treatment. Respite care rounds out the service line for families needing short-term placement. The amenities aren’t luxury; a gym, a salon, TV, and WiFi are the practical scaffolding that lets people move through recovery without feeling warehoused. Dining centers on home-cooked meals with customizable menus, and the facility maintains activity programming alongside religious and cultural services.
On payment, it’s the standard triangle: Medicare, Medicaid, private pay. That coverage mix means the facility serves a demographic range.
Inspections over the past six years show a facility that’s moved toward compliance. More recent surveys cleared deficiency findings, while older inspections flagged food safety, infection control, resident care documentation, and life safety code issues; these are the kinds of operational friction points that accumulate in healthcare settings.
That Birchwood has addressed prior flags suggests an administration paying attention to what regulators find and responding to it. It’s not a facility without a history, but the trend is readable and sensible.
Birchwood Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center is administered by Jeffrey Lew.
Cranford Holdco LLC
In New Jersey, the Department of Health, Health Facilities Evaluation and Licensing conducts mandatory unannounced surveys to ensure facilities provide safe and effective resident care.
Deficiencies
| This Facility | NJ Average | vs. NJ Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
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Total deficiencies
| 33 | 18 | This facility has 83% more total deficiencies than a typical New Jersey nursing home (33 vs. NJ avg 18).↑ 83% worse |
Inspections
| This Facility | NJ Average | vs. NJ Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
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Total inspections
| 11 | 9 | This facility has had 22% more total inspections than the New Jersey average (11 vs. NJ avg 9). More inspections can mean more regulatory scrutiny rather than worse care.↑ 22% more |
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Routine inspections
| 8 | 4 | This facility has had 100% more routine inspections than the New Jersey average (8 vs. NJ avg 4). More inspections can mean more regulatory scrutiny rather than worse care.↑ 100% more |
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Complaint investigations
| 3 | 3 | This facility has complaint investigations in line with the New Jersey average (3 vs. NJ avg 3).— At avg |
Federal inspection data published by CMS, covering this home's Medicare and/or Medicaid-certified skilled-nursing/nursing beds only.
State average 4
Last Health inspection on Nov 2024
State average 20.9
State average 5.35
Health citations are formal notices following inspections when they fail to comply with safety and care standards.
20 of 24 citations resulted from standard inspections; 1 of 24 resulted from complaint investigations; and 3 of 24 came from combined inspections (standard and complaint).
State average: 0.7
State average: 0.4
Reporting period: October 1 – December 31, 2025 (Q4 2025). Source: CMS Payroll-Based Journal report.
Manages medical care and health needs.
Assists with medical care and medications.
Helps with daily care and mobility.
Total hours from contractors
5,237 contractor hours this quarter
| Certified Nursing Assistant | 91 | 0 | 91 | 35,160 | 92 | 100% | 8.1 |
| Licensed Practical Nurse | 44 | 0 | 44 | 14,903 | 92 | 100% | 8 |
| Registered Nurse | 11 | 10 | 21 | 3,273 | 92 | 100% | 8.5 |
| Other Dietary Services Staff | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2,501 | 92 | 100% | 7 |
| Clinical Nurse Specialist | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2,472 | 91 | 99% | 7.9 |
| RN Director of Nursing | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2,280 | 76 | 83% | 8 |
| Speech Language Pathologist | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1,358 | 77 | 84% | 7.1 |
| Physical Therapy Assistant | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1,083 | 76 | 83% | 7 |
| Physical Therapy Aide | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1,063 | 81 | 88% | 7.2 |
| Respiratory Therapy Technician | 0 | 10 | 10 | 819 | 82 | 89% | 6.2 |
| Occupational Therapy Aide | 2 | 0 | 2 | 742 | 65 | 71% | 8.3 |
| Mental Health Service Worker | 4 | 0 | 4 | 697 | 61 | 66% | 7.5 |
| Qualified Social Worker | 0 | 5 | 5 | 572 | 66 | 72% | 6.4 |
| Nurse Practitioner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 512 | 64 | 70% | 8 |
| Administrator | 1 | 0 | 1 | 488 | 61 | 66% | 8 |
| Dietitian | 1 | 0 | 1 | 464 | 58 | 63% | 8 |
| Medical Director | 0 | 3 | 3 | 150 | 28 | 30% | 4.1 |
| Occupational Therapy Assistant | 0 | 1 | 1 | 86 | 13 | 14% | 6.6 |
| Qualified Activities Professional | 0 | 2 | 2 | 84 | 21 | 23% | 4 |
Federal penalties imposed by CMS for regulatory violations, including civil money penalties (fines) and denials of payment for new Medicare/Medicaid admissions.
Source: CMS Penalties Database
No penalties in the past 3 years
No civil money penalties or payment denials were reported in the last 3 years.
These measures show how residents usually do over time at this home, based on health outcomes and preventive care.
39% of new residents, usually for short-term rehab.
37% of new residents, often for short stays.
23% of new residents, often for long-term daily care.
Source: CMS Long-Term Care Facility Characteristics (Data as of Jan 2026)
Residents meet regularly to discuss policies, care quality, and activities
Organized group of residents that meets regularly to discuss facility policies, quality of life, and activities.
Historical financial and operational data for Birchwood Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center from 2012–2023, based on CMS SNF Cost Reports.
Key figures below are for fiscal year ending in 12/2023.
Based on CMS SNF Cost Report for fiscal year ending in 12/2023.
Most residents typically stay for a few weeks or months before returning home or moving on.
New residents most often arrive under Medicare (39% of admissions), and a typical Medicare stay runs around 1 months.
Coverage residents most often arrive under.
Coverage residents most often leave under.
0.1 miles from city center
Estimated distance in miles from Cranford's city center to Birchwood Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center's address, calculated via Google Maps.
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Info below is compiled from CMS reports & the NJ Dept. of Health (NJDOH), senior community websites & trusted data sources such as Walk Score & BBB.
Communities are listed from highest to lowest based on our ranking methodology.
| Job Haines Home | NH AL HC RC SNF | Bloomfield | 40
Facility
40
NJ AVG
125
Rank
#529 / 560 |
97.5%
Facility
97.5%
NJ AVG
74.5
Rank
#15 / 478 | +31% | 6.31
Facility
6.31
NJ AVG
3.88
Rank
#3 / 284 | -2% | +63% | $0
Facility
$0
NJ AVG
$76.4k
Rank
#1 / 287 | 4
Facility
4
NJ AVG
20.9
Rank
#7 / 286 | 1.3
Facility
1.3
NJ AVG
5.3
Rank
#4 / 286 | - | 39 | - |
85
Facility
85
NJ AVG
48
Rank
#62 / 629 | Noreen Haveron | $11.8MFiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
$11.8MFiscal year ending 12/2023
NJ AVG
$17.8M
Rank
#205 / 257 | $12.4MFiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
$12.4MFiscal year ending 12/2023
NJ AVG
$8.7M
Rank
#32 / 257 | 105.4%Fiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
105.4%Fiscal year ending 12/2023
NJ AVG
51.1%
Rank
#6 / 257 | 315392 | ||||
| Fellowship Village | NH AL HC HOS IL MC SNF | Basking Ridge | 67
Facility
67
NJ AVG
125
Rank
#470 / 560 |
86.6%
Facility
86.6%
NJ AVG
74.5
Rank
#150 / 478 | +16% | 5.83
Facility
5.83
NJ AVG
3.88
Rank
#10 / 284 | +57% | +50% | $0
Facility
$0
NJ AVG
$76.4k
Rank
#1 / 287 | 2
Facility
2
NJ AVG
20.9
Rank
#1 / 286 | 1.0
Facility
1.0
NJ AVG
5.3
Rank
#1 / 286 | - | 58 | - |
25
Facility
25
NJ AVG
48
Rank
#477 / 629 | Brian Lawrence | $51.2MFiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
$51.2MFiscal year ending 12/2023
NJ AVG
$17.8M
Rank
#3 / 257 | $21.7MFiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
$21.7MFiscal year ending 12/2023
NJ AVG
$8.7M
Rank
#6 / 257 | 42.4%Fiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
42.4%Fiscal year ending 12/2023
NJ AVG
51.1%
Rank
#197 / 257 | 315356 | ||||
| Bartley Healthcare Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | NH HOS MC PC RC SNF | Jackson Township (Bennetts Mills) | 234
Facility
234
NJ AVG
125
Rank
#36 / 560 |
84.6%
Facility
84.6%
NJ AVG
74.5
Rank
#181 / 478 | +14% | 3.49
Facility
3.49
NJ AVG
3.88
Rank
#174 / 284 | -31% | -10% | $0
Facility
$0
NJ AVG
$76.4k
Rank
#1 / 287 | 12
Facility
12
NJ AVG
20.9
Rank
#48 / 286 | 2.4
Facility
2.4
NJ AVG
5.3
Rank
#22 / 286 | - | 198 | A+ |
19
Facility
19
NJ AVG
48
Rank
#532 / 629 | Bartley Operator Holdco LLC | $28.7MFiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
$28.7MFiscal year ending 12/2023
NJ AVG
$17.8M
Rank
#21 / 257 | $10.8MFiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
$10.8MFiscal year ending 12/2023
NJ AVG
$8.7M
Rank
#49 / 257 | 37.7%Fiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
37.7%Fiscal year ending 12/2023
NJ AVG
51.1%
Rank
#216 / 257 | 315288 | ||||
| Preferred Care At Wall | NH HOS RC SNF | Allenwood | 135
Facility
135
NJ AVG
125
Rank
#181 / 560 |
90.4%
Facility
90.4%
NJ AVG
74.5
Rank
#90 / 478 | +21% | 3.71
Facility
3.71
NJ AVG
3.88
Rank
#132 / 284 | -72% | -4% | $0
Facility
$0
NJ AVG
$76.4k
Rank
#1 / 287 | 11
Facility
11
NJ AVG
20.9
Rank
#42 / 286 | 2.8
Facility
2.8
NJ AVG
5.3
Rank
#34 / 286 | - | 122 | - |
2
Facility
2
NJ AVG
48
Rank
#627 / 629 | Preferred Care Holdings,LLC | $18.0MFiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
$18.0MFiscal year ending 12/2023
NJ AVG
$17.8M
Rank
#96 / 257 | $6.7MFiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
$6.7MFiscal year ending 12/2023
NJ AVG
$8.7M
Rank
#166 / 257 | 37.4%Fiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
37.4%Fiscal year ending 12/2023
NJ AVG
51.1%
Rank
#217 / 257 | 315397 | ||||
| Birchwood Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center | NH RC SNF | Cranford | 200
Facility
200
NJ AVG
125
Rank
#56 / 560 |
94.0%
Facility
94.0%
NJ AVG
74.5
Rank
#45 / 478 | +26% | 3.22
Facility
3.22
NJ AVG
3.88
Rank
#237 / 284 | -2% | -17% | $0
Facility
$0
NJ AVG
$76.4k
Rank
#1 / 287 | 24
Facility
24
NJ AVG
20.9
Rank
#187 / 286 | 6.0
Facility
6.0
NJ AVG
5.3
Rank
#188 / 286 | - | 188 | - |
95
Facility
95
NJ AVG
48
Rank
#11 / 629 | Cranford Holdco LLC | $23.2MFiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
$23.2MFiscal year ending 12/2023
NJ AVG
$17.8M
Rank
#49 / 257 | $10.6MFiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
$10.6MFiscal year ending 12/2023
NJ AVG
$8.7M
Rank
#56 / 257 | 45.7%Fiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
45.7%Fiscal year ending 12/2023
NJ AVG
51.1%
Rank
#168 / 257 | 315091 |
Birchwood Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center is legally operated by Cranford Snf LLC, and administered by Jeffrey Lew.
Birchwood Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center has a walk score of 95. Walker's paradise. Daily errands do not require a car, with many shops and services nearby.
According to NJ state health department records, Birchwood Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center's license number is 62006.
Birchwood Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center's occupancy is 94%.
No, Birchwood Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center has a no-pet policy.
Birchwood Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center is registered as a for-profit in NJ.
Jeffrey Lew is the administrator of Birchwood Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center.
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